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THE GUIDE TO NATURK 



By Professor Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania. 



A Wonderful Pair of Suns. The Spiral 

 Nebulas. The New Comet. 



April, the first of our Spring months, 

 has its southern skies made beautiful 

 by the great Leo, that bright star 

 group which has now reached its very 

 highest position in the evening heav- 

 ens. The western stars of this bright 



The April Stars. 



High overhead we now see the Great 

 Bear covering a large area of the sky 

 in all directions from the zenith. Be- 

 low, but closely following this constel- 

 lation, is the great Driver, who, with 

 upstretched arms, forever drives the 

 Bear before him in its ceaseless jour- 



NORTH 



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 Figure I. — The Constellations .-it 9 P. M., April 1. (Tf facing south hold the map upright; if facirg 

 west, hold Wesl below; if facing east, hold East below; if facing north, hold map inverted.) 



constellation will be seen to form the 

 figure of a very perfect sickle, the 

 lower end of whose handle is marked 

 by the brilliant Regulus, the Royal 

 Star or Lion's Heart, which for five 

 thousand years was believed to pre- 

 eminently rule the .affairs of the 

 heavens. 



ney around the Pole. In contrast 

 with these two very large and striking 

 groups, we find in this region the very 

 beautiful and delicate Northern Crown. 

 and that most attractive, filmy maze 

 of stars known as the Maiden's Hair. 



That area of the heavens, which lies 

 between the Great Bear, Bootes, and 



