. Astronomy for high schools and colleges . , situated be-tween two smaller ones, the oneof the third and the other of thefourth magnitude. The row ofthree stars lies in the centre ofthe Milky Way. Sagitta, the Arrow, is a verysmall constellation, formed ofthree stars immediately north ofAquila. DelpMnus, the Dolphin, is astriking little constellation north-east of Aquila, recog-nized by four stars in the form of a lozenge. It is famil-iarly called ^Jobs Coffin. In this position of the celestial sphere three new zodia-cal constellations have , the Scorpion,already mentioned, now
. Astronomy for high schools and colleges . , situated be-tween two smaller ones, the oneof the third and the other of thefourth magnitude. The row ofthree stars lies in the centre ofthe Milky Way. Sagitta, the Arrow, is a verysmall constellation, formed ofthree stars immediately north ofAquila. DelpMnus, the Dolphin, is astriking little constellation north-east of Aquila, recog-nized by four stars in the form of a lozenge. It is famil-iarly called ^Jobs Coffin. In this position of the celestial sphere three new zodia-cal constellations have , the Scorpion,already mentioned, now twohours west of the meridian,and about 30° above thehorizon, is quite a brilliantconstellation. It contains An-tares, or a Scorpii, a red-dish star of nearly the firstmagnitude, and a long curv-ed row of stars west of it. Sagittarius, the Archer,comprises a large collectionof second magnitude stars in ^^^- 119.—scorpius, the scor-and near the Milky Way, and now very near the meridian. The westernmost starsform the arrow of the THE CONSTELLATIONS. 433 Co/pricornus, the Goat, is now in the south-east, butcontains no bright stars. Aquarius, the Water-bearer,which has just risen, and Pisces, the Fishes, which havepartly risen, contain no striking objects. Ophiuchus, the Serpent-bearer, is a very large constel-lation north of Scorpius and west of the Milky holds in his hands an immense serpent, lyingwith its tail in an opening of the Milky Way, south-westof Aquila, while its head and body are formed of a col-lection of stars of the third and fourth magnitudes, ex-tending north of Scorpius nearly to Bootes. Hercules is a verylarge constellationbetween CoronaBorealis and is now in thezenith, but containsno bright stars. Ithas, however, anumber of interest-ing telescopic ob-jects, among themthe great cluster ofHercules, barelyvisible to the nakedeye, but containing an almost countless mass of stars. The head of Draco^already described, is just north
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