NATURE STUDY. 
PUBUSHKD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 
Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Vol. I. May, 1901 . No. 12 . 
How to Find the Constellations. X. 
BY GEORGE I. HOPKINS. 
Since the moon reaches the full phase on the third of this 
month it will probably seriously interfere with the star gaz¬ 
ing. It is a good exercise at such a time for the observer 
to see if he can locate accurately the constellations already 
named when only a few stars are visible for guidance. He 
will probably notice that Orion is in the west, nearly, if not 
quite, at the horizon, while the brilliant star Sirius keeps 
up an almost incessant twinkling low down in the south¬ 
west. 
Leo will be noticed considerably past the meridian, and 
the Twins almost exactly in the west, half way between 
horizon and zenith. In the east the yellow star Arcturus 
is seen at an altitude of about forty degrees, and it is bare¬ 
ly possible that one may be able to recognise Corona Bore¬ 
alis just below it. Turning now to the northern sky the 
Great Dipper is seen nearly in the zenith, and the Little 
Bear about the same altitude as Polaris toward the north- 
