Lectures on Stellar Statistics

by C. V. L. Charlier

The distribution of the squares in the heavens is here graphically represented in the projection of Flamsteed, which has the advantage of giving areas proportional to the corresponding spherical areas, an arrangement necessary, or at least highly desirable, for all stellar statistical researches. It has also the advantage of affording a continuous representation of the whole sky.

The correspondence between squares and stellar constellations is seen from [plate II]. Arranging the constellations according to their galactic longitude we find north of the galactic equator (in the C-squares) the constellations:—

Hercules, Cygnus, Cepheus, Cassiopæa, Auriga, Gemini, Canis Minor, Pyxis, Vela, Centaurus, Scorpius, Ophiuchus,

and south of this equator (in the D-squares):—

Aquila, Cygnus, Lacerta, Andromeda, Perseus, Orion, Canis Major, Puppis, Carina, Circinus, Corona australis, Sagittarius,

mentioning only one constellation for each square.

At the north galactic pole (in the two A-squares) we have:—

Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices,

and at the south galactic pole (in the two F-squares):—

Cetus and Sculptor.