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to the east by 20° are two other stars, y and £, situated east 

 and west about 2° asunder: they are in the tail of Capricorn. 



Fomalhaut, or the mouth of the southern Fish, is a star of Fomalhaut. 

 the first magnitude, and is pointed out by a line drawn from 

 Aquila to the tail of Capricorn. Fomalhaut lies about 20° 

 to the south east of £ Capricorni. 



The Dolphin is a small constellation situated about 15° Delphlm* 

 east of the Eagle. It consists of a lozenge of four stars of 

 the 3d magnitude. A line drawn from the Dolphin perpen- 

 dicularly through the middle of y, «, and /?, the three stars 

 in the Eagle, will pass through in the extremity of the tail 

 of the Serpent. 



Aquarius is found by a line drawn from the Lyre through Aquarius 

 the Dolphin, and carried on about 30°, which is as far be- 

 yond the Dolphin as the Dolphin is distant from the Lyre: 

 Aquarius lies a little to the east of this line. A line drawn 

 from the Dolphin to Fomalhaut will pass entirely across the 

 constellation of Aquarius, and it will pass about midway 

 between a and (2, two stars of the 3d magnitude, in the 

 shoulders of Aquarius. They are the most remarkable stars 

 in the whole constellation, and are about 10° distant from 

 one another. 



The Whale is a large constellation, situated on the south Ce'.us. 

 of Aries, and extending through a space, which is equal in 

 length to the distance of the Pleiades from the four stars in 

 Pegasus. A linedravvn from the girdle of Andromeda, and pas- 

 sing between the two stars in Aries, will meet «, a star in the 

 mouth of the Whale, which is of the 3d magnitude, and 25° 

 from the horns of Aries. A line drawn from Capella through 

 the Pleiades will also pass south of a. Ceti. A line drawn 

 from Aldebaran through the mouth of the Whale will pass 

 through & a star of the 2d magnitude in the tail: £ \ H 

 42° l .v st of «, and very near the constellation of Aquarius. 

 The square in Pegasus is alone sufficient to point out the 

 Whale; for the line drawn through the two most southern 

 of these stars passes between Aries and the knot of the 

 Fishes, and will meet the head of the Whale: and the line 

 drawn through the most eastern stars in the same square 

 points to the tail. Between the head and the tail are situ- 

 ated y and £, and between £ and the tail is 0, a changeable 



star, 



