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HE diagrams represent the appearance of the con stellations in the season in which they are placed, and favorable location for observation was chiefly considered in thus grouping them. The student can vary the arrangement to suit his convenience.

As the winter is the least desirable time for star-gazing, the greater number of constellations have been purposely grouped in the other seasons.

The so-called "circumpolar constellations" are of course available for observation at any time of the year, and the student can choose his own time for studying them.

At the foot of each diagram of a constellation, for ready reference, appears the name and page number of the constellations bounding it.

Only the constellations visible in the latitude of the New England and Middle States have been included in this book.

The author presupposes that the telescope to be used in connection with this book is not equipped with circles, otherwise recourse should be had to some such book as Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, for a more