Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-13
The June Consultations.

The principal consultations that
come to our meridian at about 8
| O'Clock in the June evenings are
Bootes, Libra, Serpens, Corona Bore
ais and Ursa Minor. Extending the
| line OF the last two stars in the handle
| of the Great Dipper, it will pass near a
| brilliant star that cannot fail to en-
| gage attention. This is Arcturus, IN
the constellation Bootes, or the Hunts
man, the word Arcturus itself mean
| ing bear driver" Arcturus is the
| fifth in the list of firstmagnitude stars
and after Sirius the most brilliant
among the stars visible in our latitude
1t is recognizable by its own splendor
and by the great equilateral triangle it
forms with Spica, in Virgo, and Dene-
bola, in the Lion. Drawing a line of
about 10 degrees in northeasterly di-
rection, we notice star-Epsilon
Boots, or Mirae-which, with four
others. forms rather large pentagon,
the northernmost verteX of which is
marked by the star Beta Boots, or
NelIkar. The star nearest to Epsilon
L.
Ion is fine double star. Almost due
east of it we see a constellation which,
in spite of it's smallness, is one of the
prettiest star-pictures in the heavens
on account of its forming an almost
perfect semi-circle. This is Corona
Borealis, or the Northern Crown. The
brightest star in this constellation IL
Alpha Coronae Borealis, also called
Comma and Alphacc. To the right of
this are Beta and Theta and to the left
Gamma, Delta and Epsilon. About /
degree north of Delta, now visible
with an opera glass, is a sma.. star
which in May of the year 1866 sudden
ly blazed out until it became brighte,
than Alpha itself. It belongs to that
exceedingly interesting and myster-
ious class of stars called temporary.
Before its outburst 1t was an eighth
magnitude star of Argelander's cata-
logue, and within short time after IT
assumed its low estate, which it still
retains. Eta, at very short distance
from Beta, is remarkable for it's being
rapid binary with a period of less
than AZ years. At times it can be
easily divided by a small magnifying
glass. East of Virgo is the somewhat
inconspicuous constellation Libra, or
the Balance, but it is important as one
Of the consultations OF the zodiac.
The Alpha of this constellation Is of
the second and Beta, 10 degrees north
east of Alpha, of the third magnitude
Gamma, also of the third forms, with
these two, small triangle. About
degrees west of Beta is the remarkable
variable star Delta. which is of about
the fifth magnitude, but sometimes
dwindles into invie.onity. North of
Libra is the constellation Serpens. but
as it l.. TO be considered part of
Ophiuchus we shall reserve a descrip- |
ton until we have occasion to describe |
the latter In the far south, but on |
the meridian. we see some stars that
belong to a large constellation. the
main part of which however, is too
low down TO be seen in our latitude.
This is Oentaurus, whose principal
stars, however are not visible in the
United States. Just south of Libra
is the ancient constellation Lupus. or
the Wolf, which is too low for any sat
isfactory observation ia our latitude.
Ursa Minor is too familiar a constella.
ton to require any detailed descrip-
ton. 1t bears a striking resemblance