We begin with the familiar figure of the “Great Dipper.”

"I heard the trailing garments of the night
Sweep through her marble halls,
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls."—H. W. Long

Temporary stars are the rarest and most erratic of astronomical phenomena.

A hill may have been built up by a glacier, while a mountain may be the product of volcanic forces or of the upheaval of the strata of the planet.

Camelopardalus is a very inconspicuous constellation, yet it furnishes considerable occupation for the telescope.

The story of the first scientific observation of the corona and the prominences is thrillingly interesting, and in fact dramatic.

Nobody who has not seen the moon with a telescope—it need not be a large one—can form a correct and definite idea of what the moon is like.

“This tunnel,” said Dr. Syx, “leads to the mine head, where the ore-bearing rock is blasted.”

It is called “The Zodiacal Light,” because it lies within the broad circle of the Zodiac, marking the sun’s apparent annual path through the stars.

The narrow sickle of the new moon, hanging above the sunset, is a charming telescopic sight.