Both stars are of immense actual magnitude. Their distance is so great that no trustworthy estimate of their parallax has yet been made. Rigel was put by Newcomb in his “XM” class, to which we have several times referred. It is without doubt one of the mightiest suns in the universe. It is also a double, and one of the finest in the sky. Close to its flaming rays the telescope reveals a small, intensely blue star. The distance is about 9″.5. In its general aspect Rigel resembles Vega, but the latter has a more decided blue tint. Scientific photometry gives the precedence in brightness to Vega, which is ranked as of magnitude 0.1, while Rigel is 0.3, which means that the first is one-tenth, and the second three-tenths of a magnitude below the 0 rank. It is very interesting to bring Rigel and Betelgeuse close together with a good sextant and then note the difference in their color. The star Gamma (γ), or Bellatrix, the “Amazon” or “Female Warrior,” marks the left shoulder of the imaginary giant. Astrological superstition connects this star with the fortunes of women. Kappa (κ), or Saiph, “Sword” (although it is far from the Sword), is in the right knee of the figure. The head is marked by a little triangular group of stars, the chief of which is Lambda (λ), a fine double, yellow and purplish; distance 4″.5. The “lion’s hide” which Orion is represented as carrying on his left arm like a shield is shown by a bending row of small stars, beginning with Pi (π) and running upward between Bellatrix and Aldebaran in Taurus. The reader who is not provided with a telescope is advised, at least, to employ an opera-glass in sweeping over the whole space included in Orion. It is a region superb in its beauty and grandeur. Around the Belt, particularly, the sky is filled with sparkling multitudes infinitely varied in size, color, and grouping. As already said, this part of the firmament contains an enormous spiral nebula, which, although it can only be seen in photographs, seems to manifest its presence to the eye by the significant arrangement of small stars in curving lines. A word should be added about the star Zeta, or Alnitah, at the southeastern end of the Belt. It is a triple, very remarkable for the indescribable color of its second largest component. The Russian astronomer Struve could find nothing exactly resembling it in tone in the whole gamut of spectral colors, and he invented a special name to describe it--_olivacea-sub-rubicunda_, which may be translated “ruddy-olive.” It is 2″.5 from its larger companion. The third star is very faint, and distant 56″. When the telescope is directed to the star Sigma (σ) there comes into view an astonishing double group of stars, among which such colors as pale blue, “grape-red,” ruddy, and “gray” have been detected. The effect upon the mind of seeing such combinations of tinted suns transcends all power of description. With the feeling of pleasure that they give goes a sense of staggering wonder.