THE HEAVENS FOR JUNE 



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BY 



The Heavens in June. 



PROF. ERIC DOOLITTLE OF THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



During" this, the first of our summer 

 months, the early evening' heavens 

 will be found filled with objects of in- 

 terest. First to attract our attention 

 will probably be Arcturus. that very 



NORTH 



far less bright than the great Arcturus 

 above them. These are the white stars 

 Spica and Regulus, and the red star 

 Antares, the last being the most bril- 

 liant star of the wonderful summer 

 group of the Scorpion, which is so con- 

 spicuous in the southern skv through- 

 out the month of August. 



SOUTH 



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

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



old and inconceivably brilliant sun, 

 which now shines out exactly south of 

 the zenith. And next we notice three 

 bright stars which stretch entirely 

 across the southern sky at nearly equal 

 distances from one another, all of 

 which are very brilliant objects, though 



In the northeast we see the beauti- 

 ful Northern Cross whose greatest 

 length now lies almost along the 

 ground ; above this is the blue Vega, 

 while below it, exactly in the East 

 Point, there are rising the three 

 brightest stars of the beautiful group 



