The Heavens in March. 
By Professor Samuel G. Barton of the University of Pennsylvania. 
M ARCH is the first of the spring 
months. The Milky Way, car- 
rying with it and ahead of it the 
brilliant winter constellations, now ap- 
proaches the western horizon in the 
early evening to remain in an incon- 
spicuous position near the horizon for 
several months. The Pleiades and 
southwestern quarter of the sky. There 
are twice as many bright stars in this 
quarter as in the remainder of the sky. 
It may be noted that there is a long 
strip of the sky extending from south 
to north just east of the Milky Way in 
which very few stars are seen. 
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Figure 1. The constellations at 9 P. M. March 1. Hold the map so that the 
direction faced is at the bottom; that is, if facing east hold east at the bottom as south 
now is. 
Hyades are low in the west. Their dis- 
appearance in the sun’s rays marks the 
beginning of spring, and their appear- 
ance in the early evening in the east 
indicates the autumn season. Most of 
the bright stars are concentrated in the 
Double Stars. 
The three very bright stars — Sirius 
at A, Procyon at B and Castor at C — 
are interesting double stars. The first 
to be discovered was Castor, about 
1750. This was among the earliest dis- 
