. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 896 Handbook of Nature-Sttidy see the splendid red star Betelgeuse {het-el-gerz), and below the belt, at about an equal distance, is the white star Rigel (re-jel). West of the red star above, and east of the white star below, are two fainter stars, and if these four stars are connected by lines, an irregular four- sided figure results, which includes the belt and the sword. In this constellation the ancients saw Orion, the great hunter, with his belt and his sword; Betelgeuse was set
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 896 Handbook of Nature-Sttidy see the splendid red star Betelgeuse {het-el-gerz), and below the belt, at about an equal distance, is the white star Rigel (re-jel). West of the red star above, and east of the white star below, are two fainter stars, and if these four stars are connected by lines, an irregular four- sided figure results, which includes the belt and the sword. In this constellation the ancients saw Orion, the great hunter, with his belt and his sword; Betelgeuse was set like a glowing ruby on his shoulder, and the white star Rigel was set like a spur on his heel. Thus, stood the great hunter in the sky, with his club raised to keep off the plunging bull whose eye is the red Aldebaran Orion, the three large {al-deb'a-ran). And beyond him follows the Great Dog stars in a line form- with the bright blue star Sirius (sir'i-us) in his mouth, ins the belt, the ^^^ ^j^g Little Dog branded by the white star Procyon ^^ar'Z&rm- ipro'si-on). Howcver, our New England ancestors did ing the sword, Betel- not see this grand figure m the sky; they called the con- geuse above, Rigel stellation the Yard-ell or the Ell-yard. below. The three beautiful stars which make Orion's belt are all double stars; the belt is just three degrees long and is a good unit for sky measurement. The sword is not merely the three stars which we ordinarily see, but is really a curved line of five stars; and what seems to be the third star from the tip of the sword and which looks hazy, is in fact a great nebula. Through the telescope this nebula seems a splash of light with six beautiful stars within it. Betelgeuse is a brilliant red star, and is the first star in the constellation to appear above the horizon. It is an old, old star and is growing cold, as is shown by its red glow. It glows redder sometimes than at others; it is so far away that we have not been able to measure
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