LOOKING UPWARDS 



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BY 



UNI- 



PROF. KRIC D00LITTLE OF THE 

 YKRSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



The Heavens in October. 



The evening's of October are always 

 noteworthy to those who watch the 

 heavens, for it is in this month that we 

 always witness the re-entrance of the 



gion of the sky of such beauty that it 

 attracts the attention even of those who 

 are wholly unfamiliar with the heavens 

 above them. 



THE MOST CELEBRATED GROUP OF STARS. 



The Pleiades and the Hyades are the 

 two foremost groups of the great con- 



NDRTH 



SOUTH 



Figure 1. The Constellations on October 1, at 9 P. M. (If facing south hold the map upright. If facing 

 east hold East below; if facing west hold West below. If facing north hold the map inverted). 



too beautiful little groups of stars known 

 as the Plyades and the Pleiades into 

 the eastern sky. But this year this 

 part of the heavens is even more inter- 

 esting than usual, for the planet Saturn 

 in its slow eastern journey is now 

 passing these groups, and for many 

 months we will see it shining out nearly 

 midway between them. These three 

 most striking objects form a little re- 



stellation known as the Bull. Though 

 they are well above the ground at 9 

 o'clock, the observer can study them to 

 more advantage by waiting until an 

 hour later. If he then turns a little 

 way toward the north of the east point, 

 his notice will at once be arrested by 

 the delicate, film}', dipper-shaped little 

 group of bluish stars which form the 

 Pleiades, while below this he will see 



