INDEX

Achilles, [131]
Acrisius, [66]
Adams, [283]
Ægeus, [103]
Ærolites, [245]
Æschylus, [21], [184]
Æsculapis, [109], [169]
Akrab, [157]
Albireo, [115], [122], [124], [125]
Alcor, [39], [47]
Alcott, [157]
Alcyone, [186]
Aldebaran, [13], [184], [185]
Algenib, [78]
Algol, [31], [63], [64], [65]
Alioth, [40]
Allen, [96], [138], [176]
Alnilam, [176]
Alnitak, [11], [176], [177]
Alpha Centauri, [101], [134], [141], [142], [209]
Alphard, [135]
Alphecca, [104]
Alpheratz, [72]
Alps, lunar mountains, [303], [304]
Alps, Valley of, [304]
Al Rischa, [83]
Alshain, [129]
Altair, [129], [192]
Alwaid, [110]
Amazon Star, [171]
Ambrosia, [20], [24], [184]
Amelia, [204]
Amphitrite, [25], [131]
Amru, [162]
Andromeda, constellation, [71], [75], [79]
Nebula, [72], [74]
Triple star, [72]
Andromids, [71], [91], [240], [244]
Legend, [55], [56], [57], [58], [59]
Anger, [32]
Antares, [3], [11], [13], [127], [145], [152], [153], [155],
[156], [171], [185]
Autolycus, lunar crater, [313]
Apennines, lunar mountains, [303], [311], [304]
Aphrodite, [33]
Apollo, [17], [18], [24], [26], [27], [28], [49], [77], [88],
[116], [118], [120], [168], [169], [268]
April meteors, [116]
Aquarius, constellation, [128], [157]
Legend, [128]
Aquila, constellation, [127], [128], [129]
Altair, [129], [192]
Legend, [127], [128], [202]
Arabian astronomers, [11], [40], [42], [60], [63],
[146], [176], [184]
Aratus, 8, [63], [79], [83], [93], [103], [104], [105], [129],
[148], [149], [157], [174], [185], [186], [189], [192]
Archer, The, [131], [132], [133], [134]
Areas, [44], [97]
Archæan Age, [293]
Archilochus, [225]
Archimedes, lunar crater, [312]
Arcturus, 3, [11], [13], [38], [88], [96], [97], [98], [99],
[101], [104], [113], [114], [142], [147], [148]
Argo, constellation, [29], [85], [209]
Canopus, [163], [193], [197], [209], [210]
Legend, [131], [193]
Argonautic Expedition, [49], [85], [210]
Ariadne, [88], [102], [103]
Ariadne's Crown, [104]
Ariel, [282]
Aries, constellation, [29], [83], [84], [231]
Legend, [84]
Arion, [130]
Aristarchus, lunar crater, [311], [312]
Aristillus, lunar crater, [313]
Aristotle, [202]
Arrow of Hercules, [129]
Arrow of the Archer, [133]
Ascalaphus, [151]
Aselli, [92]
Asterion, [97], [98]
Asterope, [186]
Astræa, goddess, [24], [148], [149]
Astræa, planetoid, [234]
Astræus, [247]
Astrology, [268]
Atergatis, [56]
Atlantides, [188]
Atlas, [21], [48], [68], [107], [186], [188], [247]
Auriga, constellation, [137]
Capella, [138], [139], [140], [142]
Legend, [20], [137], [138], [139]
Aurora, [27], 77, [151], [170], [247], [248]
Auroræ, [217]
Bacchus, [102], [103]
Bailey, [207], [209], [249], [274]
Baker, [284]
Ball, [111]
Binds of Orion, [176]
Barnard, [99], [122], [124], [142], [164], [251], [254],
[255], [258], [259]
Barritt, [231]
Baumgardt, [220]
Bay of Rainbows, [303]
Bayne, [50]
Bear Driver, [97]
Bear's Stars, [27], [42], [44]
Beehive, [93]
Bellatrix, [271]
Bellerophon, [77]
Benetnasch, [40]
Berenice's Hair, [88], [94], [95], [113], [146]
Bessel, [164]
Beta Centauri, [134], [209], [210]
Betelgeuse, [13], [171], [172], [173], [180], [185]
Biela Comet, [239], [244]
Biela Meteors, [71], [244]
Big Dipper, [5], [8], [34], [37], [38], [39], [40], [44], [47],
[59], [87], [96], [97], [140], [142], [163]
Binaries, [39], [140]
Birds, Three, [106], [108], [128], [258]
Blue stars, [13], [99], [41], [111], [121], [174]
Boomerang, The, [102]
Boötes, constellation, [88], [96], [97], [113]
Arcturus, [13], [96], [98], [99], [202], [142], [248]
Legend, [38], [97]
Bow and Arrow, The, [133]
Bowl of Bacchus, The, [136]
Bronze Age, [248]
Bryant, [34]
Bürgel, [281]
Caduceus, [32]
Callimachus, [139]
Calliope, [113]
Callisto, [44], [45], [60], [97]
Cancer, constellation, [29], [91], [93]
Præsepe, [92], [93], [186]
Legend, [92], [107]
Canes Venatici, constellation, [97], [180]
Cor Carolli, [97], [98]
Spiral Nebula, [98]
Canis Major, constellation, [260], [264], [180]
Sirius, [127], [140], [141], [142], [145], [146], [159],
[160], [161], [162], [163], [164], [165], [182], [191],
[197], [200], [210]
Legend, [160], [264]
Canis Minor, [280]
Procyon, [180], [282]
Legend, [280]
Canopus, [163], [197], [209], [210]
Capella, [3], [11], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [159],
[192], [194], [206]
Caph, [60]
Capricornus, constellation, [158]
Legend, [158]
Carina, [85]
Carlyle, [97]
Cassiopeia, constellation, [5], 8, [58], [59], [60],
[61], [79], [192]
Double stars, [62]
Legend, [59], [60]
Castor and Pollux, [6], [28], [29], [131], [192], [293],
[194], [195]
Caucasus, lunar mountains, [303]
Celæno, [186]
Celestial Bear, [47]
Celestial Equator, [277]
Centaurs, [109], [232]
Centaur, The, [234]
Centaurus, constellation, [234], [209] Alpha Centauri, [202], [134], [242], [142], [209]
Beta Centauri, [134], [209], [210]
Southern Pointers, [134], [209]
Cepheus, constellation, [5], [57], [58], [59]
Cepheids, [59]
Legend, [55], [56], [57]
Cerberus, [108]
Ceres, goddess, [26], [249], [250]
Ceres, planetoid, [233], [234]
Cetus, constellation, [5], [59], [71], [80], [81], [158],
[193]
Myra, [82]
Legend, [56], [57], [69], [79], [80]
Chacornac, [311]
Chain of Andromeda, [192]
Chair of Cassiopeia, [58], [59], [60], [192]
Chaos, [19], [30], [199]
Chaldea, [12]
Chaldean Legend, [92]
Challis, [283]
Chara, [97]
Chariot, invention of, [137]
Charioteer, The, [237], [138], [139]
Charles' Heart, [97]
Charles' Wain, [38]
Chaucer, [105], [205], [231]
Cheops, [50]
Chinese Legend, [202]
Chiron, [131], [232], [233], [193]
Chromosphere, [223]
Circumpolar stars, [8], [9]
Clamor, [32]
Clark, Alvan G., [164]
Clark, Eliot C., [75]
Clark Observatory, [220]
Clavius, lunar crater, [314]
Cleomenes, [33]
Coal-sack, [222], [208]
Collins, J. R., [206]
Coma Berenices, constellation, [90], [94], [247],
[186]
Legend, [95]
Comets, [235]
general appearance, [237]
detailed appearance, [238]
Comets,
density, [238]
composition, [239]
orbits, [237]
revolution, [236]
speed, [238]
disintegration, [240]
planetary influence, [237]
origin, [240]
Donati's comet, [238]
Encke's comet, [237]
Halley's comet, [236]
Comet of 1811, [237], [238]
of 1843, [238]
of 1858, [237]
of 1860, [238]
of 1882, [238]
Comstock, [242]
Conon, [95]
Constellations, [4], [12], [29], [39], [163]
Legends, [71]
Copernicus, [15], [198], [248], [257]
Copernicus, lunar crater, [311], [312]
Cor Carolli, [97], [98]
Cor Hydræ, [135]
Cor Leonis, [89]
Corona, of sun, [215], [216], [217], [221]
Corona Borealis, constellation, [29], [101], [102],
[103], [104], [111], [113]
Coroinds, [104]
Legends, [102], [103]
Coronis, [184]
Corvus, constellation, [127], [136]
Legend, [137]
Crab, The, [29], [91], [92], [106]
Crape Ring, [272]
Crater, constellation, [127], [136]
Legends, [136], [137]
Crow, The, [136], [137]
Crystal Spheres, [4], [18], [198], [199]
Cubit, [167]
Cup, The, [136], [137]
Cup of Achilles, [136]
Cup of Hercules, [136]
Cup of Medea, [136]
Cupid, [26],

[150], [158]
Cupid's Arrow, [129]
Cyclops, [19], [21], [169]
Cycnus, [125]
Cygnus, constellation, [29], [88], [115], [120], [121],
[122], [124], [128]
Albireo, [115], [122], [124], [125]
Deneb, [115], [122]
61 Cygni, [122], [134]
Coal-sack, [122]
Legend, [125]
Dædalus, [102]
Danae, [66], [68]
Danaides, [119]
Dark Ages, [11]
Dark nebulæ, [122], [157], [178], [208]
Dark Sign, [107]
Dark Stars, [61], [64], [122]
Darkness, God of, [19]
David's Chariot, [38]
Dawn, Goddess of, [27], [77]
Day Star, [211]
Dead, King of, [126]
Declination, [177]
De Greer, [291]
Deimos, [32], [268]
Delphi, [17]
Delphinus, constellation, [25], [29], [74], [84], [129],
[158]
Legend, as, [130], [131]
Demeter, [149]
De Mornay, [190]
Deneb, [115], [122]
Denebola, [90]
Diana, [28], [168], [170], [183], [268]
Diana's Arrow, [176]
Diana's Hound, [180]
Dippers, Big, Little, Milk, Pleiades, [186]
Big, [8], [37], [38], [39], [45]
Little, [8], [40], [45]
Milk, [133], [186]
Dipper of the Pleiades, [186]
Dione, [276]
Discord, [32]
Doe's Leaps, [42]
Doerfel, lunar mountains, [304]
Dog-days, [160]
Dog Star, [160], [191]
Dolphin, [35], [74], [84], [130], [131], [158]
Dominion Astrophysics! Observatory, [316]
Donati's comet, [238]
Double cluster, [65]
Double-double, [115], [195]
Double stars, [62], [90], [98], [115], [122], [135], [140],
[147], [149], [155], [164], [177], [195]
Douglas, [225]
Draco, constellation, [5], [8], [29], [48], [51], [192]
Legends, [48], [49], [105], [107]
Dragon's Eyes, [110]
Dubhe, [40]
Dryden, [23]
Earth, [228], [260], [270], [285]
reeling motion, [50]
revolution, [227]
orbit, [15], [294]
rotation, [294]
axis, [294]
diameter, [229], [285]
age, [285]
movement of crust, [291]
surface features, [287], [288], [290], [292]
Earth,
strata, [292], [293]
fossils, [293]
shadow, [294]
night, [295]
Earth, ancient center of, [17]
ancient geography, [18], [19]
Earth and moon system, [285], [297], [298]
Eclipse, sun, [215], [216], [217], [219]
total, [219], [220], [221]
annular, [219]
partial, [219]
ancient fear of, [222]
ancient beliefs:
Chinese, [224], [225]
Chaldean, [222]
European, [224]
Grecian, [225]
Hindu, [224]
Peruvian, [224]
Scandinavian, [224]
Egypt, [157], [160], [161], [162]
fable, [94]
temples, [96], [160]
Electra, [188]
Ell and Yard, [176]
Elysian Fields, [25]
Emerson, [7], [272]
Enceladus, [276]
Encke's comet, [237]
Enif, [74], [78], [130]
Epimetheus, [132]
Erechtheus, [137]
Eridanus, constellation, [29], [173], [174], [193]
Legend, [28], [124], [125], [174]
Eros, planetoid, [234], [235]
Eskimo Legend, [176]
Etanin, [110]
Ethiopian Legend, [56]
Eudora, [184]
Eudoxus, [18], [104], [199]
Europa, [182]
Europa, Jupiter's satellite, [257], [258]
Euryale, [172]
Eurydice, [25], [116], [119], [120]
Eurystheus, [48], [88]
Evening Star, [48], [151], [247]
Eye of the Bull, [185]
Fates, Three, [26], [30], [103], [151]
Fish, The, [157], [158]
Fish's Mouth Star, [157]
Fishes, Age of, [293]
Flammarion, [210], [220]
Flying Eagle, [127], [128]
Flying Horse, [30], [59], [69], [74], [75], [76], [77],
[78], [79]
Forethought, [132]
Forgetfulness, River of, [25]
Formalhaut, [127], [145], [146], [157], [159], [192]
French Legend, [201]
Freya's Day, [269]
Frigga's Spinning Wheat, [176]
Frost, [39]
Galaxy, [72], [146], [206], [207]
Galileo, [15], [92], [205], [216], [218], [249], [257], [274],
[303]
Galilean Quartet, [257]
Galle, [283]
Ganymede, [24], [128]
Ganymede, Jupiter's satellite, [257], [258]
Garden of Darkness, [48]
Garden of the Hesperides, [48], [68], [107]
Gaseous nebulæ, [180]
Gassendi, lunar crater, [312]
Gate of Men, [92]
Gemini, constellation, [194], [195], [231]
Castor, [194], [195]
Pollux, [194], [195]
Cluster, [195]
Legend, [193], [194]
German Legends, [39], [176], [205]
Germanic divinities, [268]
Giant's Belt, [15], [176]
Giant's Eyes, [196]
Giant's War, [21], [49]
Goblet of Apollo, [136]
Golden Age, [23], [148]
Golden Fleece, [49], [85], [131], [193]
Golden Grains, [176]
Golden Yard, [176]
Gorgons, Three, [30]
Graces, Three, [30]
Grave of Curiosity, [201]
Gravitation, [13], [226], [283], [298]
Gray stars, [177], [195]
Great Bear, [34], [42], [139]
Great Dog, [160], [164], [180]
Great Square, [74], [75], [78]
Grecian temples, [17], [153]
Greek and Roman names of divinities, [31]
Green stars, [90], [111], [122], [155], [194]
Grimaldi, lunar crater, [312]
Grove of Mars, [49]
Guardian of the Stars, [48]
Guards, [41], [42], [49]
Gulf of Dews, [303]
Hagar, [47]
Hale, [172]
Hall, [267]
Halley, [98], [163], [236]
comet, [236]
Hans-on-the-Middle-Horse, [39]
Hare, The, [164], [181]
Harp of Orpheus, [113], [120], [121]
Harp Star, [114], [122]
Harvard Observatory, [210]
Harvests, Goddess of, [26]
Hat of Darkness, [21], [26]
Hearn, [203]
Heart of the Lion, [89]
Heart of the Scorpion, [11], [134], [152]
Heaven, ancient, [18]
Heaven, River of, [204]
Heavenly Twins, [192]
Heavens, changes in, [51]
Hebe, [24], [106]
Hebe, planetoid, [234]
Hecatoncheires, [19], [21]
Helena, [193]
Helen of Troy, [193]
Helical rising, [160]
Heliades, [125], [174]
Helicon, Mount, [30], [69], [77], [75]
Helle, [84]
Helvetius, [97]
Henderson, [100]
Hercules, constellation, [104], [105], [110], [111],
[113], [115]
Double stars, [111]
Star cluster, [110], [113]
Legends, [28], [48], [87], [88], [89], [92], [105], [106],
[107], [108], [109], [131], [132], [134]
Hercules, hero, [25], [48], [80], [87], [88], [89], [92],
[105], [106], [107], [108], [109], [131], [132], [133]
Hero, [85]
Herodotus, [50], [130], [161]
Heroes, [17], [28]
Heroic Age, [23]
Herschel, [10], [195], [210], [246], [280], [282], [311]
Hesiod, [22], [23], [76], [132], [185], [189]
Hesperides, [48]
Hesperus, [48], [151], [247]
Hippocrene, [76]
Homer, [25]
Hood, [44]
Horn of Plenty, [138]
Horns of the Bull, [185]
Horse, original, [69]
Horse and its Rider, [39]
Hounds of Boötes, [146]
Hour circle, [177]
Hours, goddesses, [27], [33]
Howe, [44]
Hubble, [72], [124]
Hunter, The, [168], [169]
Hunting Dogs, [97]
Huygens, [274]
Hyas, [185]
Hyades, [81], [184], [185], [186]
Hydra, constellation, [29], [135]
Double stars, [136]
Legends, [92], [106], [107], [136], [137]
Hyperion, [276]
Icarus, [180]
Immortals, [17], [24]
King of, [24]
Queen of, [24]
Indian Legends, [46], [47], [102], [201], [245]
Interferometer, [99], [153]
Invertebrates, [293]
Io, [257], [258]
Irregular nebula, [180]
Iris, goddess, [32]
Iris, planetoid, [234]
Irmin, [205]
Iron Age, [23]
Isis, [149]
Isles of the Blest, [25]
Jack-on-the-Middle-Horse, [39]
Jacob's Staff, [176]
Japanese Legend, [202]
Japetus, [276], [277]
Janus, [269]
Jason, [49], [85], [131]
Jewel of the Virgin, [147]
Job's Coffin, [74], [129], [130]
Josephus, [80], [236]
Jove, [268]
Judges, Three, [25]
Juno, goddess, [24], [44], [45], [60], [92], [97], [107],
[168], [269]
Juno, planetoid, [234]
Jupiter, god, [20], [21], [22], [24], [27], [30], [32], 45,
[66], [71], [77], [85], [109], [124], [128], [132], [137],
[138], [151], [168], [169], [174], [182], [183], [189],
[193], [194]
Jupiter, planet, [6], [226], [228], [229], [230], [231],

[232], [237], [251], [252], [259], [260], [269], [280]
atmosphere, [254]
axis, [255], [281]
density, [255], [270]
diameter, [252]
markings, [252], [253], [254], [270]
revolution, [252]
rotation, [254]
satellites, [32], [252], [253], [257], [258], [259], [297]
eclipse of, [141]
seasons, [257]
size, [252]
surface, [254], [255]
Kapteyn, [141]
Keel, [85]
Keeler, [275]
Kennel, [146]
Kepler, astronomer, [15], [232]
Kepler, lunar crater, [312]
Kids, The, [137], [159], [232]
Kings, Three, [176]
Kippax, [136], [185]
Kneeler, The, [105]
Knot Star, [83]
Korean Legend, [202]
Labors of Hercules, [25], [88], [105], [136]
Laden, [48], [68], [105]
Lake of Dreams, [303]
Lalande, [21], [142], [185]
Langley, [221]
La Place, [285]
Lassel, [282]
Lawrence, Saint, [66], [241]
Le Conte, [293]
Leda, [193], [196]
Ledæan Lights, [196]
Lee, [39]
Leibnitz, lunar mountains, [304], [306]
Leo, constellation, [6], [29], [87], [88], [89], [91], [95],
[113], [135], [194]
Regulus, [89], [90]
Denebola, [90]
Leonids, [90], [91], [241], [242], [244]
Legend, [87], [88], [89], [105]
Leonidas, [37]
Leonids, [90], [91], [241], [242], [244]
Lepus, constellation, [164], [181]
Red variable star, [164]
Legend, [164]
Leverrier, [283]
Libra, constellation, [149], [153]
Legend, [148]
Lick Observatory, [258]
Light and Day, divinities, [19]
Light, [140], [141], [185], [206], [215], [259]
Lilac stars, [94], [195]
Lion, The, [87], [88], 89, [105]
Lion's Skin, [170], [171]
Little Bear, [42]
Little Dipper, [8], [40]
Little Dog, [191]
Little Dog Star, [181]
Lockyer, [160]
Longfellow, [76], [121], [169]
Lost Ones, [176]
Lost Pleiad, [188]
Love, Goddess of, [32]
Lowell, astronomer, [263], [264]
Lowell Observatory, [203], [265], [266]
Lowell, poet, [30], [43]
Lucan, [68], [153], [161], [202], [212], [298], [299]
Lucifer, [247]
Lyra, constellation, [29], [113], [115], [127], [128],
[180]
Lyrids, [116]
Ring nebula, [115]
Double-double, [115]
Variable star, [115]
Legend, [25], [113], [116], [118], [119], [120], [121],
[202]
Mad Stars, [184]
Magellan, [210]
Magellanic Clouds, [210]
Magnetic Storms, [217]
Maia, [186], [269]
Malayan Legend, [4]
Mammals, Age of, [293]
Man, Age of, [293]
Manger, The, [92]
Manilius, [136], [138], [181], [201]
Mars, god, [24], [32], [85], [269]
Mars, planet, [6], [59], [185], [226], [227], [229], [230],
[232], [252], [260], [261], [265], [280], [297]
orbit, [260]
rotation, [261]
density, [261], [265]
diameter, [261], [267]
surface, [262], [263], [265]
atmosphere, [261]
seasons, [261], [262]
temperature, [265]
canals, [262], [263], [264]
possibility of life, [252], [264], [265]
satellites, [32], [267], [268], [297]
eclipse of, [268]
Marsh of Sleep, [303]
Medician Stars, [257]
Medusa, [31], [57], [58], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68],
[69]
Megrez, [40]
Meissa, [175]
Merak, [40]
Mercury, god, [24], [32], [65], [84], [116], [118], [121],
[151], [268]
Mercury, planet, [32], [226], [227], [228], [229], [232],
[258], [260], [278], [280], [297]
orbit, [279]
transit, [278]
revolution, [279]
diameter, [278]
surface, [279]
climate, [270]
Meredith, [196]
Merope, [186], [188]
Meteors, [91], [104], [116], [239], [240], [241], [244],
[245], [246]
Showers, [59], [65], [71], [90], [116], [241], [242],
[244]
Radiant points, [244]
Legends, [66], [245]
Mexican Legend, [190]
Michelson, [99], [172]
Milk Dipper, [133], [186]
Milky Way, [10], [49], [59], [63], [72], [115], [191], [205],
[206], [208], [210]
Legends, [17], [24], [152], [201], [202], [203], [204],
[205]
Milton, [198], [204], [247], [294]
Mimas, [276]
Minerva, [24], [103]
Minotaur, [102]
Mintaka, [11], [176], [177]
Mirach, [72]
Mirfak, [65]
Mizar, [39], [40], [49]
Months, naming of, [269]
Moon, [100], [141], [175], [212], [297], [298], [300], [301],
[304], [306], [314], [315]
diameter, [297]
distance, [297]
phases, [299]
"seas," [302], [303]
mountains, [303], [304], [305]
craters, [307], [309], [311], [312], [313], [314]
atmosphere, [300], [301]
shadows, [219], [220], [305], [307]
Moon-goddess, [175]
Morning Star, [247], [248]
Moreaux, [279]
Mountains of eternal light, [304]
Mount Wilson Observatory, [10], [72], [99], [111],
[124], [153], [172], [206], [265], [297], [305]
Moulton, [61], [101], [221], [287]
Mowers, Three, [176]
Multiples, [140]
Music, God of, [118]
Music of the Spheres, [5], [200]
Muses, [30], [69], [74], [76], [77]
Muses, Grove of, [76]
Myra, [81], [82]
Mythology, [17], [18], [22], [23]
Naked-eye double, [39]
Naiads, [17]
Names of stars, [11]
Nebula of Andromeda, [72], [180]
Nebula of Orion, [15], [178], [180]
Nebulæ, [94], [98], [116], [124], [146], [178], [185], [210]
Nebular Hypothesis, [285]
Nectar, [24]
Nemea, [89]
Nemean Games, [89]
Nemean Lion, [87], [88], [89]
Neptune, god, [17], [21], [23], [24], [56], [76], [130],
[131]
Neptune, planet, [227], [228], [232], [251], [260],
[282], [284]
discovery, [282]
orbit, [283]
revolution, [283]
diameter, [282]
satellite, [259], [283], [284], [297]
Nereids, [56]
Newton, [56], [283]
Nile, [161]
Nile Star, [162]
North Star, [7], [8], [9], [38], 40, 41, 44, [58], [59],
[114], [140], [141], [177]
Northern Cross, [5], [88], [115], [121], [122], [124],
[125], [192], [208]
Northern Crown, [101], [102], [103]
Northern Fish, [157]
Nova, [61]
November meteors, [90], [91]
Oberon, [282]
Ocean of Storms, [303]
Olbers, [233], [234]
Olcott, [50], [160]
Ophiuchus, constellation, [109], [110], [134]
Legend, [127], [169]
Olympus, Mount, [17], [20], [21], [24], [33], [77], [118],
[128], [137]
On His Knees, [105]
Oracle, [17], [24], [56]
Orange stars, no, [111], [121], [135], [194]
Oriental Legend, [66]
Orion, constellation, [5], [6], [28], [33], [81], [115],
[125], [140], [167], [170], [171], [181], [191],
[210]
Orion's Belt, [11], [164], [176]
Orion's Head, [175]
Orion's Dogs, [164], [180]
Nebula, [15], [178], [180]
Betelgeuse, [13], [171], [172], [173]
Rigel, [173], [174]
Legends, [152], [167], [168], [169], [170], [183], [185],
[189]
Orpheus, [25], [49], [88], [113], [116], [118], [120], [121],
[193]
Osborn, [162]
Ossa, Mount, [21], [22]
Ovid, [23], [24], [29], [38], [45], [49], [97], [120], [125],
[133], [150], [204], [205]
Ox-driver, [38]
Pallas, planetoid, [234]
Pan, [158]
Pandean pipes, [17]
Pandora, [132]
Pearl, The, [104]
Peary, [42], [245]
Pease, [153]
Peck, [178]
Pegasus, constellation, [5], [74], [78], [79], [130]
Enif, [74], [78], [130]
Legends, [69], [74], [75], [76], [77]
Pegasus, Square of, [5],

[78], [79]
Pelion, [21], [22], [193], [131]
Perseus, hero, [28], [30], [56], [57], [58], [62], [63], [66],
[67], [68], [69], [75], [80], [105]
Perseus, constellation, [59], [62], [63], [65], [74], [78],
[79], [139], [140]
Double cluster, [65]
Perseids, [65], [241]
Algol, [31], [63], [64], [65]
Legend, [62], [66], [67], [68], [69]
Peruvians, [138]
Phæd, [40]
Phæthon, [27], [28], [49], [120], [125], [152], [174],
[202]
Phaola, [184]
Phlegethon, [25]
Phobos, [32], [268], [276]
Phoebe, [276], [277]
Pholyxo, [184]
Phosphorus, [247]
Photosphere, [215]
Piazzi, [233]
Pickering, E. C., [39]
Pickering, W. H., [265], [266], [277], [301], [315]
Pico, lunar mountain, [305]
Pillars of Hercules, [108]
Pirene, Spring of, [76]
Pisces, constellation, [29], [83], [231]
Legend, [84]
Piscis, constellation, [157], [158]
Formalhaut, [127], [145], [146], [157], [192]
Pit of Darkness, [19], [21]
Planetary nebula, [116]
Planetoids, [232], [233], [234], [235], [260], [297]
Planets, [4], [6], [31], [212], [226], [228], [230], [231],
[232], [268], [287]
orbits, [226]
periods of revolution, [227]
distances from sun, [227]
rotation, [228]
diameters, [229]
solid and gaseous, [229]
possibility of life, [251]
satellites, [229]
Plato, lunar crater, [305], [313]
Pleiades, [176], [185], [189], [190], [191]
Legends, [21], [183], [184], [188]
Pleione, [186], [188]
Pliny, [80], [108], [167]
Plowing Oxen, [38]
Plowshare, [38]
Pluto, [23], [24], [25], [26], [119], [151], [169]
Plutarch, [149]
Pointers, The, [38]
Polaris, [7], [41], [42]
Pole Star, [7], [49], [50], [51], [97], [208]
Pole of the Heavens, [7], [40], [59], [177]
Pollux, [194], [195]
Posidonious, [202]
Prasepe, [92], [93], [186]
Precession of the Equinoxes, [160], [163]
Prixus, [84], [85]
Proctor, Mary, [66], [176]
Proctor, R. A., [44], [90]
Procyon, [180], [181], [191], [192], [194]
Prometheus, [127], [132], [133]
Prominences, [213]
Proserpine, [26], [149], [150], [151]
Ptolemy, [163], [249], [257]
Puppis V., [64], [85]
Purple stars, [89], [111], [135], [177]
Pythagoras, [247]
Quadruple star, [157]
Radiant point, [90]
Ræ, [103]
Ram, [49], [84], [85]
Ras Alhague, [110]
Ras Algethi, [110]
Red stars, [13], [90], [111], [145], [147], [152], [156],
[164], [171], [172], [184]
dwarf red stars, [13], [172]
giant red stars, [13], [172]
Red Spot, Great, [254], [255]
Regulus, [89], [90]
Reptiles, Age of, [293]
Retreat of the Howling Dog, [146]
Rhea, goddess, [20]
Rhea, satellite, [276]
Rigel, [173], [174]
Right ascension, [177]
Ring nebula, [115], [180]
Roberts, A. W., [64]
Rock of Gibraltar, [109]
Roemer, [141], [259]
Rogers, Julia E., [124]
Runaway stars, [98], [99]
Sagitta, constellation, [29], [129]
Legend, [106], [129]
Sagittarius, constellation, [133], [134]
Legends, [131], [132], [133], [134]
Saxe, [119]
Satellites, [229], [297]
Mars', [32], [267], [268]
Jupiter's, [32], [141], [252], [253], [257], [258], [259]
Saturn's, [32], [259], [276], [277]
Uranus', [259], [282]
Neptune's, [259], [284]
Earth's, [297]
Saturn, god, [20], [23]
Saturn, planet, [6], [228], [229], [230], [232], [251],
[260], [269], [271], [276]
revolution, [270]
rotation, [270], [275]
diameter, [269], [270]
seasons, [270]
markings, [270]
rings, [271], [272], [274], [275]
density, [270]
system of, [276]
satellites, [32], [259], [276], [277]
Satyrs, [17]
Scarborough, Sir Charles, [98]
Scales, The, [148], [149], [153]
Scheat, [78]
Schiaparelli, [262], [263]
Schickard, lunar crater, [311]
Scorpion, The, [27], [168]
Scorpio, constellation, [29], [110], [153], [210]
Antares, 3, [11], [13], [127], [145], [152], [153], [155],
[156], [171], [185]
Legend, [168]
Sea-goat, [158]
Sea, God of the, [21]
Sea, Goddess of, [25]
Sea-monster, [56], [57], [59], [69], [79], [80]
Seas, lunar, [302], [303], [306]
Sea of Fecundity, [306]
Sea of Clouds, [303]
Sea of Conflicts, [306]
Sea of Nectar, [303], [306]
Sea of Showers, [303]
Sea of Tranquillity, [303]
Segment of Perseus, [78], [192]
Serviss, [111], [240]
Serpent Bearer, The, [110]
Serpens, constellation, [109], [110], [127]
Legend, [109]
Serpent, The, [27]
Seven Sisters, [188]
Shades, King of, [25]
Shades, Queen of, [26], [151]
Shaft of Altair, [129]
Shaler, [291]
Shapley, [113], [210]
Shedir, [60]
Shelley, [194]
Shephards, ancient, [12]
Shepherd's Star, [11], [138]
Sickle of Leo, [87], [89], [241]
Sighs, River of, [25]
Signs of planets, [31], [32]
Silver Age, [23], [148]
Sirens, Three, [30]
Sirius, [127], [140], [141], [142], [145], [148], [159],
[160], [161], [162], [163], [164], [165], [181], 191,
[197], [206], [210]
Sky Dragon, [48]
Sky Sea, [84], [158], [159]
Sisyphus, [119]
Small Dog, [180]
Smith, [130]
Sothis, [16]
Southern Cross, [124], [134], [163], [208], [209]
Southern Fish, [157], [209]
Southern Pointers, [134], [209]
Southern Pole, [210]
Spangles, The, [176]
Spectroheliograph, [213]
Spectroscope, [39], [140], [156], [180], [188], [195],
[215], [250], [301]
Spectroscopic binary, [39]
Spence, [190]
Spencer, [103]
Spiral nebulæ, [72], [98], [116], [180], [206]
Spica, [11], [127], [145], [146], [147], [148], [149], [152]
Square of Pegasus, [5], [30], [59], [78], [79], [159],
[192]
Stars, [7], [8], [9], [12], [16], [61], [64], [100], [189], [301]
number, [9]
distance, [39], [100], [101], [141], [142]
fixity, [8], [40]
pathways, [9]
proper motion, [163]
magnitude, [10]
names, [10], [11]
life cycle, [13], [15], [156]
diameter, [12], [99], [122], [172]
color, 3, [10], [13]
giant, [13], [172]
dwarf, [13], [172]
variable, [82], [115], [164], [188]
dark, [61], [64], [122]
runaway, [98], [99]
shooting, [90], [91], [239], [241], [244], [245], [246]
double, [62], [90], [98], [115], [122], [135], [140], [147],
[149], [155], [184], [177], [195]
triple, [72], [90], [157], [177], [194]
telescopic, [10]
clusters, [92], [94], [113], [157], [186], [195], [209],
[210]
double cluster, [65]
as clocks, [38], [62], [96]
weather signs, [92], [139], [157], [159], [160], [161],
[184], [185], [190], [194]
String of Pearls, [176]
Sun-god, [27], [77], [113], [116], [136], [174], [248]
Sun, The, [12], [115], [156], [163], [211], [212], [213],
[215], [226], [231]
distance from earth, [211]
rotation, [218], [219]
diameter, [13], [212]
chemical composition, [215]
surface, [212], [213], [214], [215], [216], [217], [218]
sun-spots, [82], [216], [217], [218], [226]
eclipse, [215], [216], [217], [219], [220], [221]
Swan, The, [29], [88], [120], [124], [125], [128]
Swedenborg, [211]
Swedish Legend, [202]
Sword of Orion, [178]
Sword Handle of Perseus, [186]
Symbols of gods, [31], [32]
Tanabata, [204]
Tartarus, [23], [25]
Taurus, constellation, [6], [29], [139], [191], [186]
Hyades, [81], [184], [185], [186]

Pleiades, [176], [105], [189], [190], [191]
Legends, [25], [169], [181], [182], [183], [184], [188]
Taygeta, [186]
Taylor, [182], [191], [197]
Tears of Saint Lawrence, [65], [241]
Tears, River of Many, [174]
Telescopes, [10], [72], [99], [111], [172], [206], [315],
[316]
Tennyson, [15], [33], [151], [176], [182], [184], 190,
[276]
Tethys, [276]
Thayer, [271]
Theocritus, [93]
Theophilus, lunar crater, [309]
Themis, [276], [277]
Theseus, [102]
Thor's Day, [268]
Thuban, [49], [50], [51]
Tides, [298]
Time, God of, [23], [138], [276]
Titan, satellite, [276]
Titania, [282]
Titans, [19], [20], [21]
Tiu's Day, [268]
Triangulum, constellation, [83], [84]
Trident, [17], [21]
Triptolemus, [150]
Tycho, lunar crater, [311], [312], [314], [315]
Typhon, [22], [26], [84], [149], [150], [158]
Turner, [174]
Twins, [194]
Underground god, [150]
Urania, [23]
Uranus, god, [19], [21]
Uranus, planet, [195], [228], [229], [232], [233],
[251], [260], [280], [281]
discovery, [280]
orbit, [281]
revolution, [281]
rotation, [281], [282]
diameter, [280]
density, [282]
seasons, [281]
satellites, [259], [282], [297]
Urn of Aquarius, [157]
Ursa Major, constellation, [29], [34], [42], [44],
[60], [192]
Alcor, [39], [47]
Mizar, [39], [40], [49]
Legends, [44], [45], [46], [47], [97]
Ursa Minor, constellation, [29], [41], [42], [192]
Pole Star, [7], [49], [50], [51], [97], [208]
Legends, [44], [45], [97]
Valley of the Alps, lunar vallew, [313]
Vega, 3, [50], [114], [115], [121], [122], [134], [141]
[142], [192], [208]
Vela, [85]
Venus, goddess, [24], [26], [32], [33], [95], [150], [158],
[268]
Venus, planet, [6], [226], [227], [228], [229], [231],
[232], [247], [248], [249], [260], [280], [297]
orbit, [250]
Venus,
revolution, [251]
rotation, [250]
diameter, [247]
temperature, [251]
atmosphere, [250]
phases, [248], [249]
transit, [250]
possibility of life, [251]
Vindemiatrix, [147]
Vineyards, God of the, [103]
Vipers, original, [69]
Virgil, [125]
Violet stars, [177]
Virgo, constellation, [24], [146], [147], [231]
Spica, [11], [127], [145], [146], [147], [148], [149]
Legends, [148], [149], [150], [151]
Vesper, [247]
Vesta, planetoid, [234], [235]
Vulcan, [18], [22], [26], [137]
Wagoner, The, [139]
Wandering stars, [4]
War, God of, [24], [32], [49]
Water-bearer, [128], [157]
Water-bearer's Urn, [158]
Water-snake, [107], [136], [137]
Watcher of the Bears, [97]
Watch-dog on the Nile, [162]
Weather stars, [92], [139], [157], [159], [160], [161],
[184], [185], [190], [194]
Webb, [111]
West-wind, God of, [33]
Whale, The, [69], [84]
White stars, [11], [122], [145], [149], [173], [177]
Wind-god, [17]
Wine, God of, [136]
Winged cup, [18]
Wodan, [269]
Wodan's Day, [268]
Wood nymphs, [17]
Wordsworth, [85], [206]
World, ancient, [17]
World, axis of, [48]
World stream, [18]
World year, [23]
Worsley, [124]
Yard Wand, [176]
Yellow stars, [13], [96], [135], [147], [171], [177],
[191]
Yerkes Observatory, [122], [251], [255], [275], [316]
Young stars, [13], [111], [156], [172], [173], [238]
Zavijava, [147]
Zephyrus, [33]
Zodiacal constellation, [230], [231]