The Stars — What a star is. How we have learned about 

 the stars — telescope, mathematics, spectroscope and photo- 

 graphy. Describe the stars, the distance from us to the stars 

 measured by the unit, — a light year — about six trillions 

 miles. 



The nearest star— Newcomb's comparisons. The Pole 

 star, the Pleiades. 



Movement of the stars. Our star moves 800 miles per 

 minute. 



The life of stars — young, middle aged, old, dark. 



How stars are made — Nebulae, The Milky Way or Galaxy. 



What a constellation is. How the constellations were 

 used by the ancients. Their names and legends, still used. 

 How they mapped the sun's path by the constellations. 

 The Zodiac. 



The Polar Constellations: What they are. The Big 

 Dipper, and the use of the pole star. The Little Dipper — 

 The Queen's chair — The Dragon. 



Why the constellations we see in the winter are different 

 from those we see in the simimer. 



The Winter Constellations: Orion, Pleiades, Hyades, 

 Twins. 



The Winter Stars of ist and 2d magnitude: Aldebaran, 

 Betelgeuse, Rigel, The two dog stars, Sirius and Procyon, 

 Capella, Twins. " 



The Simimer Constellations: The Sickle or Lion, The 

 Crown, The Lyre, The Northern Cross, Eagle, Dolphin. 



Summer Stars of ist and 2nd magnitude: Regulus, 

 Arcturus, Vega. Deneb, Altair, Antares, Spica. 



Morning and Evening Stars — Shine by reflected light — 

 Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. 



