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Located by a line drawn from Gemini to Cancer and prolonged. |
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8. |
Coma Berenices |
18 |
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Position indicated by drawing a line through designated stars in Leo. |
9. |
Canis Minor |
20 |
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Located by a line drawn from Auriga to Gemini and prolonged. |
10. |
Corvus |
22 |
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Located by a line drawn from Ursa Minor through Ursa Major and prolonged. |
11. |
Crater |
24 |
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Located south of Leo and just west of Corvus. |
Meteoric Showers, April to July |
26 |
The Constellations of Summer. |
Map of the Heavens 9 p.m., July First |
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12. |
Draco |
32 |
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Lies between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, coiling about the latter. |
13. |
Lyra |
34 |
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Vega, its brightest star, is 12° S.W. of the Dragon's head. |
14. |
Cygnus |
36 |
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Deneb, its brightest star, is about 20° east of Vega. |
15. |
Aquila |
38 |
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Located by a line drawn from the Dragon's head through Vega and prolonged. |
16. |
Delphinus |
40 |
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Located about 10° northeast of Altair in Aquila. |
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17. |
Sagittarius |
42 |
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Located by a line drawn from Cygnus to Aquila and prolonged. |
18. |
Ophiuchus and Serpens |
44 |
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Located by a line drawn from Delphinus to Aquila and prolonged. |
19. |
Scorpius |
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Located just under Ophiuchus, and west of Sagittarius. |
20. |
Libra |
48 |
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Located about 15° west of the head of Scorpius. |
21. |
Corona Borealis |
50 |
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Located just above the head of Serpens. |
22. |
Hercules |
52 |
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Located by lines drawn from either Vega or Altair to Corona. |
23. |
Boötes |
54 |
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Located just west of the Crown. Arcturus, its brightest star, is about 30° southeast of η Ursae Majoris. |
24. |
Virgo |
56 |
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Spica, its brightest star, is located by a line drawn from Antares in Scorpius through α in Libra and prolonged about 20°. |
25. |
Canes Venatici |
58 |
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Cor Caroli, its brightest star, is about 17° south of Alioth in Ursa Major. |
Meteoric Showers, July to
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