An introduction to astronomy: designed as a text-book for the use of students in college. By Denison Olmsted ...

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but. easily separated by the telescope into a bea.lutifiul collection
of brnilbliant points. It is called.Priesepe, or tile.Bee/die.
]Ef:o (the 1JTi) is a "very largc constellation, and has many
iltterestiinr, mllembers. /e'gults (..L/eon2dis) is a star of thle first
malnalgitude, i\r]llnel lies very nar1 tfle ecliptic, and is muclh LuCed
in astronomical observations. N'tortll of'lRegulus lies a seMicircle of five )riglt sttars, arranged in the form of a sick'le, of
whlich IRegtulus is the handle, and extending over tlhe shoulder
and neck of the lI-.ion'.*..JDenebola,, a conlspiciuous star in tlhe,iotl's tail, lies 25~ cast of Regulus. Twenty briglt starls in all
hIelp to compose tihis beautiful constellation. It rangces frioml
west to east along the Zodiac, over more than.4:0 of longitudle, all parts of the figure excepting tlhe feet lying north of
tIie ccliptic.
VIRltO (thie VYJIr(1N) extends aloiig the Zodiac eastward fiom
tlhe I,ion, covering an equally wtide region of the heaAvens, altllougt; less distingistilised by brilliant stars. S)icae., hlowever.,
is a star of thel first magnitude, and lies a little east of thel vera:tl equinox. VitrIniatrix, in tile arm'l of Virgo,:18~ east of
D)cllebola, and 23~ north of Spica, is easily found, and directly
soutll of l)enebola 13~, is 13 Virginlis; whllile four other colspiictous stars, inl tlhe form of a trapezium, between this and Vilndelinatrix, lie in the wing anld slhoulders of the figure. T'heo
feet are near thle ]Balance.
IZAli (thle IiAlANxC:) is composed of a few scattered merm —
bers,situated betweenl tIe feet of Virgo and the hlead n of Scor-.
)1io, )but ltas no very diStinctive, marki'. Tw.vO starsn of t'he
secondt innplitut(l, A.tia onl tthe south, andl Betat 8~ northeast
of Allp)ta, togethler with a few snlaller stars, form the scales.
Sco(mtro (th1e ScoiSo0N) is one of thle finest of tthe constellationll of tIce Zodiac, and is manifestly so called friom its rescemblatnce to tlme lanimal whlose name it bears, Th'c heead is coimposied of live stars, arranlged in a line slightly curt;de, whiclh is
crlossutl in t}e center by tlte eclipltic, iearly at riglht angles, a
(1tegroee soutlh of tlhe brightest of tlhe group /3 Scpionis. Nino
(degIre10es soutleast of this is sa remarkll able star of the first mag*.As the Mltor-s of.NtA'ronher alwas apl)ea:tr to radiate from a poilt in the bend
O(f thle sickle, near t) star Gtamlma, it. lmay be noted that thle naml of thllC ix
stalsu conlosing thlis figure, 1,eginninglj- with Regutll8, are, a, y, j,,