Created by: abbeygrech
Number of Blossarys: 7
The constellation best known in Britain is called by astronomers Ursa Major; its chief stars suggest the form of a Plough - its popular name in Britain; or sometimes 'Charles's Wain' - or of a Great ...
When the Plough and Cassiopeia are known, we have two valuable guides one to each side of the Pole, and two more are given by the bright stars Vega and Capella, one on each side of a line drawn from ...
The Plough is only part of a constellation called Ursa Major, forming the loins and tail of the Great Bear; the rest of the body is composed of little stars.
A line drawn through the two stars of the Plough which are parallel with the 'Pointers,' passes between two of the brightest stars belonging to Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, a constellation which is ...
Capella is the brightest star of the constellation of Auriga, which contains four other bright stars.One might wonder what connection Capella (the little goat) has with the Charioter, but from the ...
Curving around from Capella toward Cassiopeia, is a bright streak of stars which form part of the constellation of Perseus.
Between Vega and the foot of Cygnus cross are two third magnitude stars; these, with Vega, are the brightest stars in Lyra, the Lyre.