_Secunda Giedi_
d ----, _Deneb Algiedi_
a Cassiopeiae, _Schedar_
b ----, _Chaph_
a Cephei, _Alderamin_
b ----, _Alphirk_
g ----, _Errai_
a Ceti, _Menkar_
b ----, _Diphda_

z Ceti, _Baten Kaitos_
o ----, _Mira_
a Columbae, _Phact_
a Coronae Bor, _Alphecca_
a Corvi, _Alchiba_
d ----, _Algores_
a Crateris, _Alkes_
a Cygni, _Arided, Deneb Adige_
b ----, _Albireo_
a Draconis, _Thuban_
b ----, _Alwaid_
g ----, _Etanin_
b Eridani, _Cursa_
g ----, _Zaurac_
a Geminorum, _Castor_.
b ----, _Pollux_
g ----, _Alhena_
d ----, _Wesat_
e ----, _Mebsuta_
a Herculis, _Ras Algethi_
b ----, _Korneforos_
a Hydrae, _Al Fard, Cor Hydroe_
a Leonis, _Regulus, Cor Leonis_
b ----, _Deneb Aleet, Denebola, Deneb_
g ----, _Algeiba_
d ----, _Zosma_
a Leporis, _Arneb_
a Librae, _Zuben el Genubi_
b ----, _Zuben el Chamali_
g ----, _Zuben Hakrabi_
a Lyrae, _Vega_
b ----, _Sheliak_
g ----, _Salaphat_

a Ophiuchi, _Ras Alhague_
b ----, _Cebalrai_
a Orionis, _Betelgeux_
b ----, _Rigel_
g ----, _Bellatrix_
d ----, _Mintaka_
e ----, _Alnilam_
a Pegasi, _Markab_
b ----, _Scheat_
g ----, _Algenib_
e ----, _Enif_
z ----, _Homan_
a Persei, _Mirfak_
b ----, _Algol_
a Piscis Aust., _Fomalhaut_
e Sagittarii, _Kaus Australis_
a Scorpionis, _Antares, Cor Scorpionis_
a Serpentis, _Unukalhai_
a Tauri, _Aldebaran_
b ----, _Nath_
ae ----, _Alcyone_ (Pleiad)
a Ursae Majoris, _Dubhe_
b ----, _Merak_
g ----, _Phecda_
e ----, _Alioth_
z ----, _Mizar_
ae ----, _Alkaid, Benetnasch_
i ----, _Talitha_
a Ursa Minoris, _Polaris_
b ----, _Kochab_
a Virginis, _Spica Azimech, Spica_
b ----, _Zavijava_
e ----, _Vindemiatrix_

[Illustration: MAP I. NIGHT SKY.--DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

At 11 o'clock: Dec. 7. | |At 9 o'clock: Jan. 7.
At 10-1/2 o'clock: Dec. 15.|At 9-1/2 o'clock:|At 8-1/2 o'clock: Jan. 14.
At 10 o'clock: Dec. 23. | Dec. 30. |At 8 o'clock: Jan. 22.

Stars of the first magnitude are eight-pointed; second magnitude,
six-pointed; third magnitude, five-pointed; fourth magnitude (a
few), four-pointed; fifth magnitude (very few), three-pointed.
For star names refer to page 4.]

NIGHT SKY.--DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

The Great Bear (_Ursa Major_) is now rising well above the horizon, in
the northeast, the Pointers about midway between north and northeast.
A line from the Pole Star to the Guardians of the Pole is now in
the position of the minute hand of a clock about 28 minutes past
an hour.