Show I. I L TH THE STAR MAP OF JULY J i 4 A OA O t A I 1 b 0 x 7 l 0 iCO I i 0 4 0 0 t zo kA O i 1 o i 4 o ii 1 i 0 0 Ii Iii I i Q o 4 s C 6 3 0 Ig R M. M 0 O jT 4 4 0 OZo 20 I r 8 RM I 0 Ti 4 5 II This map s shows hows the heavens as 1 they appear at 9 p. p m m. m July Jul 1 or 8 p. p m m. m July 15 in 35 degrees degree's n north rth latitude As a change of 5 or 10 degrees in latitude makes little change Inthe in inthe inthe the appearance of the heavens the map may be used to advantage In all part parts of the United States and southern Canada To view the constellations as they appear in the heavens hold the map over the head or inverted with the top toward the north Corona Borealis the Northern Crown lies ills on the meridian di directly directly directly di- di south of the zenith zenith at at this time Next ext to it on the west is th the kite shaped constellation of Bootes with Its brilliant orange colored Arcturus which lies Iles in line with the handle of the Big Dipper now Dipper now In the northwest prolonged northwest prolonged about 30 degrees towa toward d the south Directly east of Corona Borealis Js Is s the he huge con constellation of Hercules Hercules Her Her- cules eules and next to Hercules on the northeast is the small constellation of Lyra the Harp which contains contal s the brilliant white blue-white Vega Vega one one of the most beautiful stars of the northern heavens In the far southern skies this month appears the brilliant zodiacal zodiacal zodiacal zodia zodia- cal constellation of Scorpio the Scorpion with Its long line of stars representing the tail taU of the Scorpion Scorpion Scorpion pion trailing in a a- southeasterly direction to the horizon In the heart of of the Scorpion shines the fiery red Antares which is reputed to be the greatest of all the stars stars' in size with a diameter of miles Antares Is so far away from the earth that Its light traveling atthe the rate of miles per second takes over three centuries to reach us The planet planet Venus Is now In the evening sky and wl will l be found Inthe in inthe inthe the northwest immediately after sunset On t the tle e evening of July 10 the three planets Venus Mercury and Mars will be in close tion Mars is now too faint because of ot its great distance from the earth to be visible to the naked eye wh when n so unfavorably placed for observation observation tion In the evening twilight but Mercury which Is as its brilliant as Vega should be visible close to Yen Venus us On July 28 Mercury reaches its greatest distance of more than 27 degrees east of ot the sun and should be seen In the evening twilight In Inthe Inthe inthe the northwest close to Venus and Regulus In Leo Jupiter Is' Is Isnow now In Sagittarius Infine in infine infine fine position for observation throughout the night On July 10 it comes into opposition with the sun and will then be above the horizon from sunset to sunrise Saturn also is js well in view in the evening sk sky in July and will be found over In the southwest in the early evening evering between Libra and nd Virgo Copyright 1925 NEA Service I Inc |