The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-26
TEE JUNE STARS.
Three. Serpents Can be Seen Early in
Evening-Venus an Evening Star.

washington Evening STAR
/ Three of. the monsters which adorn-or
disdgure-the old-time celestial chart be
long to the order reptila, namely. t2e
hydra. or water snake, the dragon and
the serpent proper. All OF these ceiestsal
reUtiIes win be above the horizon az
I little after Q o'clock.
The largest, Yet the most iuconspicu-
GUS Of these serpents b the hydra. Whlcf
1 il Is long enough. if suspended perpendlc-
Giarl3- In the sky. to reach from the hOri-
zenith. The head of this monster. formed
I by short curved line Of three or tour
One-the eye-iS of the third magnitude, Is
! situated low in the west, beneath the star
and little to the left Of the bright star
+ Spica. in Virgo.
Batween these two points the body of
/ the Hydra stretches in 2 WaVy line, near
] ~ parallel with the horizon. but cOnta-in-
/ magnitude This star is Cor Hydrae. the
/ EydraS heart, situated at about one
( fourth of the distance from the head to
/ the tail on the back OF the Hydra and
/ directly beneath the constellation Virgo
( stand the cup and the CROW.
/ The Serpent and the SerPcnt-hOlder.
/ Ophiuchus occupy tog ther the greater
/ part Of the southeastern quadrant of the
! tWo-t thirds Of the distance from the
/ southeastern horizon to the zenith. is
! OF the third nagnitude-the eyes-and one
/ OF the fourth, situated ten or twelve de-
/ greeS south Of the Northern Crown and
I ABOUT twice as far east of Arcturus. This
/ head having. been found. the Serpent-s
J body can be traced downward into the
! southeastern hemisphere, where it takes
8 q sharp curve TO the east. and continues
! IN this direction with numerous. WTiggles
} according to the chart-l1ntiT 1t tern7f-
( mates near the star Affair, in the Eagle.
! TIC mead of Opniuchus is marked by a
/ bright secOnd-magnitUde star about as
neao IS east or Arcturus- In his LETT
( SnoQlder is a very noticeable pair o
I tlli -Insls Illitu4e stars, ABOUT equally dis
amy rom ms mead and the Serpent. and
similar, but rather brighter and wider
/ pair. marks his lett hand. His right
J stars, of which one is of the third mag
! intuqe The Serpent-holder stands with
his left foot dangerously near the ScOr-
pion- With these hints the figures as
! found easily. IT fssvvortb noting fb9f
/ the constella tons, being mentioned BY
i1orner STANDS exactly opposite Orion on
Facing the north dnvert the char1. we
ShaH Ind the well known Great Dfpper-
NJ P lQW o. our Engilsh cousins. the OLD
time Charles wain-7at nearly its greatest
: altitude, above and AZ the left of the pole
star, ITS two pointers now lOwermost-
On our right, in the northeast are the
l-yre, readily located by means of the
plsiilissnt y esa 'tld4 at lower altitude
tne Swan or Northern Cross The re-
gion between these last named constelIa-
/ ions and the Great Dipper is OcCJiDied 1v
the Dragon, Draco and the Little Bear
Dipper. The Dragons two .5erce-' on
hashing eyes, as they are STYLED by am
magnitude stars about three degrees
3part-aTe situated at one~third of the
distance from Vega to the bowl of the
tTfeat Upper. Inc Dragons body. which
has roughly the shape of a reversed 1af-
tSr > - wen marked by stars of the
tAIu ana lower magnitudes, though some
lInaglnauon is required 70 see It's nu-
merous coils
The third star from the tip of the ORA
net pp 10
Guardians of the Pole and MiZar tho
middle star in the handle of the Great
Dlpper, Alpha DTacOnis, is a star of con-
siderable nOtOriety. Some 4. 600 years AGO
/ this was the. Pole Star. being then but
north pole of the heavens facr which
has held prominent place ia the discus
/ sion regarding the age of the Egyptian
Mercury has been an evening star since
May Il and by the first of this month
evening a half hour or so after sunset
low IN the west II will continue to be
visible as an evening star throughout tho
venus mas been an evening star since
April 30 and ought soon to be lar enough
from the sun 20 become visible. On Nav
IS Mercury and Venus We're in conjunc-
ton. The latter planet is. therefore. now
become visible Mercury viii continue ID
be seen at a higher altitude than Venus
untu July l. when, in drawing in toward
Lnet Slkn II VIII again be in conjunction
with the brightest planet
mars continues TO. be an interesting
eVening star, in the constellation Leo rs
position on the first of the month is about
ten degrees east of Resulus- During the
month 1t viii move about fifteen degrees
farther east.
Jupiter, in Sagittarius, and Saturn, in
the same constellation. about twelve do
greeS farther east, are both evening
stars, rising at the beginning of the
month shortly after % clock. BY the
close OF the month they Will both have
become early evening objects in the
| soutne$st. Uranus. the Scorpion, rises
more than an hour before Jupiter 1t is
/ some ten degrees northeast of Antar-s
glass.
The. Little Dipper like the Great Dip
per, IS formed of seven stars one If
Which-at the end of the handle tip of
/ the tail Of the Little Bear-is PoIaris the
Pole or North star The pair OF stars i'm
this group corresponding to the pointers
~ ~. the Great Dipper, are. known as the
Guardians Of the Pole These stars
and the Pole Star itself are trife be-
low the second magnitude and are much
group.