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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



The Heavens in November. 



BY PROF. ERIC DOOLITTLE, OF THE UNIVER- 

 SITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



With the approach of winter the 

 eastern heavens are beginning to be 

 filled with the most brilliant constel- 

 lations of the entire sky. Already the 

 most beautiful and striking group of 

 the Bull, with the lesser groups of the 

 Pleiades and the Hyades which are in- 



Saturn into our evening sky, so that 

 throughout November both Saturn and 

 Jupiter, which are the most satisfactory 

 planets of all for study with a small 

 telescope, will remain with us in excel- 

 lent position for observation. 



This month also is the month of the 

 most interesting November shooting 

 stars, the richest in numbers of all the 

 shooting star showers of the year, and 



morth 



South 



Fig. 1. The Constellations at 9 P. M., Novcmucr l. (If facing S outh, hold the map upright. If facing 

 east, hold East below. If facing west_ hold, West below. If facing north, hold the map inverted.) 



volved in it, has risen high above the 

 eastern ground, while below this there 

 shines out the very brilliant Gemini and 

 the great constellation of Orion, which 

 is the most striking star group of the 

 entire heavens. 



The present month is signalized also 

 by the entrance of the beautiful planet 



when we add that we are at this mo- 

 ment very near to the time when the 

 spots upon our sun appear in their 

 greatest number it will be realized that 

 the present month is one of unusual 

 interest to those who find pleasure in 

 watching and studying the revelations 

 of the sky. 



