Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 198
with the naked eye, but it is really a cluster ofsmall stars. Leo, the Lion.—There are two separate groups of stars thatmake up this king of beasts. The first group takes the shape ofa sickle and the other the form of a square. The sickle, whichis formed of six bright stars, is Leos head and… … The very bright star in the end of the handle of the sickleis Begultcs, which means little king, and far to the other side -* • a -4 - V^E^U-^- Fig. 176.—Constellations of the Lion and Big Dipper. of the constellation right in the end of the Lions tail is anotherbright star called Denebola. Virgo,…
Astronomy · Stars
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