Part 35

In the compilation of the foregoing list, the author has been greatly assisted by Allen's "Star Names and their Meanings."

For example:--the culmination of the sun occurs at noon.

The time when the stars here mentioned culminate on the dates specified is in each case nine o'clock P.M.]

TABLE SHOWING THE STARS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND MAGNITUDE RISING IN THE EASTERN SKY AT NINE O'CLOCK P.M. ON THE DATES SPECIFIED.

-------------+-----------------+--------------------------- DATE | NAME OF STAR | CONSTELLATION -------------+-----------------+--------------------------- January 1 |Regulus, 1st. |Leo. " 8 |Alphard, 2d. |Hydra. " 11 |Cor Caroli. |Canes Venatici. February 20 |Arcturus, 1st. |Bo[:o]tes. March 1 |Spica, 1st. |Virgo. " 5 |Gemma, 2d. |Corona Borealis. April 1 |Vega, 1st. |Lyra. " 20 |Ras Alhague, 2d. |Ophiuchus. " 22 |Deneb, 2d. |Cygnus. May 9 |Antares, 1st. |Scorpius. " 26 |Altair, 1st. |Aquila. June 5 | |Delphinus. July 17 |Algenib, 2d. |Perseus. August 6 |Algol. |Perseus. " 21 |Capella, 1st. |Auriga. " " |Hamal, 2d. |Aries. " 27 |Fomalhaut, 1st. |Piscis Australis. September 13 | |The Pleiades in Taurus. October 2 |Aldebaran, 1st. |Taurus. " 26 |Bellatrix, 2d. |Orion. " 30 |Castor, 2d. |Gemini. " " |Betelgeuze, 1st. |Orion. November 4 |Pollux, 1st. |Gemini. " " |Rigel, 1st. |Orion. " 27 |Procyon, 1st. |Canis Minor. December 4 |Sirius, 1st. |Canis Major. " 8 |Phaet, 2d. |Columba. " 14 | |The Bee Hive in Cancer. " 16 | |The head of Hydra. -----------------------------------------------------------

INDEX

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Andromeda, 73

Antino[:u]s, 39

Aquarius, 81

Aquila, 39

Argo Navis, 107

Aries, 85

Auriga, 11

Bo[:o]tes, 55

Brandenburg Sceptre, The, 111

Bull of Poniatowskio, 45

Camelopardalis, 7

Cancer, 13

Canes Venatici, 59

Canis Major, 105

Canis Minor, 21

Capricornus, 83

Cassiopeia, 67

Cepheus, 69

Cerberus, 53

Cetus, 87

Columba, 103