CORVUS (according to Schickard)--Elias’s Crow. CENTAURUS--Abraham and Isaac. LUPUS--Jacob. ARA--The Altar of Incense. CORONA AUSTRALIS--David’s Crown--Solomon’s Crown. PISCIS AUSTRINUS--The Widow’s Meal Barrel--St. Peter’s Fish with Money in Its Mouth. GRUS }--Aaron. PHŒNIX } INDUS }--Job. PAVO } APUS } CHAMELEON }--Eve. PISCIS VOLANS } TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE--The Cross of Christ. (At that time the Southern Cross seems not to have been known.) DORADO } TOUCAN }--St. Raphael. HYDRUS } The southern constellations, Grus, Phœnix, Indus, Pavo, Apus, Chameleon, Piscis Volans, Triangulum Australe, Dorado, Toucan, and Hydrus, were all named by Bayer at the beginning of the seventeenth century, so that the revisers were not upsetting any antique legends in giving them more sacred names. LETTERS OF THE GREEK ALPHABET EMPLOYED IN URANOGRAPHY α--Alpha β--Beta γ--Gamma δ--Delta ε--Epsilon ζ--Zeta η--Eta θ--Theta ι--Iota κ--Kappa λ--Lambda μ--Mu ν--Nu ξ--Xi ο--Omicron π--Pi ρ--Rho σ--Sigma τ--Tau υ--Upsilon φ--Phi χ--Chi ψ--Psi ω--Omega [Illustration: CHART V--THE FIRST SIX HOURS FROM THE VERNAL EQUINOX] [Illustration: CHART VI--FROM VI H. TO XII H. FROM THE VERNAL EQUINOX] [Illustration: CHART VII--FROM XII H. TO XVIII H. FROM THE VERNAL EQUINOX] [Illustration: CHART VIII--FROM XVIII H. TO XXIV H. FROM THE VERNAL EQUINOX] [Illustration: CHART IX--POLAR CONSTELLATIONS FROM VI H. TO XVIII H.] [Illustration: CHART X--POLAR CONSTELLATIONS FROM XVIII H. TO VI H.] PRONUNCIATION OF STAR AND CONSTELLATION NAMES Achernar (ä-ké̃r-när) Albireo (ăl-bí̄-rē-ō) Alcyone (ăl-sí̄-ŏ-nē) Aldebaran (ăl-dé̆b-ȧr-ăn) Algenib (ăl-ḡén-ib) Algenubi (ắl-ḡen-ú̄-bǐ) Algieba (ăl-jé̄-bȧ) Algol (ăl-gol) Algorab (ắl-go-rá̈b) Alioth (ắl-ĭ-ŏth) Alkalurops (ắl-kā-lú̄-rŏps) Alnilam (ắl-nĭ-lá̈m) Alnitah (ăl-nĭ-tá̈h) Almaack (ắl-mā-ắck) Alphacca (ăl-fắk-kȧ) Alphard (ăl-fá̈rd) Alpheratz (ăl-fé̄-rătz) Alrischa (ăl-rĭ-sh́ȧ) Alrucaba (ăl-rũ-cá̈-bȧ) Altair (ăl-tá̄r or ăl-ẗá̈-ǐr) Aludra (á̈-lũ-dr̈á̈) Andromeda (ăn-dŕŏm-ē-dȧ) Antares (ǎn-tá̄-rēz) Antinous (ăn-tí̆n-ŏ̄-ŭs) Aquarius (ȧ-kẃā-rĭ-ŭs) Aquila (ắk-wĭ-lȧ) Arcturus (ärk-t́ũ-rŭs) Argo Navis (ār-gō ńā-vǐs) Aries (á̄-rēz or á̄-rǐ-ēs) Auriga (äw-rí̄-ḡȧ) Baten Kaitos (bá̈-tĕn kí̄tŏs) Bellatrix (bĕl-lá̄-trĭx) Benetnasch (bē-né̆t-născh) Betelgeuse (bé̆t-ĕl-ḡooz or bé̆t-ĕl-gēz) Boötes (bb̄-ó̄-tēz) Camelopardalis (căm-ĕĺ-ō-pă´r-dā-lĭs) Canes Venatici (cá̄-nēz vĕn-á̆t-ĭ̆-sī) Canis Major (cá̄-nĭs má̄jor) Canis Minor (cá̄-nĭs míṅor) Canopus (cȧn-ó̄-pus) Capella (cā-pé̆l-lȧ) Caph (kāff) Capricornus (cá̆p-rī-kór-nus) Cassiopeia (cá̆s-sĭ-ō-pé̄-yȧ) Centaurus (cĕn-táw-rus) Cepheus (śē-fē-us or śē-fũs) Cetus (śē-tŭs) Coma Berenices (có̄mā bēr-ĕ-ní̄-sēs) Corona Borealis (có̄-ró̄-nȧ bō-rē-á̄-lis) Corvus (côŕ-vus) Crater (crá̄-ter) Cygnus (sĭǵ̄-nus)