The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-28

PASO, CllC IdAl CllU1llS Iltdl tt UllSllI star in the nulified claw of Scorpio. Nearly all of the bright stars are included in the figure as it is usual ly drawn, and once the eye has traced out the Serpent'S course. it's image is not hard to recognize. The Serpent, facing westward, seems to be considering an attack on Canis Minor, just ahead of him, and standing apparently on the back of Monoceros, the Unicorn.
 Underneath the head of Hydra, extending down to the southern horizon, is comparatively empty space covered by portion of the constellation Argo Navis Looking toward the region north of Cancer we find, before reaching the Pole Star, only the hindquarters of Lynx, the forepaWs and head of Ursa Maor, and the head of Camelopar- dalis.
 Crater
 Standing on Hydras back, be- tween Corvus to the east and Sex tans to the west, is Carter, the Cup. It looks very like the name it has had from time immemorial, but can also be seen as a chair which faces east, if one includes the star to the north. The constellation Is usually represented as large urn, TO beaker, tipped toward the east, though in China it seems to have been considered as 8 dog. Crater contains about five conspicuous stars, the brightest of which is Delta. Alpha, or Alkes, just below Delta, used to be the Cups most brilliant star, but it is no more. Sextans
 Just west of Crater and south of the Sickle in Leo is the small, faint constellation SeXtans, the Sextant, containing stars of only the fourth and fifth magnitudes. It was formed by HeveliuS in the 17th century from star spaces either left out of their constellations by the ancients, or apparently useless to them, and represents the sextant used by Hevelius in his stellar observations. Corvus
 Directly east of Garter and also standing on Hyra'S back is CorvuS, the Crow, marked out by an ire gular quadrilateral of stars-Epsilon, Gamma or Giena, Delta or Algorab, and Beta Corvi. Just below Epsilon is Alpha, or Chiba, which is fainter than the others. Alpha was prob ably brighter in ancient times than it is at present, for it bears the name which the Arabs gave to the entire constellation. The second magnitude star Delta has fifth magnitude star Eta for a compan- ion, and the two together make a remarkable naked eye pair.
 Ophiuchus and Serpens
 Because Ophiuchus and Serpens are involved with one another, they are better treated as one constella- tion. They lie directly south of Hercules and Corona and north of Scorpio, the extreme length and breadth being each approximately 50 degrees. Ophiuchus and Serpens represent giant grasping in both hands the coils of a huge snake whose uplifted head is located juts below the Northern Crown. The right leg of OphiuchuS is submerged to the knees in branch of the Milky Way, above the tail of Scor- pic, and his left foot it planted over Antares. The Giants head is indicated by solitary star of the second magnitude, Alpha Ophiuchi, or Ras Alhague, which makes a wide paid with Alpha Hercules or Rasalgethi, now the largest star known. Beta and Pi mark the Giants shoulders, Eta his right knee, and Zeta his left knee. The rather conspicuous pair of stars, Epsilon and Delta, indicate the left hand where it holds the Snake. The Milky Way blots out the right hand and arm. Although Ophiuchus is | not a zodiacal constellation, a DOT | tion of it extends across the ecliptlc between the depressed tail of Scor- pic and SagittariuS, so that the sun is in this constellation in the latter par of November and the beginning of December. The "neW" star ot 1904 appeared in Ophiuchus. This constellation is rich in small, glo- bular star clusters. The head of SerpenS is well marked by group of five stars lying just below Corona below these are Delta. Alpha, and Epsilon which indicate part of the Serpent's body. Serpens then min gles with Ophiuchus, appearing again to the east of the Giant where Theta marks the end of the tail. Alpha, or Unakalhai, pale yellow star in the Serpent's neck, is sometimes called Cor Serpentis An their radiant point, Alpha has gtven its name to the Alpha Ser pentids of February 15.
 QnhiuchnS in Greek mythology