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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1956)
rOURTKH MEDrOHD (OHEOOrT) MAIL TBIBDKB Sunday, Junt 14, 195t Scorpion Constellation Is Visible in Southeast Sky By FAY VAN SCHOIACK Would you like to see con stellation whose form truly sug gest the outline of the creature for which it is named? This star group, called Scorpius or Scor pio in Latin and the Scorpion in English, may be seen around 9 p.m. slightly east of due south and rather low in the sky. To locate Scorpion, find An- tares, a beautiful reddish star scintillating so vigorously that the star-gazers attention is Im mediately engaged. This is the heart of the Scorpion. Equally distant on either side of the "heart" is a yellow star. To the right of Antares a line of five stars lie very nearly at right an gles to the stars representing the body of the creature. Many peo ple can see a fan in this part of the sky figure. Lin of Stars A line of stars from Antares curving downward to the. left then upward to end in a triangle outlines the remainder of the Scorpion. The sting is located in this triangle. The red, super-giant star form ing the heart of the Scorpion was given the name, Antares, which means "rival of Mars" because of its color-resemblance to this planet. Mars now rises in the east around midnight. There will be more about the "god of war" in this column at a little later date, as many will enjoy the unusual beauty of this planetary neigh bor when it becomes visible dur ing the evening hours. It will also be interesting to compare the two celestial rubies. Mars and its "rival." Largest Star Antares, one of the largest know stars has a diameter of more than 390 million miles, which is about 450 times the di ameter of our Old Sol. So great is its distance from our planet that light from this giant sun would be visible to earth-dwellers for almost four hundred yean after the star ceased to shine! "Why should a scorpion be given an honored place in the heavens?" someone may wonder. This resulted from Phaeton's attempt to drive the sun chariot across the sky. Apollo, god of the" sun, was the only one who could control the fiery horses which drew the blazing chariot across the heavens each day. But Phae ton, young son of Apollo, im plored his father to let him drive the horses "Just one time," until with great reluctance his father consented. Follow Tracks "Follow the wheel tracks that mark the middle of the sky and do not drive too high or too low," cautioned his father. The horses, missing the fa miliar touch on the reins, soon became uncontrollable. They left the middle path and ran toward the Bears in the north, causing them to suffer with the extreme heat. Bootes saw them approaching and though bur dened with his plow, took to flight. Sometimes they flew so high they were much too near heaven, and at other times they flew so low the oceans dried up forming great deserts. It is said the fierce heat changed the Ethiopians from white to dark-skinned peo ple and also formed the Sahara Desert. Angered by Heat When the chariot careened toward the south, the great Scor pion, angered by the heat, hurled himself toward Phaeton, who be came frightened and let the reins drop from his hands Jupiter, observing all this from Mt. Olympus, hurled a bolt of lightning toward the chariot demolishing it completely. Phae ton dropped into the river Erid anus and the Naiads buried his body. To reward the Scorpion for trying to stop the run-away horses, Jupiter placed this con- Klamath Falls Young People Hurt in Crash James Burton Watrus, 19 and Jerry Ann Watrus, 18, both of Klamath Falls, were taken to Communty hospital for treatment of cuts, bruises and abrasions Friday evening, after the car he was driving turned over on High way 238 west of Jacksonville, ac cording to state police. 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