1: It will be noted that the date of culmination is given in
almost every case. By culmination is meant the highest point reached by
a heavenly body in its path, at which point it is said to be on the
meridian. In this hemisphere this is in each case the highest point
north.

For example:--the culmination of the sun occurs at noon.

The time when the stars here mentioned culminate on the dates specified
is in each case nine o'clock P.M.]

TABLE SHOWING THE STARS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND MAGNITUDE RISING IN
THE EASTERN SKY AT NINE O'CLOCK P.M. ON THE DATES SPECIFIED.

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DATE | NAME OF STAR | CONSTELLATION
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January 1 |Regulus, 1st. |Leo.
" 8 |Alphard, 2d. |Hydra.
" 11 |Cor Caroli. |Canes Venatici.
February 20 |Arcturus, 1st. |Bo[:o]tes.
March 1 |Spica, 1st. |Virgo.
" 5 |Gemma, 2d. |Corona Borealis.
April 1 |Vega, 1st. |Lyra.
" 20 |Ras Alhague, 2d. |Ophiuchus.
" 22 |Deneb, 2d. |Cygnus.
May 9 |Antares, 1st. |Scorpius.
" 26 |Altair, 1st. |Aquila.
June 5 | |Delphinus.
July 17 |Algenib, 2d. |Perseus.
August 6 |Algol. |Perseus.
" 21 |Capella, 1st. |Auriga.
" " |Hamal, 2d. |Aries.
" 27 |Fomalhaut, 1st. |Piscis Australis.
September 13 | |The Pleiades in Taurus.
October 2 |Aldebaran, 1st. |Taurus.
" 26 |Bellatrix, 2d. |Orion.
" 30 |Castor, 2d. |Gemini.
" " |Betelgeuze, 1st. |Orion.
November 4 |Pollux, 1st. |Gemini.
" " |Rigel, 1st. |Orion.
" 27 |Procyon, 1st. |Canis Minor.
December 4 |Sirius, 1st. |Canis Major.
" 8 |Phaet, 2d. |Columba.
" 14 | |The Bee Hive in Cancer.
" 16 | |The head of Hydra.
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INDEX

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Andromeda, 73

Antino[:u]s, 39

Aquarius, 81

Aquila, 39

Argo Navis, 107

Aries, 85

Auriga, 11

Bo[:o]tes, 55

Brandenburg Sceptre, The, 111

Bull of Poniatowskio, 45

Camelopardalis, 7

Cancer, 13

Canes Venatici, 59

Canis