Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851- [from old catalog] · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 52
a number of pretty pairs may be found there. Sagittarius stands in the old star-maps as a centaur, half-horse-half-man, facing the west, with drawn bow, and arrowpointed at the Scorpion. Next let us pass to the double constellation adjoiningScorpio and Sagittarius on the north—Ophiuchus and… … ing serpent with his hands. The head of the serpent isunder the Northern Crown, and its tail ends over the star-gemmed region that we have just described, called Sobies-kis Shield. Ophiuchus stands, as figured in Flamsteeds Atlas, upon the back of the Scorpion, holding the serpentwith one hand…
Astronomy
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