Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 202
horse, shooting an arrow from a bow at the heart of the Scor-pion. Sagittarius is a fine constellation, right in the path of theMilky Way, and this makes it easy to find. There are severalinteresting things in this constellation and among them are theclusters of stars and nebulae. THE STARS OF THE… … VEGA INLYRA ALTASR INLA CAPRfCORNUS Fig. 179.—Lyra, Aquila, Capricornus. be able to see Sagittarius again without seeing the milkdipper. The winter solstice, that is, the most southern point which theSun reaches, lies halfway between the constellations of Scor-pius and Sagittarius and also between…
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