STARS OF THE
SOUTHERN SKIES

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

BY
M. A. ORR
(MRS. JOHN EVERSHED)

AUTHOR OF “AN EASY GUIDE TO SOUTHERN STARS”
AND “DANTE AND THE EARLY ASTRONOMERS”

“All experience is an arch wherethrough

We glimpse the untravelled world whose margin fades

Forever and forever.”

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS 1915

TO
MISS MARY PROCTOR

[Pg vii]

CONTENTS

chap.		page
	THE GREEK LETTERS	x
	INTRODUCTION	xi
I.	THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SOUTH: MODERN GROUPS	1
II.	THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SOUTH: ANCIENT GROUPS	6
III.	THE TEN BRIGHTEST STARS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE	15
IV.	STARS OF DIFFERENT AGES	23
V.	SOME NEAR NEIGHBOURS	32
VI.	DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS	35
VII.	THE ASTONISHING STAR, ETA ARGŪS	40
VIII.	MIRA, THE WONDERFUL STAR	46
IX.	ECLIPSING STARS	51
X.	SHORT-PERIOD VARIABLE STARS	54[Pg viii]
XI.	IRREGULAR AND DOUBTFUL VARIABLES	57
XII.	STAR-CLUSTERS	59
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