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Page 83
TO FIND THE STARS IN THE SKY.
Detach any of the following maps, appropriate to the time of year,
hold it between you and a lantern out-of-doors, and you have an
exact miniature of the sky. Or, better, cut squares of suitable
sizes from the four sides of a box; put a map over each aperture;
provide for ventilation, and turn the box over a lamp or candle
out-of-doors. Use an opera glass to find the smaller stars, if
one is accessible.
[Illustration: Circumpolar Constellations. Always visible. In this
position.--January 20th, at 10 o'clock; February 4th, at 9 o'clock;
and February 19th, at 8 o'clock.]
[Illustration: Algol is on the Meridian, 51� South of Pole.--At 10
o'clock, December 7th; 9 o'clock, December 22d; 8 o'clock, January
5th.]
[Illustration: Capella (45� from Pole) and Rigel (100�) are on
the Meridian at 8 o'clock February 7th, 9 o'clock January 22d, and
at 10 o'clock January 7th.]
[Illustration: Regulus comes on the Meridian, 79� south from the
Pole, at 10 o'clock March 23d, 9 o'clock April 8th, and at 8 o'clock
April 23d.]
[Illustration: Arcturus comes to the Meridian, 70� from the Pole,
at 10 o'clock May 25th, 9 o'clock June 9th, and at 8 o'clock June
25th.]
[Illustration: Altair comes to the Meridian, 82� from the Pole,
at 10 o'clock P.M. August 18th, at 9 o'clock September 2d, and
at 8 o'clock September 18th.]
[Illustration: Fomalhaut comes to the Meridian, only 17� from the
horizon, at 8 o'clock November 4th.]
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