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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 ...

Domain: Astronomy; Category: General astronomy

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 ...

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

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.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

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 ...

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

In this constellation there are two very bright stars. The brighter, a reddish star called Aldebaran, is the Bull's eye, and is low down among a V-shaped cluster of little stars called the Hyades.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

A short distance below the Crown a little triangle of stars will be seen, from which a long line of stars curves downwards in a rough semicircle in the direction of Altair.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

The three right-hand stars of Cetus point down to a bright star - below Aquarius and not far above the horizon - called Fomalhaut, in the constellation of Piscis Australis.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

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