SIXTEEN MEDFOFD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Snuady, June 10. 1956
Vega, in Constellation of
Lyre of Orpheus, Visible
By FAY VAN SCHOIACK
"Hitch your wagon to a ttar,"
is good advice, oft-repeated. But
regardless of our choice in the
matter, we are, in a sense,
"hitched" to a brilliant blue
v hite star. The entire solar sys
tem sun. planets, moons, plan
etoids, meteors, and comets is
traveling toward a distant sun at
the rate of 12 miles per second
or nearly 400.000.000 miles per
year.
We are whirling through
space in the general direction of
a mighty sun, Vega. 50 times
brighter than our Old Sol and
with a diameter two and one-
half times as great.
Pol Star
Thousands of years ago, Vega
was our Pole Star and in the
vear 14.000 A D. will again hold
that position. Only a little more
than 12 thousand years until
we have a different North Star!
Why do we have a change in
pole stars? The earth rotates on
its axis with a peculiar wobbling
motion causing its poles to travel
in a circular path called the cir
cle of precession, which is com
pleted once in approximately
26.000 years.
As the North Pole points to
different parts of the sky while
traveling on this path, and the
star directly above the North
Pole will be our pole star, there
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will be a periodic change in pole
stars.
No Pola Star
Thuban. a small star in the tail
of Draco the dragon, was the
pole star about 3.000 B.C. when
the Egyptian Pyramids were be
ing built. Polaris, the present
North Star, is not exactly in line
with the North Pole, but is near
enough for all practical pur
poses. Vega, as mentioned be
fore, will be the pole star again
in about 12 thousand years.
There will also be times when
the northern hemisphere will
have no pole star.
Vega is the only bright star in
the constellation, Lyra the Harp,
or the Lyre of Orpheus, and is
also the brightest star in the
summer heavens. By 9:30 p.m.
(PST), June 10, it will be about
half way i-p in the sky, slightly
north of east.
Four dim stars just below the
brilliant Vega form a small
foursided figure resembling a
parallelogram, while one dim
star almost beside Vega on the
left makes a small triangle of
the top of the parallelogram.
This star group is called Lyra
the Harp.
Lyre Presented
Apollo, the Greek god of
music, presented to Orpheus a
harp or lyre, upon which he
played such wonderful music
that the birds hushed their songs
to listen, waterfalls ceased
splashing and even the rocks
gave attention to its magic.
Orpheus loved and won in
marriage a beautiful girl named
Eurydice. who stepped on a
serpent and died from its poison
ous bite. The grief-stricken
Orpheus finally decided to visit
the Underworld and ask Pluto
to allow Eurydice to return to
life. Using his music as a charm,
he succeeded in passing the ter
rible three-headed dog, Cerberus,
and gaining an audience with
the ruler of the Underworld.
"Eurydice may follow you
back to life on one condition.
You must not look back until
you reach the sunlight of the
outer world." said Pluto.
Looked Back
Orpheus promised. But alas!
Just a few steps from the outer
portal he looked back to be sure
his wife was following him, and
Eurydice was instantly taken
back to death, again.
Unable to forget his sadness,
Orpheus wandered about the
world until the followers of
Bacchus threw stones at him and
by screaming loudly enough to
subdue the music of his harp
succeeded in killing him.
In pity, the muses buried his
torn body, but his soul went to
join his beloved young wife. The
gods then placed the lyre in the
sky as a symbol of his wonder
ful music and great love for the
beautiful Eurydice!
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The Hawthorne park swim
ming pool will open at 1 p.m.,
Monday, according to Darell
Huson, city treasurer. The pool
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Swimming classes will start
Monday, June 18, and continue
through June 29. Minimum age
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