A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope . int stars of Cancer,the Crab [50], and directly below Cancer Kes the headof Hydra, the Water-Snake [210], the most extended ofthe constellations. Hydra, like Draco at the north, isnot at first easily distinguished, but, when its stars areonce recognized, it becomes interesting to follow theirclear and winding course. Alphard, the star in Hydramarked Alpha (a) [211], is sometimes called CoRHydr/E or the Serpents Heart. It is a fine objectin a region large but s
A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope . int stars of Cancer,the Crab [50], and directly below Cancer Kes the headof Hydra, the Water-Snake [210], the most extended ofthe constellations. Hydra, like Draco at the north, isnot at first easily distinguished, but, when its stars areonce recognized, it becomes interesting to follow theirclear and winding course. Alphard, the star in Hydramarked Alpha (a) [211], is sometimes called CoRHydr/E or the Serpents Heart. It is a fine objectin a region large but singularly dull. Crater, the Cup[140], is sometimes counted as a part of Hydra, butneither it nor Sextans, the Sextant [375], is brilUantor important. Between Hydra and Orion lies the dim constellation,Monoceros, the Unicorn [270]. Below these faintstars and east of Canis lie the stars of Puppisand , parts of the Ship Argo (Argo Navis) [25].This is a large and brilliant constellation, but too farsouth for us to have more than a peep at it over theedge of the world. Jfor ®pera*(5lass, jriclb*(Bla0s, ant) tlclcscopc 45. KEY-MAP TO THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES 1, 8 FEB. IS, 9 , FEB. 1, 10 , JAN. 1 S, 11 , JAN. 1, 12 FOR NIGHT-CH.\RT TO THIS MAP SEE OPPOSITE PAGE. FOR THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES NORTH, SEE PP. 42, 43. For the sky at other Dates and Hours see Time Schedule, p. 35. The Telescopic Objects. For the Constellations See the Page Opposite. Numbers in brackets [ 1 refer to corresponding numbered notes in Observers Catalogue, p. ii6. I. For THE OPERA-GLASS AND FIELD-GLASS there arerich Star-fields through Canis Major, Orion, and Tau-rus. The region of the little star marked Theta (9) inOrion is especially beautiful, for on a clear night—par-ticularly if there be no moon—something may be seenof the great nebula [294]. In Taurus, there are fine objects in the scattered star-cluster called the Hyades [383], near the bright
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