St Nicholas [serial] . A-, Vol. IV.—53. 8i8 THE STARS IN OCTOBER. [October THE STARS IN OCTOBER.* By Richard A. Proctor. The northern map given below explains itself, of New Orleans, a portion of the Dipper is con-because we have already considered separately the cealed from view. Nearly the whole constellation. constellations which appear in it. The Dipper iswell placed for observation at this season for allplaces in America north of the latitude of Louisville,or not more than about two degrees south of it; butfor places between this last-named latitude and that Ursa Major is seen in London,
St Nicholas [serial] . A-, Vol. IV.—53. 8i8 THE STARS IN OCTOBER. [October THE STARS IN OCTOBER.* By Richard A. Proctor. The northern map given below explains itself, of New Orleans, a portion of the Dipper is con-because we have already considered separately the cealed from view. Nearly the whole constellation. constellations which appear in it. The Dipper iswell placed for observation at this season for allplaces in America north of the latitude of Louisville,or not more than about two degrees south of it; butfor places between this last-named latitude and that Ursa Major is seen in London, when due southbelow the pole ; but, as you see, the paws of theGreat Bear are not seen in America at this time. Turning to the southern skies for the month wefind that the constellation Pisces (or the Fishes) is In order to complete this series within the present volume, the stars for November and December are included in this paper. l877.] THE STARS IN OCTOBER. 819 the ecliptical constellation now ruling in the south. 1] It is usually represented by two fishes tied togetherwith a ribbon, one of the fish has its tail at 77, andits head close to Andromeda; the other has itshead at y and /3. You must be careful to distin-guish the two fishes, Pisces, from the southern fish, IPiscis Australis. The Fishes be
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