Evening star., 1901-11-02
SKIES IN NOVEMBER
Stars Of the First Magnitude Out at
9P. NJ
VENUS seen In ALL HER GLORY
Cetus, the Sea Monster, is in the
Southeast.
OTHERS TO BE OBSERVED

written TOT lne Evening Star
The first-magnitude stars which are above
the horizon at pm. on the first Of the
month are Vega, low in the northwest; Ca
pella, at a somewhat greater altitude in the
northeast; Affair, low In the west easily
identified from its position between two
smaller stars, the wings of the Eagle, Of
which is the brightest star; Formalhaut,
between south and southwest, at about the
same altitude as Affair; Aldebaran some
what higher in the east: Beteageuse and
Rigel, in Orion. the former directly beneath
Aldebaran, the latter between east and
southeast. but both too low to be visible
Earlier in the evening Jupiter and Saturn
may be seen low in the southwest. but they
both set ION the first Of the month"; at about
o'clock.
Consultations.
In the north the Great Dipper is now, at
the hour named, in its lowest position, d.
rectly beneath the Pole-star. The Great
Bear Ursa Major), Of which the Dlpper
forms the most conspicuous part, wallows
in the northern horizon. High above the
PoIe-star sits Cassiopeia. erect in her chair
and now in her most regal situation At her
right but at lower altitude, stands her
decidedly inferior consort, Cepheus. Al her
left, and also at a lower altitude, stands
PerSeuS,
invisible sword and swinging in his left the
frightful head of Medusa, represented by
the Demon" star Aigol.
The WAGNER.
Beneath Perseus sits the Wagner Au-
riga), his left shoulder marked by the bril-
liant star Capella, the original OF the She
goat which he is supposed to carry on that
shoulder. At the right of Capella and close
beside 1t are three stars Of the fourth mag
nitude, which form a very noticeable little
triangle, and which are probably the orig
inals Of the three kids represented upon
charts as carried by the Wagner upon his
lap. M
Orion and the Celestial Bull.
In the east Orion is partly above the hori-
zon. Above the head Of Orion is the Bull
Taurus), a constellation in which is repre-
sented only a portion Of the animal whose
name It BEARS for only the horns, head and
shoulders of the Bull can be seen. his hind
quarters being beneath the waves, accord
ing to ancient fable. this being said to be
the very buli-Jupiter IN disguise IN,h en-
Crete Aldebaran forms the Bulls eye
The V-shaped cluster Of the Hyades, at one
corner Of which the bright star stands,
forms his face. The very long horns are
tipped by two stars, one of the second and
one of the third magnitude, which stand
about midway between Capella and the
head of Orion. The Pleiades stand in the
Bulls shoulder. Above and at the right Of
this well-known star cluster may be seen
the conspicuous pair Of stars, one of the
second the other of the third magnitude,
which mark the head Of the Ram (Aries).
Seen In the Southeast.
Facing the southeast we have before us
the enormous, but by no means striking,
constellation Cetus, the sea monster. A
slightly curved line run from Aldebaran to
FomaIhaut passes centrally through this
constellation, striking the star Menkar, the
| "Snout," of the second magnitude, and
Deneb Kaites, the Tail Of Cetus, also a
star of the second magnitude. The Sea
Monster occupies about one-hah OF the
space between Aldebaran and Fomalhaut.
The constellation is Of interest mainly. for
its remarkable variable star, Omicron Ceti,
better known as Mira, the Wonderful. the
peculiar habits of which were described
last month. This star is not now visible to
the naked eye.
Jobs CONN.
The star Affair. in the west, marks the
location of the Eagle. Directly above this
star stands the very striking little group
Of six or eight small stars known anciently
as the Dolphin. but known better perhaps
to modern star gazers as Jobs Coffin. At
the right of these stars Is the Swan (Cyg
nus), or Northern Cross. The Swan Is one
Of the most striking of the ancient constel-
lations. the well-marked cross formed by
its five brighter stars being a very notice.
able object, while it's situation in the thick
of the Milky Way renders 1t one Of the
richest in stars of all the consultations.
Two Of it's stars are OF very especial inter-
est. These are the star 81 Cygni. famous
as the first Of the stars to surrender the
secret Of its distance from us, and Beta
Cygni, in the foot Of the Cross, one Of the
most splendid of the colored double stars.
AS we view the Cross tonight. the former Of
these stars stands at the left of the star
Deneb, in the head Of the Cross, from
which 1t is distant some six or eight de-
grees. 1t is Of about the fifth magnitude
and Is of decidedly orange color. Be
tween the Swan and the northwestern hori-
zon is the Lyre, Of which Vega Is the prin-
cipal star Overhea ad are Pegasus and An
dromeda both easily located by means of
the great square" of Pegasus, which form
the winged body of that constellation and
at one corner of which-the northeastern
Is the head of Andromeda. The famous
nebula IN Andromeda, visible to the naked
readily distinguishable with an opera glass,
Is now, at o'clock, almost exactly in
our zenith.
Nova Porsei.
Prof 81. C. Wilson Of the 0oodsen obser-
vatory. Northneld. MIMI. has made q coll
lection Of all the published estimates OF the
brightness Of this star. from discussion
of which he has plotted the stars light
curve from the date Of its discovery 20
April -. The recruiting diagram - pub-
fiahed. together with notes and comusnts.
In the November number Of Popular A.
the AsAt changes ef tAis mystsRious oh5sse