The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-06
THE STARRY SKIES NV NOVEMBER
By Professor Barton of the

are also given. The star at the up- per righthand corner Is sometimes called Scheat, but this name Is not used as frequently as the others. It ig variable star. The magnitude varies D. N zen 2.2 and 2.7. It is an intereslAea& observation to pick out dark night and search for these fainter stars. It will be seen that most of them lie near the diagonals of the square. If the stars are not seen with the naked eye they may be found easily with opera glasses. Some may be able to see even fainter stars than those marked.
 Just south of the great square lies the group of faint stars forming the "Circlet In Pisces" Near the great square are several of the constella- tions which are least well known by reason of their faintness and small size. Pegasus Is the winged horse. B Is at the center of Equuleus (the little horse). Delta Equuiei is a vts- ual double star whose period Is the shortest of any known. The period is under six years West of Equu- leus is Delphinus tthe doiphin). we'll known as Jobs coffin. It consists principally of q rhombus of third magnitude stars. West of this at c is Sagitta fthe arrow). At D lies La certa (the lizard). It contains no star brighter than 3.S magnitude. At E Is Vulpecula ct Anser (the little fox and goose), usually known as Vul- pecula. It Is known principally by reason of the fact that the dumbbell nebula is found within it's bounds. At F, just at the edge of the map. Is Scutum Sobieski (Sobieski's shield1. usually known simply as Scutum. At G is Sculptor and at H Fornax (the furnaee). At I Cameleopardaiis (the giraffe).
 The Planets.
 None of the brighter planets Is vis- ible In the early evening. Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are in the con- stellation Leo, and Mars in the next constellation, Virgo. Neptune Is also in Leo. These planets. except Nep tune. which Is not visible to the naked eye, may be seen in the east before sunrise. As they are closely grouped the planets are of unusual interest at this time. The planet Mercury can be seen low in the southeast, just before sunrise for a few mornings about November Is, The planet Uranus alone can be seen in the early evening. This Is a little too faint to be seen with the naked eye. With opera glasses or other n seen easily. It's position Is marked on Figure 1. In Figure the fainter stars in the neighborhood are shown. although there Is little chance of mistake In finding the planet. The stars joined by the line are those i, joined in Figure 1.
 November Meteors.
 This Is the best month of the year for the observation of meteors. The appear to shoot In all direc- tfons from the constellation Leo. They can be seen only late at night. The middle of the period when they may be seen Is November i4. They may be seen on other nights about this time The Andromedid come from Andromeda, which is nearly overhead in the early evening. These meteors may be seen In the early evenings about November 2s.
 The star Algol or Beta Peresei at K, Figure 1, Is partially eclipsed at Intervals of a little less than three lays. The star will be faintest Mo- vember IS, 1o.o6 P. M. and Novem- ser 21, 6.55 D. m. The star should be located and its brightness noted on nights previous to the eclipscs. At L., Figure 1, is the great nebula in Andromeda, an object faintly visible 10 the naked eye on dark nights.
 Less than year ago announce nent was made that the diameter of he star Betelgeuse had been meas- ired. The revised results showed that the diameter of this star IS ,3S, ,OOO, ,000 miles. It was believed hat this was the largest of all stars. Later observations by the same ob-