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ihead of Orion, we see A uriga and Camelopard. In the S..,
IIy(llra is now\ tfll)y disp)layed; and following oil north, we ol)taill fine views of the (Greater ald tlhe hLesser L;,ion, and thle: Gtrea;t
Be3ar. At 9 o'clock, Crater and Corvus aplpeal' il tile S.., on
the back of lydra.; Virgo extends firom L1eo down to tlhe hltorizon, Sl'icW Yirgilis being about 5l) 0 ]ligh and nor-tl of Virgo,
we trace inll successioll Colla Bere'lices, (Clor Caroli, Boot es, with
A.Arturus, and the Crown lying fal r in thle N. E.
IL'F8,0:ssox IN'. --- Fo01' the middle of diJe, from 9 to 10 o'clock..At 9 o'clock, Bootes, Corona Bforlealis, the hlead of _,Libra, theo
Serpenlt, and Scorpio, lie alonog on eitther side of the mcridiall.
Castor land P1oillux are just setting, and l co is about an htour
hi(gh. IEast. of I tPo, A\ir"go is seen extendilt' atowng toward tlle
meridialt, Spica beingf about 300 above the southern horizon.
Nortlh of' I,eo'and N irgo we reognize Leo Minor, Colna B3ereiices, Cor Carolih llid Ursa' M:l orjio. At 10 o'clock, Nwe trace
alolgt tlhe catsteiii sid(e of the merlidian, l)rac, I t ercules, and
Ophiucl}usx; a1ndl east of thlese, the Lyre, thlte Iagdlc,.A.nltillous,
Sao'ittlarius acnd (alp ricornluls. Nort-: of the E*aglc, and rou'lld
to thle eaSt, we finld Celpheus and (assiopeia, Andromeda'ising
ill the nortlheast, Pegasus in tile ast, and Aquarius in tlhe
soutlheast. T'i1s we may advantageou-sly complete a review
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41. T'flu, view hlitherto talken of tile starry heavens Ilelsclts
little that is Anew, sintce most of thle Constellatiolns, visible in
our latitlde, aRll the mnost conspicuoustl of tle individual stars,
]lave been know11 fi'om anlltiquity. But the objects to be dlcscrl'ibed in thle presentt ll)tCr, arel'C chliefly sulch as hlave been
disc(overed by inodlerll asttronol, aid(l ed by tile powerfl'u tcleseol)es w\lich], since tlhe time of Silr Willi:l I'erselel, have been
directed to thel heavens. Difteirent orders anlt ststels of stlar8