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THE GREEK LETTERS x
INTRODUCTION xi
I. THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SOUTH: MODERN GROUPS 1
II. THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SOUTH: ANCIENT GROUPS 6
III. THE TEN BRIGHTEST STARS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 15
IV. STARS OF DIFFERENT AGES 23
V. SOME NEAR NEIGHBOURS 32
VI. DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS 35
VII. THE ASTONISHING STAR, ETA ARGŪS 40
VIII. MIRA, THE WONDERFUL STAR 46
IX. ECLIPSING STARS 51
X. SHORT-PERIOD VARIABLE STARS 54
XI. IRREGULAR AND DOUBTFUL VARIABLES 57
XII. STAR-CLUSTERS 59
XIII. GLOBULAR STAR-CLUSTERS 66
XIV. NEBULAE 72
XV. OTHER TYPES OF NEBULAE 80
XVI. THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN 85
XVII. THE MILKY WAY 88