CONSTELLATIONS AND PLANETS. 



185 



August, and at 7 p.m. in. the middle of September. The star 

 features of this quarter are the Scorpion in the south-west 

 containing Antares, and an immense isosceles triangle nearly 

 overhead made by Deneb in the Swan, Yega in the Harp, and 

 Altair in the Eagle. The following diagram shows the sky at 

 9 p.m. about the 1st of July, and at 6 a.m. about the middle 

 of February : — 



* 



Capella 



Ojor< 



(pat Square 





Castor^jj 

 Pollux 



>6leStar 



*--*-. 



Deneb 



* Lift 



:Bear 



EAST 



*Coffw 



*-. 



HgDipper 



TheLion,*** 



**Job's 



reoa 



mus*-* 



^ \B00TES 



Northerns v* 

 Crown *** N^rcturus 



f-^WEST 



Deriebola 



f$ T* — tlBR\ 



Antares** 



•r ,*" *SC0RP10 



♦ VIRGq/> 



^Serpens *£ 



ft 



^ P1CA Raveti 



The 12 to 18 Quarter. Line 12 is overhead at 9.30 p.m. on the 

 28th of April. Line 18 is overhead at 9.30 p.m. on the 28th of July. 



