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 . Pleiades (pronouncedplai-e-dez), and is a part of the constellation of Taurus. \V^4 v^ \VJJ*P h X IN < Fig. 26.—Taurus the Bull. There are six small but bright stars grouped closely togetherwhen seen by the ordinary person, but if you have very sharpeyes you may be able to make out one or two more. It is believed that the stars of Taurus were the first to bewoven into a group or constellation by the ancients, and it isthought that the Bull of Light, as T
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 . Pleiades (pronouncedplai-e-dez), and is a part of the constellation of Taurus. \V^4 v^ \VJJ*P h X IN < Fig. 26.—Taurus the Bull. There are six small but bright stars grouped closely togetherwhen seen by the ordinary person, but if you have very sharpeyes you may be able to make out one or two more. It is believed that the stars of Taurus were the first to bewoven into a group or constellation by the ancients, and it isthought that the Bull of Light, as Taurus was called, wasknown long before the time of Abraham, or over four thousandyears ago. Fig. 26 shows Taurus as the Egyptians saw bright red star which sets in the right eye of Taurus iscalled Aldebaran (pronounced Al-deb-a-ran) and is the third HOW TO KNOW THE STARS n brightest star in the sky. In the star chart shown in Fig. 27the different constellations you have learned are grouped to-gether in the same positions in which they are placed in the sky. arcturus *. IN BOOTES £*J $&* 6Ta PTJC 5 bete; (THE DOG STAR). RIGEL SOUTH:Fig. 27.—Star Map Showing Six Chief Constellations. Six stars of the first magnitude, that is 6 of the 20 starswhich shine the brightest (see Appendices F and G), are alsoshown on the chart, Fig. 27. By following the equator from 28 THE BOOK OF THE STARS west to east across the bowl of the sky, and which runs rightthrough the middle of Orion, you will find to the west and southof it the brightest star in the heavens—Sirius, the Dog Star,so named because it is in the constellation of Canis Major, whichis Latin for Big Dog. Capella in Auriga is the third brightest star, and Arcturus(pronounced Arc-tu-rus) which can be found by following thehandle of the Big Dipper, is fourth in brilliancy. The fifthplace is held by Rigel (pronounced Rai-gel) in Orion; Aldebaranin Taurus is sixth in order, and Betelgeux (pronounced Bet-el-gerz) in Orion co
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