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The Heavens in June. 
By Professor Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania. 
T HE skies, on these warm evenings 
of early summer, are very beauti- 
ful. Surely no one can glance at 
the southern heavens without being 
struck by the brilliant stars and planets 
which shine out there, especially 
toward the west ; and if he is led to 
study somewhat the fainter stars, and 
to explore the eastern sky, especially 
Regulus, Arcturus, Spica and Antares, 
and the bright planets Jupiter, Saturn 
and Mars are still conspicuous in our 
evening sky. And this month we wit- 
ness the reappearance of Scorpio, the 
most striking of all the summer groups, 
with its row of three bright stars 
stretching from A to B, Figure I ; its 
fiery red star Antares, at C, and its tail, 
NORTH 
Figure 1. The Constellations at 9 P. M., June 1. (If facing south, hold the map upright. If facing 
•west, hold West below. If facing east, hold East below. If facing north, hold the map inverted.) 
with a small telescope or a pair of opera 
glasses, he will find there an inex- 
haustible source of interest and 
pleasure. 
In the south there are now shining 
brilliantly the beautiful, bright stars 
extending first downward and then up- 
ward along the exact center of the 
Milky Way all the way to D. For 
many centuries the bright stars E and 
F marked the tips of the claws in this 
constellation, but these were later re- 
