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F. D. ABERNETHY

cult of recognition on first trial; but.
The other three stars of the figure, as
we'll as all the minor stars of the
neig lib orhood belong to Pegasus. Up
ward from Mirfac in the Milky Way
we find the Irregular W-shaped fig
ure. which marks the constellation
Cassiopeia This constellation is one
of the most beautiful in the centre
heavens, containing about a hundred
naked-eye stars. besides hundreds
more that are brought out by the OPP
era glass. About half way between
Cassiopeia and Mirfac is the famous
cluster In the Sword Handle of Por-
seus. To the NAKED eye 1t is a whitish
patch of light. but the opera glass re-
veals a large number of separate
stars, which the telescope increa SEES to
hundreds. Near Cassiopeia is the con-
stellation Perseus. AZ inconspicuous
in the sky as in the story, where he
figures as the husband of Cassiopeia
and father Of Andromeda. Perseus.
the hero who rescues and marries tho
princess, and Pegasus. his winged
horse. are Joined 20 the others men
toned in the tale of Andromeda to
form the group called the Royal fam
lily. which is now during early evening
rising in the northeast,
St1l upward from Cassiopeia in the
Milky Way come to the constei-
lation of the Swan. marked by the
figure called tho Northern Cross. 1t
is composed of six bright stars in the
form of n Roman cross, the brightest.
beneb, lying furthest north and form
ing the head Of the cross. The Milky
Way hns Its richest portion In the
constellation, the sky being fairly
white with the suffuscd radiance OF
the hundreds of suns which the teles-
cope reveals. IT Is hcre that the rift
In the Milky Way begins, which
reaches to tho southern horizon. West
Of the Milky Way near this point lies
the small but beautiful constellation
Of the Lyrc. which is marked by the
brilliant star Vega. Still farther west,
at a considerable distance, Is tho
| splendid star Arcturus. in the con-
stellation Bootes. In the north. about
half way between the zenith and hori-
zon we see the North star, which
stands almost directly above tho north
pole of the enrth. Not far above tho
| NOTiHbn ID tHe great I1BuTe OF tHe Dig
Dippcr. East of the MILKY Way, about
as far as the Lyre Is west, Is the little
diamond shaped figure which marks
the constellation Delphinus. Near this
figure Is the constellation Aquila,
marked by the brilliant star Affair,
which is the middle star of a row of
three very noticeable, In tho south
the constellation Sagittnrius lies In
the Milky Way and Is marked. for
easy identification, by the figure OF
the Milk Dipper. small dipper with
Il handle measured off by single
star. West of this constellation lies
the Scorpion, easily recognised in the
long. winding row OF stars ending In
the Milky Way and further known by
tho great red star Antares. seen near
the western boundary Of the constel-
lation.
Jupiter Is in the west and may be
known at once by his superior bright
moss Venus Is in the morning sky
rising at 8 o'clock, and may be iden-
titled In the same manner. Saturn
rises about 10 o'clock. white. first
magnitude star Mars Is too close &c
be seen easily. Mercury may be seer
on the last three evenings of the
month, n bright star setting soon af.
ter the sun. The moon Will pass neal
Venus on the End, Jupiter on the 9th
and Saturn on the 2bth,