. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Sky Study 899. Orion and the Dog Stars. ; R, Rigel; S, Sinus, the Great Dog Star; P, Procyon, the Little Dog Star. Sinus is a comparatively- young star, and is estimated by Proctor to have a diameter of about twelve million miles or fourteen times that of our own sun; it is only eight and one-half light-years away from us and is the most celebrated star in literature. The an- cients knew it, the Egyptians worshipped it, Homer sang of it, and it has had its place in the poe
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Sky Study 899. Orion and the Dog Stars. ; R, Rigel; S, Sinus, the Great Dog Star; P, Procyon, the Little Dog Star. Sinus is a comparatively- young star, and is estimated by Proctor to have a diameter of about twelve million miles or fourteen times that of our own sun; it is only eight and one-half light-years away from us and is the most celebrated star in literature. The an- cients knew it, the Egyptians worshipped it, Homer sang of it, and it has had its place in the poetry of all ages. Procyon, (pro'-se-on) the Little Dog Star, was so-called perhaps because it trots up the eastern skies a little ahead of the magnificent Great Dog Star; it gives out eight times as much light as our sun, and is only ten light-years away from us. It has a fainter companion about three or four degrees to the northwest of it. LESSON CCXXIX The Two Dog Stars Leading thought—The Great Dog Star, Sirius, is the most famous of all stars in the literature of the ages. The Two Dog Stars were supposed by the ancients to be following the great hunter, Orion. Method—Draw upon the board from the chart shown on this page, the constellation of Orion with Sirius and Procyon. Ask the pupils to note that after Orion is well up in the sky a straight line drawn through Orion's belt and dropping down toward the eastern horizon ends in a beautiful white star, which is Sirius. And that if we draw a line from Betelgeuse to Rigel from Rigel to Sirius and then draw lines to complete a quadrangle, we shall find our lines meet at a bright star just a little too far away to make the figure a square, but making it somewhat kite-shaped instead. This is theLittle Dog Star, Procyon, and it has a twin star near it. After giving these directions let the children make the following observations: 1. How do you find Sirius? Which rises first, Orion or Sirius? 2. What color is Sirius ? Judging fr
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