Zuben Eschamali (zö-ben-es-she-ma´-li), β Libræ, "the northern claw."
A pale emerald color, a very unusual color for a star. It is approaching the earth at the rate of six miles a second and culminates June 23d. This star is also known as "Kiffa Borealis."
In the compilation of the foregoing list, the author has been greatly assisted by Allen's "Star Names and their Meanings."
[1] It will be noted that the date of culmination is given in almost every case. By culmination is meant the highest point reached by a heavenly body in its path, at which point it is said to be on the meridian. In this hemisphere this is in each case the highest point north.
For example:—the culmination of the sun occurs at noon.
The time when the stars here mentioned culminate on the dates specified is in each case nine o'clock p.m.
TABLE SHOWING THE STARS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND MAGNITUDE RISING IN THE EASTERN SKY AT NINE O'CLOCK P.M. ON THE DATES SPECIFIED.
| DATE | NAME OF STAR | CONSTELLATION |
| January 1 | Regulus, 1st. | Leo. |
| January 8 | Alphard, 2d. | Hydra. |
| January 11 | Cor Caroli. | Canes Venatici. |
| February 20 | Arcturus, 1st. | Boötes. |
| March 1 | Spica, 1st. | Virgo. |
| March 5 | Gemma, 2d. | Corona Borealis. |
| April 1 | Vega, 1st. | Lyra. |
| April 20 | Ras Alhague, 2d. | Ophiuchus. |
| April 22 | Deneb, 2d. | Cygnus. |
| May 9 | Antares, 1st. | Scorpius. |
| May 26 | Altair, 1st. | Aquila. |
| June 5 | Delphinus. | |
| July 17 | Algenib, 2d. | Perseus. |
| August 6 | Algol. | Perseus. |
| August 21 | Capella, 1st. | Auriga. |
| August 21 | Hamal, 2d. | Aries. |
| August 27 | Fomalhaut, 1st. | Piscis Australis. |
| September 13 | The Pleiades in Taurus. | |
| October 2 | Aldebaran, 1st. | Taurus. |
| October 26 | Bellatrix, 2d. | Orion. |
| October 30 | Castor, 2d. | Gemini. |
| October 30 | Betelgeuze, 1st. | Orion. |
| November 4 | Pollux, 1st. | Gemini. |
| November 4 | Rigel, 1st. | Orion. |
| November 27 | Procyon, 1st. | Canis Minor. |
| December 4 | Sirius, 1st. | Canis Major. |
| December 8 | Phaet, 2d. | Columba. |
| December 14 | The Bee Hive in Cancer. | |
| December 16 | The head of Hydra. |