Identifier: beginnersstarboo00murp (find matches)
Title: A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913
Subjects: Astronomy
Publisher: New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ising,but the last named is too low down as yet for clearobservation. Looking again directly north, we see that the tail ofDraco, the Dragon (160), trails downward between theGreat Dipper and the Little Dipper, the Dragons headbeing high above us at the stars Gamma (7) and Beta(P). The handle of the Great Dipper, if we continueits curve, points us to the great star Arcturus (41) inBootes, the Herdsman (40). The kite-shaped figurepoints more directly downward, however, than shownabove,—Arcturus being much lower in the west thanBeta (P). Just to the left from the Dipper is the smallconstellation called Canes Venatici, the Hunting Does(6oj. They are supposed to belong to the Herdsmanand to be aiding him as he chases the Great Bear roundthe Pole. They form, of course, no outline of dogs or ofanything else. Still further to our left, or westward,lies the scattered cluster of little stars called ComaBerenices, or Berenices Hair (120). Jfor ®pcra*(5Ia00, Jficlt)*t31a96, ant) ^Telescope 55
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KEY-MAP TO THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES NORTH.SEPT. 1, 8 P.M., AUG. 15, 9 P.M., AUG. 1, 10 P.M., JULY 15, 11 P.M., JULY 1, 12 P.M. FOR NIGHT-CH.\RT TO THIS MAP SEE OPPOSITE P.^GE. FOR THE SKY AS THE OBSERVER FACES SOUTH, SEE PP. 56, 5/. For the sky at other Dates and Hours see Time Schedule, p. 35. The Telescopic Objects. For the Constellations See the Page Opposite. The numbers in brackets ( ) refer to corresponding numbered notes in Observers Catalogue, p. Ii6. I. With opera-glass and field-glass, first observethe varied cluster of small stars called Coma Berenices,•or Berenices Hair (120). It may be found by prolong-ing an imaginary line from Polaris to Epsilon (e) in thehandle of the Great Dipper. At the bend in the Dippers handle note the little starmarked g. It is called Alcor (402), and the bright starquite near it is called Mizar (401). Note also the groupof little stars just above, at Theta (9). These belong toBootes. There is another little group marking theBears ear at S

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