That is Betelgeux, in the shoulder of Orion, who is looking up to the Bull. Betelgeux is on the north side of the Belt; and Rigel, of Orion’s heel, is at the same distance to the south of the Belt. Aldebaran, Rigel, and Menkar, of the Whale’s nose, form an equilateral triangle.
Aries the Ram is to the right of the Bull, near where his tail should be, and Orion is to the left or east, but a little southerly. But now for the Twins.
Are they the two right north of Procyon, and forming the corner of a right-angled triangle with Betelgeux and Procyon?
They are the Twins, Castor and Pollux, though the latter is the larger. Cancer the Crab is to the left of the Twins.
I cannot see so much as the claw of him. But I see a splendid star further to the left, with Procyon between it and the Belt.
That is Regulus in Leo the Lion. It is one of his forepaws, and beyond to the left is Deneb, of the Lion’s tail. The little lion is north of Leo, and between it and the Great Bear, the favourite constellation of England.
Virgo the Virgin should come next. I can see Spica, which is twice as far from the Cross northward as the Cross is from the Pole.
Spica is in the ear of corn held in the Virgin’s hand. The Virgin’s head touches the Lion’s tail at Deneb.
What a tall lady she must be! But what is that staring star forming the head of a triangle with Deneb and Spica?
The Arcturus of Job, in the knee of Bootes the Husbandman, standing on Mount Mœnalus. The small stars between Arcturus and Deneb are in the hair of Berenice. The Northern Crown, between Hercules and Bootes, is seen nearly overhead in England.