| Names of Star People | How to Pronounce | Where to Look in the Book | Where to Look on the Maps | When You Can See Them in the Sky | ||||
| Andromeda | (an-drom´-e-dä) | Page | [70] | Number | [25] | Sept. | to | Feb. |
| Aquarius | (a-kwā´-ri-us) | “ | [50] | “ | [19] | Aug. | “ | Dec. |
| Aquila | (ak´-wi-lä) | “ | [48] | “ | [17] | June | “ | Nov. |
| Aries | (a´-ri-ēz) | “ | [75] | “ | [28] | Sept. | “ | Feb. |
| Auriga | (â-ri´-ga) | “ | [105] | “ | [32] | Oct. | “ | June |
| Boötes | (bō-ō´-tez) | “ | [16] | “ | [2] | April | “ | Oct. |
| Cancer | (kan´-ser) | “ | [73] | “ | [27] | Jan. | “ | June |
| Canes Venatici | (kā´-nez ve-nat´-i-cī) | “ | [17] | “ | [2] | Feb. | “ | Sept. |
| Canis Major | (kā´-nis mā´-jor) | “ | [62] | “ | [22] | Jan. | “ | April |
| Canis Minor | (kā´-nis mī´-nor) | “ | [72] | “ | [26] | Dec. | “ | May |
| Capricornus | (kap-ri-kôr´-nus) | “ | [49] | “ | [18] | Aug. | “ | Nov. |
| Cassiopeia | (kas-i-ō-pē´-ya) | “ | [35] | “ | [12] | Jan. | “ | Dec. |
| Cerberus | (seer´-ber-us) | “ | [38] | “ | [14] | April | “ | Nov. |
| Corona Borealis | (kō-rō´-nä bō-rē-a´-lis) | “ | [33] | “ | [11] | April | “ | Oct. |
| Cygnus | (sig´-nus) | “ | [21] | “ | [4] | June | “ | Jan. |
| Delphinus | (del-fi´-nus) | “ | [44] | “ | [16] | June | “ | Dec. |
| Draco | (drā´-ko) | “ | [23] | “ | [5] | Jan. | “ | Dec. |
| Gemini | (jem´-i-ni) | “ | [59] | “ | [21] | Dec. | “ | June |
| Hercules | (her´-kū-lēz) | “ | [38] | “ | [14] | April | “ | Nov. |
| Leo | (le´-o) | “ | [20] | “ | [3] | Feb. | “ | July |
| Leo Minor | (le´-o mī-nor) | “ | [20] | “ | [3] | Jan. | “ | July |
| Lepus | (lē´-pus) | “ | [64] | “ | Dec. | “ | March | |
| Libra | (lī´-bra) | “ | [36] | “ | [13] | May | “ | Aug. |
| Lyra | (lī´-ra) | “ | [25] | “ | [6] | April | “ | Dec. |
| Ophiuchus | (of-i-ū´-kus) | “ | [42] | “ | [15] | May | “ | Oct. |
| Orion | (ō-rī´-on) | “ | [56] | “ | [20] | Nov. | “ | April |
| Pegasus | (peg´-a-sus) | “ | [67] | “ | [23] | Aug. | “ | Jan. |
| Perseus | (per´-sūs) | “ | [102] | “ | [30] | Sept. | “ | May |
| Pisces | (pis´-ēz) | “ | [76] | “ | [29] | Sept. | “ | Feb. |
| Sagitta | (sa-jit´-a) | “ | [26] | “ | [16] | June | “ | Dec. |
| Sagittarius | (saj-i-tā´-ri-us) | “ | [27] | “ | [7] | July | “ | Sept. |
| Scorpio | (skór´-pi-ō) | “ | [29] | “ | [9] | June | “ | Sept. |
| Serpens | (ser´-pens) | “ | [42] | “ | [15] | May | “ | Oct. |
| Taurus | (tâ´-rus) | “ | [58] | “ | [20] | Nov. | “ | April |
| Triangulum | (trī-an´-gū-lum) | “ | [75] | “ | [31] | Sept. | “ | Feb. |
| Ursa Major | (er´-sa mā´-jor) | “ | [7] | “ | [1] | Jan. | “ | Dec. |
| Ursa Minor | (er´-sa mī´-nor) | “ | [10] | “ | [1] | Jan. | “ | Dec. |
| Virgo | (ver´-gō) | “ | [33] | “ | [10] | April | “ | Aug. |
Star People on Maps but not Talked About by “The Society”
| ([a]) Hydra (hī´-dra) | ([c]) Corvus (kôr´-vus) | ([e]) Cetus (sē´-tus) |
| ([b]) Crater (krā´-ter) | ([d]) Cepheus (sēf´-ūs) | ([f]) Eridanus (ē-rid´-a-nus) |
THE STAR PEOPLE
FIRST EVENING
IN WHICH THE SOCIETY OF STAR-GAZERS IS FORMED AND DISCOVERS TWO BEARS—ONE WITH A STRETCHED TAIL
Uncle Henry sat on the porch of “Seven Oaks” Cottage, watching the new moon sink into the woods across Sand Lake.
The ripples of the motor-boat that had carried “Sister” and “The Children’s Father” away from the dock had gone from the glassy water. Over across the lake, at Pentecost station, they would catch the ten o’clock train, to be gone a week.