The Heavens in July. 
By Professor Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania. 
I N this midsummer month the strik- 
ing Scorpion, with its fiery red 
Antares, is found exactly on the me- 
ridian in the south. Almost overhead 
are the great groups, Hercules and 
Bootes, with the delicate little North- 
ern Crown between them, while the 
pent and the Serpent Holder, and the 
whole eastern borders of these constel- 
lations, and the whole summer branch 
of the Milky Way, from Sagittarius to 
Cepheus, will well repay examination 
with a small telescope. 
In short, the whole summer sky. 
NORTH 
FIGURE 1. THE CONSTELLATIONS AT 9 P. M., JULY 1. 
(If facing south, hold the map upright. If facing east, hold East below. If facing west, hold West 
below. If facing north, hold the map inverted.) 
Fall groups of Cygnus and Delphinus 
have risen well up from the ground in 
the east. 
The observer can now trace out Ser- 
pens and Ophiuchus, the very extended, 
though rather faint, groups of the Ser- 
though so much fainter, will be found 
no less interesting than that of Winter. 
Having traced out many or all of the 
brighter constellations, with the help of 
Figure i, the observer may select any 
region of the heavens for exploration 
