anus, is too far south to be
seen in this latitude.

Note the pretty star group around [b] and a pair of stars of an orange
hue below [n].

The asterism known as "The Brandenburg Sceptre," consisting of four
stars of the fourth and fifth magnitudes, can be seen arranged in a
straight line north and south below the first bend in the River just
west of Lepus.

[Illustration: ERIDANUS]

METEORIC SHOWERS.

JANUARY TO APRIL.

+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------------+----------+
| | | | | Other Dates | |
|Name of Shower | Date | Radiant Point |Characteristics| of |Location |
| | | | | Observation | |
+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------------+----------+
| Quadrantids. | Jan. 2 | (44) Bo[:o]tis, | | | |
| Rich annual | |between Bo[:o]tes | M. Sw. B. | Jan 3. | E. |
| shower | | and Dragon's head| | | |
+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------------+----------+
| Zeta Cancrids |Jan. 2-4| ([z]) Cancri, | | | E. |
| | | near Bee Hive | | | |
+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------------+----------+
| Theta Ursids | Jan. 5 |About 10[deg] from| Small | | |
| | |[b] away from [g] | Sh. Sw. F. | Jan. 2-8 | N. |
| | | Ursae Maj. | | | |
+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------------+----------+
|Alpha Draconids| Feb. 1 | Near Thuban | Sl. | Jan. 9 | N. |
| | | [a] Draconis | | Dec. 8 | |
+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------------+----------+
| | | Near Capella | | Aug. 21 |High in |
|Alpha Aurigids | Feb. 7 | [a] Aurigae | Sl. | Sept. 12-22 |Southern |
| | | | | | Sky |
+---------------+--------+------------------+---------------+-------