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NIGHT SKY.--JULY AND AUGUST.

The Great Bear (_Ursa Major_) is now in the northwest, his paws
near the horizon. The Pointers (a and b) direct us to the Pole
Star, (a of the Little Bear, _Ursa Minor_). A line from the Pole
Star to the Guardians of the Pole is in the position of the minute
hand of a clock about 7 minutes before an hour. Below the Little
Bear we see the Camelopard, a little to the east of due north.
The Dragon (_Draco_) curves round from between the Pointers and
the Pole, above the Little Bear toward the east, then upward to
near the point overhead, its head, with the bright stars b and g,
being highest. Low down in the west we see Berenice's Hair (_Coma
Berenices_), and one star of the Hunting Dogs (_Canes Venatici_) is
seen in the chart between _Coma_ and the Great Bear. The Herdsman
{_Booetes_) occupies the mid-heaven in the west, the Crown (_Corona
Borealis_) higher up, and due west, Hercules, between the Crown
and the point overhead.

Low down, extending from the west to near the southwest, we find the
Virgin (_Virgo_), the bright _Spica_ near its setting place. In the
southwest are the Scales (_Libra_), and farther to the left, extending
from the Scales to low down near the south, we find the Scorpion
(_Scorpio_), one of the finest of the constellations, _Antares_,
the rival of Mars (as the name means), marking its heart. Above the
Scorpion and the Scales are the Serpent Bearer (_Serpentarius_ or
_Ophiuchus_) and the Serpent (_Serpens_), extending right across
him to near the Crown, after which the Serpent seems reaching.

A little east due south, low down, we find the Archer (_Sagittarius_);
in the southeast, low down, the Sea Goat (_Capricornus_); and farther
east, and lower down, the Water Bearer (_Aquarius_). Above the Sea
Goat is the Eagle (_Aquila_), with the bright bluish-white star
_Altair_; on its left the pretty little Dolphin (_Delphinus_),
and above the Dolphin, nearly overhead, the Lyre (_Lyra_), with
the bluish-white star _Vega_ (even brighter than _Altair_) nearly
overhead.

Below the Lyre we see the Swan (_Cygnus_), due east; and below the
Swan the Winged Horse (_Pegasus_), upside down, as usual.

In the northeast, _Andromeda_, the Chained Lady, is rising, her
head marked by the star a (which was also called d of _Pegasus_).
(The "Square of Pegasus" is formed by a of _Andromeda_ and a, b,
and g of _Pegasus_.)

Between the north and northeast is _Ca