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• KNOWLEDGE 



[Dec. 12, 1884. 



scenery, the purest air, capital fishing, both in the little 

 trout streams and in the sea, with a combination of quiet 

 and comfort such as our " popular " seaside resorts know- 

 little about. 



FIEST STAR LESSONS. 



By Richard A. Proctor. 



THE map of the stellar heavens, as presented this week, 

 needs scarcely any explanation. It will be observed 

 that the map has not, properly speaking, top, bottom, or 

 sides ; the centre represents the point overhead, the cir- 



cumference marks the horizon. The stars of the first three, 

 magnitudes only are shown, and the constellations are. 

 numbered, not named. The numbering begins with the 

 Little Bear, to see which in its proper position the map 

 must, of course, be held with the " Northern Horizon " 

 downwards. The other constellations are taken as nearly 

 as possible in the order of their distance from the pole (« in 

 1 is the Pole star), from Draco, the Dragon, which being 

 nearest the polar constellation is numbered 2, to Argo, the 

 Ship, which being the farthest from the pole of all those 

 included in this series of maps is numbered 4.5, the last 

 number in our list. The constellations are also taken, 

 around the pole in the order of their right ascension, — or 

 in the direction in which the hands of a watch move,. 



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NIGHT SKY FOR DECExMBER (First Map of P.ur), 



Showing the lieavens as thej appear at the following hours : — 



December 7 at 10 o'clock. 

 December 11 at Of o'clock. 

 December 15 at 9i o'clock. 



December 19 at 9i o'clock. 

 December 23 at 9 o'clock. 

 December 26 at 8J o'clock. 



December 30 at 8i o'clock. 

 .Tannary 3 at 8J o'clock. 

 January 7 at 8 o'clock. 



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