At 11 o'clock: June 7. | |At 9 o'clock: July 7. At 10-1/2 o'clock: June 14.|At 9-1/2 o'clock:|At 8-1/2 o'clock: July 14. At 10 o'clock: June 22. | June 30. |At 8 o'clock: July 22. Stars of the first magnitude are eight-pointed; second magnitude, six-pointed; third magnitude, five-pointed; fourth magnitude (a few), four-pointed; fifth magnitude (very few), three-pointed. For star names refer to page 4.] NIGHT SKY.--JUNE AND JULY. The Great Bear (_Ursa Major_) is in the mid-heavens toward the northwest, the Pointers not far from the horizontal position. They direct us to the Pole Star (a of the Little Bear, _Ursa Minor_). The line from this star to the Guardians of the Pole, b and g, is in about the position of the minute hand of a clock 2 minutes before an hour. The Dragon (_Draco_) curls over the Little Bear, curving upward on the east, to where its head, high up in the northeast, is marked by the gleaming eyes, b and g. Under the Little Bear, the Camelopard has at last come upright. Low down in the west the Lion (_Leo_) is setting. The point of the "Sickle in the Lion" is turned toward the horizon; the handle (marked by a and ae) is nearly horizontal. Above the Lion's tail is Berenice's Hair (_Coma Berenices_); and between that and the Great Bear's tail our chart shows a solitary star of the Hunting Dogs (_Canes Venatici_). The Crow (_Corvus_) is low down in the southwest, the Cup (_Crater_) beside it, partly set, on the right. Above is _Virgo_, the Virgin. Still higher in the southwest--in fact, with head close to the point overhead--is the Herdsman (_Booetes_), the Crown (_Corona Borealis_) near his southern shoulder marking what was once the Herdsman's uplifted arm. Low down between the south and southwest we find the head and shoulders of the Centaur (_Centaurus_), who holds the Wolf (_Lupus_) due south. Above the Wolf are the Scales (_Libra_), and above these the Serpent (_Serpens_), his head in the south, stretching toward the Crown. In the mid-sky, toward the southeast, we find the Serpent Bearer (_Ophiuchus_--one star of the Serpent lies east of him). Below the Serpent Bearer we find the Scorpion (_Scorpio_), now fully risen, and showing truly scorpionic form. Beside the Scorpion is the Archer (_Sagittarius_), low down in the southeast. To his left we see, low down, two stars marking the head of the Sea Goat (_Capricornus_), and one belonging to the Water Bearer (_Aquarius_). Above the Sea Goat flies the Eagle (_Aquila_), with the bright star _Altair_; and above, near the point overhead, is the kneeling _Hercules_. Due east, we see part of the Winged Horse (_Pegasus_); above that, the little Dolphin (_Delphinus_), and higher, the Swan (_Cygnus_) and the Lyre (_Lyra_), with the beautiful bluish-white star _Vega_.