The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts . Fig. 19.—The Flying Horse of Pegasus. the sky just as he did when he was invented over four thousandyears Fig. 20.—Figure of a Trapezium. The Mighty Orion.—The brightest constellation in thewhole sky is Orion (pronounced 0-ri-on)? the Great Hunter,as the ancients liked to imagine this group of stars. HOW TO KNOW THE STARS 21 With the exception of the Big Dipper, Orion is the easiestof all the constellations to find provided yon look for it at theright


The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts . Fig. 19.—The Flying Horse of Pegasus. the sky just as he did when he was invented over four thousandyears Fig. 20.—Figure of a Trapezium. The Mighty Orion.—The brightest constellation in thewhole sky is Orion (pronounced 0-ri-on)? the Great Hunter,as the ancients liked to imagine this group of stars. HOW TO KNOW THE STARS 21 With the exception of the Big Dipper, Orion is the easiestof all the constellations to find provided yon look for it at theright time of the year, which is during the winter months. To locate Orion cut out of cardboard seven large stars and


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