Round the year with the stars / The chief beauties of the starry heavens as seen with the naked eye

by Garrett Putman Serviss

• Omicron Ceti, [114].
• Ophiuchus, [57].
• Orion, [101] et seq.
• Orion group of constellations, [40].

• Pearl, the, [66].
• Pegasus, [80].
• Perseus, [85].
• Phæd, [41].
• Phæton, [84].
• Phosphorus, [123].
• Pi Orionis, [105].
• Pisces, [85], [115].
• Piscis Austrinus, [75].
• Planets, the, [118];
• apparent swallowing by sun, [125].
• Plato, quoted, [39].
• Pleiades, [109] et seq.
• Pointers, the, [42].
• Polaris, [46], [116].
• Pole-stars, succession of, [48].
• Pollux, [113].
• Porrima, [32].
• Præsepe, [38].
• Precession of equinoxes, [47], [84].
• Procyon, [113] et seq.
• Pulcherrima, [69].

• Ras Algethi, [59] et seq.
• Ras Alhague, [57].
• Reflection, sky seen by, [19];
• supposed visibility of Jupiter’s moons by, [124].
• Regulus, [35] et seq.
• Revelation of the stars, [10].
• Revolution of the pole, [48].
• Revolutions of the heavens, [16].
• Rho Ophiuchi, [58].
• Richter, Jean Paul, quoted, [91].
• Rigel, [104].
• Right Ascension, [13].
• Rising stars, attraction of, [29].
• Royal family of sky, [75].
• Royal stars, [35].
• Ruchbah, [88].

• Sadachbia, [78].
• Sadalmelik, [77].
• Sadalsuud, [78].
• Sagitta, [79].
• Sagittarius, [56].
• St. Paul and the viper, [57].
• Saiph, [105].
• Saturn, [122], [124].
• Scheat, [81].
• Schedar, [88].
• Scorpio, [55].
• Serpens, [57].
• Set, [122].
• Shakespeare, quoted, [49], [80].
• Sheratan, [84].
• Shield of Orion, [105].
• Sickle, the, [37].
• Sigma Tauri, [109].
• Sirius, [94] et seq.
• Smyth, Admiral, quoted, [32].
• Sobieski’s Shield, [57], [65].
• Solstices, [13].
• Sophocles, quoted, [67].
• Southern Cross, R. H. Dana on, [77].
• Southern Fish, [75].
• Spica, [29] et seq.
• Star colors, [44], [83], [89], [90].
• Star magnitudes, [98].
• Streaming of stars, [81], [106].
• Struve invents star color, [106].
• Summer Solstice, [50].
• Sword-hand of Perseus, [86].
• Sword of Orion, [103].

• Tent, the, [33].
• Theta Orionis, [103].
• Theta Tauri, [109].
• Three Guides, the, [88].
• Thuban, [45], [48].
• Toorus, [107].
• Tropic of Capricorn, [79];
• of Cancer, [40].
• Tycho’s star, [90].

• Ursa Major, [40].
• Ursa Minor, [46].
• Uru-anna, [101].

• Vega, [43], [61] et seq.
• Venus, [120], [123].
• Vernal Equinox, [21].
• Vindemiatrix, [31].
• Virgin, origin of name, [30].
• Virgo, [29] et seq.
• Vulpecula et Anser, [80].

• “W,” the letter, [87].
• Wesen, [100].
• Whirlpool nebula, [69].
• Whitney, Prof., quoted, [78].
• Winter heavens, glories of, [93].
• Winter Solstice, [93].

• “XM” class of stars, [31], [64], [104].
• Xavier de Maistre, quoted, [89].

• Year, various beginnings of, [25] et seq.