THE HEAVENS FOR JANUARY 



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The Heavens in January. 



BY PROE. ERIC DOOUTTLK 01- THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OE PENNSYLVANIA. 



The first month of the new year be- 

 gins with an evening sky which is full 

 of interest to those who study the 

 heavens. Besides the brilliant midwin- 

 ter stars that now fill the sky with 



to different portions of the great cloud 

 of stars around us, we will again wit- 

 ness the constant and ever-interesting 

 transformation of the appearance of our 

 evening sky. The magnificent Orion 

 and the two brilliant Dog Stars, now 

 so high in the south, with the beautiful 

 winter groups surrounding them, will 



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Figure 1. The Constellations at 9 P. M., January 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. 



beautiful constellations in the south, 

 the bright Venus and Saturn also 

 shine out high in the evening sky, and 

 these worlds are in many respects the 

 most interesting of all the planets. As 

 the months of the new year go on, and 

 our earth in its journey around the sun 

 finds its dark side turned successively 



not finally reach the western border of 

 our evening heavens until May; at this 

 time the striking summer group of the 

 Scorpion will be seen just entering our 

 evening heavens in the east and the 

 great, reddish Arcturus will shine out 

 high in the south, almost on the meri- 

 dian. 



