At 11 o'clock: July 7. | |At 9 o'clock: Aug. 7. At 10-1/2 o'clock: July 14.|At 9-1/2 o'clock:|At 8-1/2 o'clock: Aug. 14. At 10 o'clock: July 22. | July 30. |At 8 o'clock: Aug. 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.] [Illustration: MAP IX. NIGHT SKY.--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. At 11 o'clock: Aug. 7. | |At 9 o'clock: Sept. 6. At 10-1/2 o'clock: Aug. 14.|At 9-1/2 o'clock:|At 8-1/2 o'clock: Sept. 14. At 10 o'clock: Aug. 22. | Aug. 29. |At 8 o'clock: Sept. 21. 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.--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. The Great Bear (_Ursa Major_) is low down, between northwest and north, the Pointers (a and b) directed slantingly upward toward the Pole. A line from the Pole Star (a of the Little Bear, _Ursa Minor_) to the Guardians of the Pole (b and g), is in the position of the minute hand of a clock 12 minutes before an hour. Between the Great Bear and the Little Bear run the stars of the Dragon (_Draco_), round the Little Bear toward the north, thence toward the northwest, where we see the head of the Dragon high up, its two bright eyes, b and g, directed toward _Hercules_, which occupies the western mid-heaven. Above Hercules is _Lyra_, the Lyre, with the bright steel-blue star Vega high up toward the point overhead. Right overhead is the Swan (_Cygnus_). Low down in the northwest we see in the chart one star of the Hunting Dogs (_Canes Venatici_). Nearer the west stands the Herdsman, rather slanting forward, however, with the Crown (_Corona Borealis_) on his left, almost due west. The long winding Serpent (_Serpens_) runs from near the Crown (where we see its head due west) to farther south than southwest, high up on the western side of the Serpent Holder (_Serpentarius_ or _Ophiuchus_), now standing upright in the southwest. Low down creeps the Scorpion (_Scorpio_), its heart Antares, rival of Mars, in the southwest, the end of its tail between south and southwest. Above and south of the Scorpion's tail we see the Archer (_Sagittarius_). Due south, and high up, is the Eagle (_Aquila_), its tail at z and e, its head at th, the bright steel-blue Altair marking its body. On the left, or east, of the Eagle lies the neat little Dolphin (_Delphinus_). Midway between the Dolphin and the horizon is the tip of the tail of the Sea Goat (_Capricornus_), whose head lies nearly due south.