The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 374
uring theFjtamer months a brilliant constellation is visible, called Scor-pio, or the Scorpion. The configuration of the chief stars o£this constellation is shown in Fig. 394. They bear someresemblance to a boys kite. The brightest star is of the firstmagnitude, and called Antares (from anti,… … Fig. 394- is shown in Fig. 395, together with Sagittarius and Ophiuchus.Sagittarius, or the Archer, is to the east of Scorpio. It con-tains no bright stars, but is easily recognized from the factthat five of its principal stars form the outline of an inverteddipper, which, from the fact of its…
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