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THE CONSTELLATIONS ORION (O-ri'on), with its striking array of brilliant stars, Betelgeuse, Rigel, the Three Kings, etc., is generally admitted to be the finest constellation in the heavens. Orion was the hunter giant who went to Heaven when he died, and now marches around the great dome, but is seen only ti f^*^^
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TAuRUS OH/oM in the winter, because, during the summer, he passes over during daytime. Thus he is still the hunter's constellation. The three stars of his belt are called the Three Kings." Sirius, the Great Dog-star, is in the head of Orion's hound, and following farther back is the Little Dog-star, Procyon.
