Cancer includes the group of -stars irregularly scattered between Gemini (the Twins), the Head of Hydra, Procyon or the Little Dog, and Leo. In the [imtdst of these is a fine luminous spot, or Star Oluster, called the 'Beehive.' On a clear night, it is visible to the raked eye, and may be well observed with a small-power glass. At 9 p.m., Regulus is on the meridian, and Cancer a little to the West, with Procyon to the S. West.
SATURN IN OPPOSITION, Saturn, the sixth large planet of our system proceeding outward from the solar centre, is in opposition on the 7th, and hence favourably placed for observa. tion. The distance from our earth is 803,725,000 miles, or a little further away than in the preceding year.
The planet. is one of the most interesting objects of the heavens, being surrounded by three rings, the two outer once being bright, and the inner rather dusky, through which the main body of the central orb may be seen. Saturn has 10 satellites outside the rings, Titan, the largest, being twice the size of our n: oon. The ninth, Phebe, with a diameter of about 200 miles, moves in a retrograde direction.
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