Part 28

===========+===============+===========+============== | | On | Passes Name | Chief Star | Meridian | Overhead | or | 9 P. M. | in Latitude | Noted Object | | (Degrees) -----------+---------------+-----------+-------------- Apus | | July | 75 S. Ara | | July | 55 S. Argo Navis | Canopus | March | 50 S. 1. Carina | | March | 60 S. 2. Puppis | | March | 45 S. 3. Vela | | March | 50 S. Centaurus | Alpha Centauri| June | 50 S. Crux | | | (Southern | | | Cross) | Alpha Crucis | June | 60 S. Dorado | Gt. Magellanic| | | Cloud | February | 58 S. Grus | | October | 45 S. Hydrus | Lesser Mag. | | | Cloud | | 70 S. Indus | | September | 55 S. Lupus | | June | 40 S. Musca | | June | 70 S. Octans | | | 85 S. Pavo | | October | 65 S. Phoenix | | November | 45 S. Telescopium| | July | 48 S. Triangulum | | | Australe | | July | 65 S. Tucana | Great Cluster | November | 60 S. Volans | | March | 75 S. ===========+===============+===========+==============

TABLE V

PRONUNCIATIONS AND MEANINGS OF NAMES OF STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS

1. STARS

=============+====================+==================== Name | Pronunciation | Meaning -------------+--------------------+-------------------- Achernar | a-ke´r-när | End-of-the-River Aldebaran | al-de´b-ar-an | The Hindmost Altair | al-ta´r | Antares | an-ta´-rez | Rival of Ares (Mars) Arcturus | ärk-t´u-rus | Bellatrix | bel-la´trix | The Female Warrior Betelgeuze | be´t-el-gerz | | or be´t-el-gez | The Arm-Pit Canopus | cän-o´-pus | Capella | ca-pel-la | Little She-Goat Deneb | de´n-eb | Denebola | de-ne´b-o-la | The Lion's Tail Fomalhaut | fo´-mal-o | The Fish's Mouth Hyades | hi-a-dez | The Rainy Ones Pleiades | ple´-ad-ez | Pollux | po´l-lux | Praesepe | pre-se´-pe | The Beehive Procyon | pro-si´-on | Precursor of the Dog Regulus | reg´-u-lus | The Ruler Rigel | ri´-gel or ri-jel | Sirius | sir´-i-us | The Sparkling One Spica | spi´-ka | The Ear of Wheat Vega | ve´-ga | =============+====================+====================

2. CONSTELLATIONS

================+=======================+================== Name | Pronunciation | Meaning ----------------+-----------------------+------------------ Andromeda | an-d´rom-e-da | The Woman Chained Aquarius | a-kwa´-ri-us | The Water-bearer Aquila | a´k-wi-la | The Eagle Ara | a´-ra | The Altar Argo Navis | ä´r-go-n´a-vis | The Ship Argo Aries | a´-res | The Ram Auriga | äw-ri´-ga | The Charioteer Boötes | bo-o´-tez | The Herdsman Cancer | ca´n-ser | The Crab Canes Venatici | ca´-nez ven-a´t-i-si | The Hunting Dogs Canis Major | ca´-nis ma´jor | The Greater Dog Canis Minor | ca´-nis mi´nor | The Lesser Dog Capricornus | ca´p-ri-kö´r-nus | The Goat Cassiopeia | ca´s-si-o-p´e-ya | Centaurus | cen-tä´w-rus | The Centaur Cepheus | se-fe-us | Cetus | s´e-tus | The Whale Columba | col-u´m-ba | The Dove Coma Berenices | co´ma ber-e-ni-ses | Berenice's Hair Corona Borealis | co-ro´-na bo-re-a´-lis| The Northern Crown Corvus | cô´r-vus | The Crow Crater | cr´a-ter | The Cup Crux | kru´x | The Cross Cygnus | si´g-nus | The Swan Delphinus | del-fi´-nus | The Dolphin Dorado | dôr-a´-do | The Goldfish Draco | dra´-co | The Dragon Eridanus | e-ri´d-a-nus | The River Eridanus Gemini | jem´-i-ni | The Twins Grus | gru´s | The Crane Hercules | her-ku-lez | Hydra | hi´-dra | The Water-snake Hydrus | hi´-drus | The Serpent Indus | i´nd-us | The Indian Leo | le´-o | The Lion Lepus | le´-pus | The Hare Libra | li´-bra | The Scales Lupus | lu´-pus | The Wolf Lynx | | The Fox Lyra | li´-ra | The Lyre Musca | mus´-ca | The Fly Octans | o´ct-ans | The Octant Ophiuchus | o´-fi-u´-kus | The Serpent-holder Orion | o-ri´-on | The Warrior Pavo | pä´-vo | The Peacock Phoenix | fe´-nix | Piscis Australis| pi´s-sis aus-tra´-lis | The Southern Fish Pegasus | peg´-a-sus | The Winged Horse Perseus | pe´r-se-us or per-sus | Pisces | pi´s-sez | The Fishes Sagitta | sa-ji´t-ta | The Arrow Sagittarius | sa-jit-ta´-ri-us | The Archer Scorpio | skô´r-pi-o | The Scorpion Serpens | ser-pens | The Serpent Taurus | täu-rus | The Bull Telescopium | tel-es-cop´-i-um | The Telescope Triangulum | tri-a´n-gu-lum | The Triangle Tucana | tu´c-an-a | The Toucan Ursa Major | u´r-sa ma´-jor | The Greater Bear Ursa Minor | u´r-sa mi´-nor | The Lesser Bear Virgo | ve´r-go | The Maiden Volans | vo´l-ans | The Flying Fish ================+=======================+==================

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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been repaired.

Underscores surround italicized content.

Mid-paragraph illustrations were moved near to the text describing the illustrated material.

Redundant title--Astronomy for Young Folks--on p. 3 was deleted.

P. 3: Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth--"Canst" is assumed in blank space.

P. 25: brighter object than the nearby star Aldebaran--"star" is assumed in blank space.

P. 122: Illustration originally stated "See note page 126". That statement was removed, and the actual note from page 126 was moved to its place with the illustration.

P. 174: [...]--duplicate of later line "occurred at L'Aigle, France, in 1803. Between two" appeared at this spot. Possible missing text where the line occurred.

p. 233: period of 2^d 20^h 48.9^m--carat (^) indicates that the letter immediately following appears as a superscript.

Data in tables retained as in original, but may be incorrect--for example, the escape velocity of Mars, represented as 1.5 miles per second in Table I, is closer to 3.1.