30 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [17:1— Jan., 1921 



The Hyades 



J. G. Etzkowitz 

 Among the most noticeable winter constellations one finds 

 Hyades and Orion. 



Aldebaran is the brightest star of the Bull the constellation 

 Taurus — and forms the eye of the bull in the mythological figure. 

 It is easily recognized by its red color. It lies 

 on the end of one branch of a V-shaped cluster 

 called Hyades. The Hyades which Aratus 

 accurately describes as "Whitening all the 

 bull's broad forehead," forms a most con- 

 Aldebaran in the V. spicuous and beautiful group. The appela- 



This is a part of usually attributed to their reputed influence 

 Taurus^°"^ ^ ation, ^^ ^^^ weather. In the showery springtime 



they set just after the sun, and in the stormy 

 period of late fall just before sunrise. The classic writers again 

 and again refer to them as the rain stars; Spencer called them 

 "moist daughters"; and in Tennyson's Ulysses we read : 



Thru scudding drifts the rainy Hyades 



Vex'd the dim sea. 



Aldebaran, the bright star in the Hyades group signifies 

 "hindmost". The Arabians so named it because it follows the 

 Pleiades. ' Another popular title is "the Bull's Eye" from its posi- 

 tion in the constellation. The slight tinge of red in the light of this 

 star gives it an added beauty and makes it a conspicuous ornament 

 of our winter night. Mrs. Sigoumey in "The Stars " thus finely 

 portrays it. 



Go forth at night 

 And talk with Aldebaran; there he flames 

 In the cold forehead of the wintry .sky. 



Andromeda 



Alice M. Phipps 



Andromeda, though far away she flies, 

 Dreads the Sea Monster, low in Southern Skies. 



— Aratus. 



Andromeda is a constellation which comes to the meridian in 

 November. It consists of 66 visible stars, three of second magni- 

 tude and two of third magnitude. Most of the others are small. 



