Labors of Hercules, 25, 88, 105, 136 Laden, 48, 68, 105 Lake of Dreams, 303 Lalande, 21, 142, 185 Langley, 221 La Place, 285 Lassel, 282 Lawrence, Saint, 66, 241 Le Conte, 293 Leda, 193, 196 Ledæan Lights, 196 Lee, 39 Leibnitz, lunar mountains, 304, 306 Leo, constellation, 6, 29, 87, 88, 89, 91, 95, 113, 135, 194 Regulus, 89, 90 Denebola, 90 Leonids, 90, 91, 241, 242, 244 Legend, 87, 88, 89, 105 Leonidas, 37 Leonids, 90, 91, 241, 242, 244 Lepus, constellation, 164, 181 Red variable star, 164 Legend, 164 Leverrier, 283 Libra, constellation, 149, 153 Legend, 148 Lick Observatory, 258 Light and Day, divinities, 19 Light, 140, 141, 185, 206, 215, 259 Lilac stars, 94, 195 Lion, The, 87, 88, 89, 105 Lion's Skin, 170, 171 Little Bear, 42 Little Dipper, 8, 40 Little Dog, 191 Little Dog Star, 181 Lockyer, 160 Longfellow, 76, 121, 169 Lost Ones, 176 Lost Pleiad, 188 Love, Goddess of, 32 Lowell, astronomer, 263, 264 Lowell Observatory, 203, 265, 266 Lowell, poet, 30, 43 Lucan, 68, 153, 161, 202, 212, 298, 299 Lucifer, 247 Lyra, constellation, 29, 113, 115, 127, 128, 180 Lyrids, 116 Ring nebula, 115 Double-double, 115 Variable star, 115 Legend, 25, 113, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 202 Mad Stars, 184 Magellan, 210 Magellanic Clouds, 210 Magnetic Storms, 217 Maia, 186, 269 Malayan Legend, 4 Mammals, Age of, 293 Man, Age of, 293 Manger, The, 92 Manilius, 136, 138, 181, 201 Mars, god, 24, 32, 85, 269 Mars, planet, 6, 59, 185, 226, 227, 229, 230, 232, 252, 260, 261, 265, 280, 297 orbit, 260 rotation, 261 density, 261, 265 diameter, 261, 267 surface, 262, 263, 265 atmosphere, 261 seasons, 261, 262 temperature, 265 canals, 262, 263, 264 possibility of life, 252, 264, 265 satellites, 32, 267, 268, 297 eclipse of, 268 Marsh of Sleep, 303 Medician Stars, 257 Medusa, 31, 57, 58, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 Megrez, 40 Meissa, 175 Merak, 40 Mercury, god, 24, 32, 65, 84, 116, 118, 121, 151, 268 Mercury, planet, 32, 226, 227, 228, 229, 232, 258, 260, 278, 280, 297 orbit, 279 transit, 278 revolution, 279 diameter, 278 surface, 279 climate, 270 Meredith, 196 Merope, 186, 188 Meteors, 91, 104, 116, 239, 240, 241, 244, 245, 246 Showers, 59, 65, 71, 90, 116, 241, 242, 244 Radiant points, 244 Legends, 66, 245 Mexican Legend, 190 Michelson, 99, 172 Milk Dipper, 133, 186 Milky Way, 10, 49, 59, 63, 72, 115, 191, 205, 206, 208, 210 Legends, 17, 24, 152, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205 Milton, 198, 204, 247, 294 Mimas, 276 Minerva, 24, 103 Minotaur, 102 Mintaka, 11, 176, 177 Mirach, 72 Mirfak, 65 Mizar, 39, 40, 49 Months, naming of, 269 Moon, 100, 141, 175, 212, 297, 298, 300, 301, 304, 306, 314, 315 diameter, 297