Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 27
n it to thatnubbly short-tailed animal. All these fancy names were given this great group of starslong before the birth of Christ and by these names the constella-tion is still familiarly called. Astronomers of the present time 6 THE BOOK OF THE STARS also call this constellation the Great Bear,… … Fig. 6.—The Big Dipper As We See It. The stars forming the Big Dipper stand out so bright andclear in the northern sky that you wont have the slightest troublein finding it, especially if you have the star finder at hand tohelp you. In using the star finder there is one thing you should keep
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