The Heavens in August. 
By Professor Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania. 
T HE principal change in our even- 
ing skies since last month is the 
appearance of the four bright 
stars which form the Great Square of 
Pegasus (at D, Figure i), and this 
beautiful figure will remain with us 
until the end of the year. The summer 
The bright planets, Jupiter and Sat- 
urn. are very low in the west, and so 
nearly lost in the sun’s rays that they 
can only be viewed with difficulty ; in 
fact, during the month the former 
planet will enter the morning sky. 
There only remains with us the inter- 
iOUTH 
Figure 1. The Constellations at 9 P. M.. August 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.) 
branch of the Milky Way has risen so 
high in the east that it now passes al- 
most through the zenith, and with its 
many star clouds and its long train of 
bright constellations will well repay 
study with a small telescope. 
esting planet Mars, which now shines 
brightly in our skies, and during the 
month will be seen to move entirely 
across Libra and well into Scorpio. It 
will be remembered that during the last 
two weeks of June the Red Planet 
