, is called
the "Diamond of the Virgin." Hercules appears head down--a in the
face, b, g, d; in his shoulders, p; and ae; in the loins, t in the
knee, the foot being bent to the stars at the right. The Serpent's
head, making an X, is just at the right of the g of Hercules, and
the partial circle of the Northern Crown above. The head of Draco
is seen at b on the left of the map. Arcturus rises at 9 o'clock
about the 20th of February, and at 5 A.M. on the 22d of October;
Regulus 3h. 35m. Earlier.

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[Illustration: Fig. 72.--Altair comes to the Meridian, 82 deg. from
the Pole, at 10 o'clock P.M. August 18th, at 9 o'clock September
2d, and at 8 o'clock September 18th.]

Fig. 72 portrays the stars eastward and southward. Scorpio is one
of the most brilliant and easily traced constellations. Antares, a,
in the heart, is double. In Sagittarius is the Little Milk-dipper,
and west of it the bended bow. Vega is at the top of the map. Near
it observe z, a double, and e, a quadruple star. The point to which
the solar system is tending is marked by the sign of the earth
below p; Herculis. The Serpent, west of Hercules, and coiled round
nearly to Aquila, is very traceable. In the right-hand lower corner
is the Centaur. Below, and always out of our sight, is the famous
a Centauri. The diamond form of the Dolphin is sometimes called
"Job's Coffin." The ecliptic passes close [Page 207] to b of
Scorpio, which star is in the head. Antares, in Scorpio, rises at 9
o'clock P.M. on May 9th, and at 5 o'clock A.M. on January 5th.

[Illustration: Fig. 73.--Fomalhaut comes to the Meridian, only 17 deg.
from the horizon, at 8 o'clock November 4th.]

In Fig. 73 we recognize the familiar stars of Pegasus, which tell
us we have gone quite round the heavens. Note the beautiful cross
in the Swan. b in the bill is named Albireo, and is a beautiful
double to almost any glass. Its yellow and blue colors are very
distinct. The place of the famous double star 61 Cygni is seen. The
first magnitude star in the lower left-hand corner is Fomalhaut, in
the Southern Fish. a Pegasi is in the diagonal corner from Alpharetz,
in Andromeda. The star below Altair is b Aquilae, and is called
Alschain; the one above is g Aquilae, named Tarazed. This is not
a brilliant section of the sky. Altair rises at 9 o'clock on the
29th of May, and at 6 o'clock A.M. on the 11th of January.

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[Illustration: Fig. 74.--Southern Circumpolar Constellations invi