Show Boy Aged 8 is Real Astronomer z kZ G Te us A bout Stars In Th is Mon th Sky f fien I Million miles r Ce e ye distant C r I A At t i L I 4 J JS S S e 5 S I I II Si J 4 dA ien Fbi's Is William Cannaway oll astronomer at his telescope which has hasI hasa I a lena four and nd a h halt f Inches In diameter At the th Ler per right the sze of th star Is illustrated a map of tho heavens showing to which young Brownlow's artl artcle le refers Youth Is I aflame With wail knowl knowl cd e etch t-ch Mch as only mature etudes and nd sedate sr ordinarily b besst- besst bc st t In toe the case cas of cf old 2 Wil Wit William William liam Gannaway II of cc Knoxville Tenn William it Is on en terms term of In- In in with such ca as Dete Betel Betel- geue Bete-geue light YC rs OrIon Orona Ortona belt and Castor and Pollux Thatis That ThatIs ThatIs Is to isy y he ho is a competent Two years ago he began pestering his father for boo books s about stars hs father re- re re responded and last Christmas presented him with a costly telescope telescope-a scope a sizeable affair wIth a four and a half objective lens With this he h sweeps the heavens every clear night NEA Service and The Stand Stand- ard Examiner asked William to write a story about the stars as he h h ha come to know them Here it is Just as he prepared it By liv WILLIAM G BROWNLOW II year old I Knoxville Tenn Astronomer Written for The Tha Standard am iner and NEA NA Service It If early corly In the evening you OU ook toward the section se or of this months month's sky sly you ou will see four very bright stars that make a large largo diamond diamond- The lowest one farthest to the east east is SirIus the Or brightest star starin starIn in the th heavens SIrius Is only eight light years distant from the carth irth A light year refers reters to the distance light travels in a year year- year six six million millton million miles At the top point o of the diamond much hither higher up and to the south ib b Aldebaran the red eye of o 0 the I bull T Tilo ll other two corners of ot the I dl di ond are in la the constellatIon all 01 u 1 IMMENSE MASS 11 I I v p r one Is Betelgeuse winch is ii illO million miles mile through ar ari 1 to 0 o I huge IlC In lC so that If it the th sun were In 11 it tt 3 enter cL Its circumference lin auld ouid take hike la lu the orbits of both U t h hand h and nd Mrs III j i l J star 1 J Rigel a white b- b b d u i rf of great size eire ze tOO light Tight 5 5 It lb S i i-i i one on of ot the PT Ir r li t of ot the r r r Our own SS i t it i his j could hi he seen seeni seen S 1 1 5 i h 11 ha a good telescope F rn rn se and ar aI r 1 f p bright ht ht stars star In a line tIne St i S h 11 h n Ir r Orion's belli bel om f S h j k h s s 's h his hs sword In ID the tho thes s g l i 1 iS is G 1 IC great t nebula of or Orion t ns 1 n ng ES ga 11 which even II a Itt our QU 1 kI 1 will wilt show onlY a at a ic sn II il notch natch of o light In this n a billa i i i-i heta liela heta a 0 Quadruple iu druple star Abu o aro are the Pitt del ades ad R which everybody knows jor up in the tho east elat above SIrius Is II the first magnitude m star In In tho the Little Dog Do still are the twins Castor and anti roll and overhead Is b Cr Ca p Ct-p lp na AR ARE AHE DOUBLE STARS CAstor Is a double star which my t l I trono ropo shows s as two sun suns I turning about ch c other ether Each of of thea the a also Is b loble do ble but as t fr io thin bT bv hid Irr dIr t r lt l I t with 1 t p EI rp ro r-o so chio to- to tor toCci to r Tiis Thole hoie l on his has the tha roost most bright can be seen with the thi naked na cd eye of ot any in the he sky ticy Jupiter Is low In the southwest at this time or of o year yar ar and ta Is bright I enough to be seen seea It Its gets I dark MUM Mar Is 13 to tho thu south higher Up Both Mars and Aldebaran are red but Mars fars Is brighter and makes kes a steadier light without i twinkling 1 IEA Service I Inc nn nfl |