Excerpt from The Constellations and How to Find Them; 13 Maps, Showing the Position of the Constellations in the Sky During Each Month of Any Year Fig. 2. Is a representation of the North Polar heavens when Alpha Draconis was nearest the Pole. It will be seen that at that time the constellation of Draco, the Dragon, occupied the furthest North part of the celestial sphere - and thus would hold a prominent position in the heavens - the star that was then brightest in this constellation (thuban) would be the Pole Star of the period, years ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.