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

CONST;'LrAT~ONS. 281
under Cassiopia's clailr, is a fine cluster of stars, so close togttther as scarce to b)e sep)arable by tlhe eye..AvRTGA (th1e WA\^(:oNvla) is bounded IN. by Cameloal)rdalus,
UE. by tile bLynx, S. by Taurus, and AW. by Perseus. Ile is represented as bearing on llis left shoulder the little Goat Ga tllta,
a white anld l)eautifill star of the first lagnitlude, (a Auriget~),
whllile Beta forms the righlt shloulderl S east of Capella. These
two bright st arns fobrm, with the northern horn11 of the B1ull, aat
the distalce of 18~, tanl isosceles triangle.
lv:o I:;tIxolt (thel L,:sst~,: Li,0oN) is bounded )N'. ))by UTrsa;I,'jorl, EP. by Coma Ic'crenices, S. by Leo, and N. by the 11ynx.'[t lies directly llnde t the hind feet of thle Great Bear, and over
tfle sickle ill IFLeo, and is easily distinguishled. Four stars in
the ccntrtal part of the figurc, fiom 40 to 5~ lapart, form a pretty
regular parallelogratm.
CANIE.S VEsNA'rTIC (thle G(.xlbiOUNl)s)..his constellation lies
between tle hind legs of the G(reat Bear oin the rwest, and.Bootes oni tile east; C;oi C~roli, a solitary star of the thtird
nagqnitudtc~:~ so1uth of Aliothl in the tail of thle Great ]Bear,
will sc:ve to mark t:h}is constellation.
CoAx B3lRlENIc: s (Bl;vlvxiclns IxAIL) iS a cluster of small
stars, composing a rich group, 15~50 IN. E. of )Delnbola, in thl
li-,ion's tail, in'a line between this star and Cor Carobl' and lhalf
ay between tlle two.
IBoo'ri: s is )bollned IN. by )Dra co, E. by tlle Crown and the
]head of Serpentarius, S. by Virgo, and W. by Coma lerenices
and the I:l1ounds. It reasches for a gieat distance friom north to
south, tle liad being wit hin 200 of the I)ragon, and the feet
reachlling to the Zodiac. in thle knee of BIoots is _Ar'ctt1iwts, a
star of tlhe first mnagnitude. Tl'hle next brighltest star,.beta, is
iit thle lhead of ]Bootes, 230 northl of Arcturus, and 1t5~ cast of
the last star ill tlhe tail of the Great B:ear.
CoRoxx 13Bomc,xL.sm (thle INr'nlt}vX Cmsox) is bounded N'.
and E. by Illlrcules, S. by the ihead of Scrp)ntarius, and \V. by
]Bootes. It is folrmed of a semlicircle of briglht sta rs, six in
utmllbcler, of w\rhliclh Gemma;, neart thle clenterl of the curve, is of
tlhe second illagnitudc.
IjI tvAcuir,,:s is bounded N't. by:I)Iaco, E. b)y Lyra, S. by Ophihlius, and W. lby C,1orona'L Beorealis. It is a very large constellation, and cont-ains some brilliant objects for the telescope, al