. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Sky Study 893 CASSIOPEIA'S CHAIR, CEPHEUS, AND THE DRAGON Teacher's Story There are other constellations besides the two Dippers, which never rise and set in this latitude, because they are so near to the Pole-star that, when revolving around it, they do not fall below the horizon. There is one very brilliant star, called Capella, which almost belongs to the polar constella-. The polar constellations as they appear at about 8 o'clock January 20, the Dragon being south of the Pole-star
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Sky Study 893 CASSIOPEIA'S CHAIR, CEPHEUS, AND THE DRAGON Teacher's Story There are other constellations besides the two Dippers, which never rise and set in this latitude, because they are so near to the Pole-star that, when revolving around it, they do not fall below the horizon. There is one very brilliant star, called Capella, which almost belongs to the polar constella-. The polar constellations as they appear at about 8 o'clock January 20, the Dragon being south of the Pole-star. By revolving this chart as indicated, the positions of the stars is shown for 6 p. m., midnight, 6 a. m. and noon of January 20th. tions but not quite, for it is far enough away from Polaris to dip below the horizon for four hours of the twenty-four. Queen Cassiopeia's Chair is on the opposite side of the Pole-star from the Big Dipper and at about equal distance from it. It consists of five bril- • liant stars that form a W with the top toward Polaris, one-half of the W being wider than the other. There is a less brilliant sixth star which finishes out half of the W into a chair seat, making of the figure a very uneasy look- ing throne for a poor queen to sit upon. King Cepheus is Queen Cassiopeia's husband, and he sits with one foot on the Pole-star quite near to his royal spouse. His constellation is marked. 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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