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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



The Starry Heavens in October. 



BY PROFi;SSOR ERIC DOOLITTLE, OF THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



During the past month we have seen 

 the complete withdrawal of the summer 

 groups, Libra and Scorpio, from our 

 evening heavens. The bright Arcturus 



the Great Square of Pegasus and the 

 large, bright group of Andromeda, near 

 which latter constellation both Cassi- 

 opeia and Perseus are now seen high in 

 the northeastern sky. In the extreme 

 north the Great Dipper has now sunk 

 completely below the Pole and rests in 

 an upright position a short distance 



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has sunk below the ground in the west, 

 while the interesting, though faint, 

 groups of the Serpent and the Archer 

 have both partly disappeared. Mean- 

 while the Royal Star, Fomalhaut, has 

 been mounting steadily higher in the 

 southern sky until now it is but a 

 short distance to the east of the meri- 

 dian, while above it there shines out 



above the ground. 



The bright, golden sun Capella has 

 again appeared in the northeast, but 

 most interesting of all is the entrance 

 into our evening heavens of the great 

 group Taurus with its two wonderful, 

 though scattered, little clusters of the 

 Pleiades and the Hyades. 



Even to the naked eye the little dip- 



