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Introduction | iii |
Scheme of Study | v |
The Constellations of Spring. |
Map of the Heavens 9 p.m., April First | 3 |
1. | Ursa Major | 4 |
2. | Ursa Minor | 6 |
| Located by the pointer stars in Ursa Major. |
3. | Gemini | 8 |
| Located by a line drawn through designated stars in Ursa Major. |
4. | Auriga | 10 |
| Located in the same manner as Gemini. |
5. | Cancer | 12 |
| Located by a line drawn from Auriga to Gemini and prolonged. |
6. | Hydra | 14 |
| The head of Hydra is to be seen just below Cancer. |
7. | Leo | 16 |
| Located by a line drawn from Gemini to Cancer and prolonged. |
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8. | Coma Berenices | 18 |
| Position indicated by drawing a line through designated stars in Leo. |
9. | Canis Minor | 20 |
| Located by a line drawn from Auriga to Gemini and prolonged. |
10. | Corvus | 22 |
| Located by a line drawn from Ursa Minor through Ursa Major and prolonged. |
11. | Crater | 24 |
| Located south of Leo and just west of Corvus. |
Meteoric Showers, April to July | 26 |
The Constellations of Summer. |
Map of the Heavens 9 p.m., July First | 31 |
12. | Draco | 32 |
| Lies between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, coiling about the latter. |
13. | Lyra | 34 |
| Vega, its brightest star, is 12° S.W. of the Dragon's head. |
14. | Cygnus | 36 |
| Deneb, its brightest star, is about 20° east of Vega. |
15. | Aquila | 38 |
| Located by a line drawn from the Dragon's head through Vega and prolonged. |
16. | Delphinus | 40 |
| Located about 10° northeast of Altair in Aquila. |
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17. | Sagittarius | 42 |
| Located by a line drawn from Cygnus to Aquila and prolonged. |
18. | Ophiuchus and Serpens | 44 |
| Located by a line drawn from Delphinus to Aquila and prolonged. |
19. | Scorpius | 46 |
| Located just under Ophiuchus, and west of Sagittarius. |
20. | Libra | 48 |
| Located about 15° west of the head of Scorpius. |
21. | Corona Borealis | 50 |
| Located just above the head of Serpens. |
22. | Hercules | 52 |