Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 445
des is the bright red the Bull. It lies in a group called the Hijades, ar-ranged in the form of the letter V, and forming the face star Aldebaran,a group called 426 ASTRONOMY. of the Bull. In the middle of one of the legs of the Ywill be seen a beautiful pair of stars of the fourth magni-tude very… … Fig. 114.—the constellation orion. They are about 5° apart, and Pollux^ the southernmostone, is a little brighter than Castor. Orion., the most brilliant constellation in the heavens,is very near the meridian, lying south-east of Taurus andsouth-west of Gemini. It may be readily recognized bythe…
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