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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



The Heavens in May. shone out in the west during the early 



by prof. ERic doolitteE OF THE uni- weeks of April and how rapidly this 



versify OF Pennsylvania. world appeared to draw toward the 



For the first time this year there is sun, it is now moving' outward from the 



not a single bright planet to be seen sun in the early morning sky and not 



among the evening stars. The almost until the last month of the year 1914 



simultaneous withdrawal of both Sat- will it again become conspicuous in the 



urn and Venus has left us none of our western heavens. The much more 



NoieTH 



SOUTH 



Figure 1. The Constellations' at 9 P. M.. May 1. (If facing south, hold the map 

 upright. If facing we'it, hold west below. If facing east, hold east below. If fac- 

 ing north, hold map inverted.) 



interesting near-by worlds to study, 

 and none will be seen in our evening 

 heavens until toward the close of June, 

 when the bright and beautiful Jupiter 

 will make its appearance low in the 

 southeast. 



Every observer must have noticed 

 how the wonderfully brilliant Venus 



slowly moving Saturn, which is now 

 seen so near the sun, and which passes 

 into the morning sky on the 29th of 

 the present month, will re-enter our 

 evening heavens next October. Upon 

 the return of this beautiful planet we 

 will see that in the course of its 29- 

 year journey around the sky it has 



