. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Altair in the con- stellation of the Eagle. Add to the last diagram on the board the lines L, K, Altair and its two attendant stars and the Dolphin. Em- phasize the fact that Altair marks the constellation of Aquila, or the Eagle. This beautiful star is easily distin- guished because of its small companions, one on each side, all three in a Hne. The three belong to a constellation called the Eagle, and may be seen in early evening from June to December. Altair, Deneb and Vega form a t
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Altair in the con- stellation of the Eagle. Add to the last diagram on the board the lines L, K, Altair and its two attendant stars and the Dolphin. Em- phasize the fact that Altair marks the constellation of Aquila, or the Eagle. This beautiful star is easily distin- guished because of its small companions, one on each side, all three in a Hne. The three belong to a constellation called the Eagle, and may be seen in early evening from June to December. Altair, Deneb and Vega form a triangle with the most acute angle at Altair. (See chart L, K.) Just northeast of Altair is a little diamond-shaped cluster of stars called the Dolphin, which is a good name for it, since it looks like a Dolphin, the fifth star forming the tail. It is also called Job's Coffin, but the reason for this is uncertain, unless Job's trials extended to a coffin which could not possibly fit him. If the line C on the chart drawn from the Pole-star to The Dolphin or Job's Cofin.^ Deneb be extended, it will touch the Dolphin. Altair is always low in the sky; it is a great sun giving off nearly ten times as much light as our own sun; light reaches us from it in fifteen Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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