Fig. 19.—The Flying Horse
of Pegasus.
Fig. 20.—Figure of a
Trapezium.
The Mighty Orion.—The brightest constellation in the whole sky is Orion (pronounced O-ri´-on), the Great Hunter, as the ancients liked to imagine this group of stars.
With the exception of the Big Dipper, Orion is the easiest of all the constellations to find provided you look for it at the right time of the year, which is during the winter months.
To locate Orion cut out of cardboard seven large stars and three small stars. Near the lower edge of the blackened cardboard pin two large and two small stars to form what is called a trapezium, that is, four straight lines forming a figure, none of which are parallel, as shown in [Fig. 20]. About halfway across the figure pin three large stars in a row, at equal distances apart and tilted a little, as shown in [Fig. 21].
Fig. 21.—Constellation of Orion.
