The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 199
to sting if he ever strikes, but he hasnever struck yet. The heart of the Scorpion is a big, bright red star calledArdour es, which means the rival of Mars, and when Mars is inthe constellation of Scorpius it is hard to tell them apart. Antares will prove useful in finding the Scorpion as there… … and is always pictured in the almanacs as a centaur, or man-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…
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