3/25 (according to the season and hour) above the horizon. There is an easy method of finding it. It will be seen from Plate 1, that on a spring evening the seven conspicuous stars of this constellation are to be looked for towards the north-east, about half way between the horizon and the point overhead (or _zenith_), the length of the set of stars being vertical. On a summer's evening the Great Bear is nearly overhead. |