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

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thoungh its cotnoioetts ar1e enoerally vtry small. Thle: ti re
lies nlorthl and south, with the head near' the ltead of Oph)inclhtts,ll and thlt ftt unllmt er tihe hlead of )lrace. Being blctwenll
the Clowlin and(t tlte Lyrce, its locality is easily det(termi ned. Tlhe
easterl' foot of Ilercuoles fbris ant isosceles triangle witIl the two
soltltcril stars of t:thtapleziumt in t lhetad of ])lrao; \;wile
thle Ihead of I. erculees is fitr in the soulttl, witlin 15~ of' thle
tequator,''in'g G' \twest of a similar star whicth constitutets thle
hlead of ()phlliuchus.
]lylnx, (tlhecl TIim:) is bounded:N'. by tlte head of I)rae, clao,. b)y
the Swatl S. and W. by I [crilces. A, \1ltpha Lyi, oIr it-a, is
of the rfilst n-agtllitlude. It is accompanlied by a small acute
trimanle - of st ars Its color is a slining whivte resembliln CaI:ella and the E.aglc.. i
Cruoxer s (tile Swvsx) extends along thle 5Milky Way, below
C1phe1us, -and immediately eastward of tie Lyre, and has the
li-1e of( a large bird flvying along the MTilky Wly 1fi011n 1lort1t:to sOettllh, With outstretched w ing an d long ineck. Conilell-..
einll \ithl i tle tail. 25~ east of Lyra, ald f11oowing down the
M.tilky txtay', \ve 1)pas5s ahl t a litne of conspicuous stant;' wilich:folrm thle bOtdy and hc k 0f t tile figulre;:and then returningl to
tile sEco(dII of the seri1es, we see two briglht stars at ighit or
linic tlcgir6cs -(on1 t&116'righit and leftf (tlhe tl1re togctl erI ranoin('
across tle 1Milky Way) wltich foirl the wings of t le Swan..is conistellationt is alo11Olg tile few wllich exhiibit somlle'reseill-,
blanltce to tlhe anilitals \\\whose lamels tlhey bear.
VuJItA'<~cur, (tl.tri': F'ox) is a small constellcation, in
whlichl iat foxis represented as ]holding a goose in his moutlh. It
lies inl tle Mtilky'Way, betweett t.lhe Swan on the nortlt andl
tle:)olphlin and thle Arrow Olt the soutih.
A. Qt\,vA (t}0eEAr Sttrtcthes across the M.ilkyr W\ra', and is
boundettt d N. by Sagitta, a small constellation -which steparates.it fi'omf the Fox, E. by tilte )olphin, S. by.Autinons, alt(l 1V. by
l;ttaurus Pl)oniatowski (the 1ol is~h ]Bull), wlicht septarates it firon.)Ophtiuchus:; It is distinguished by three 1)rigllt stars in tlhe nteck,
kiowi\ ats the" thlre, stars," which lie in a str(aiglh. 2ine about 20
apart, on thle eastern m1argin of thle MAilky Way. l'TeI centtral
star is'of tI e first magnitudll. l its Arablie naie is Alt/air.
A.rl0xot1 s lies: across tile equator, between the E1agle oni the
north anld tlhe head of Capricorn oIl thle south.