138 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE
48,000starscomparedwiththenumberwhichcanbe
seenwitha smalltelescopeofthreeinchesaperture?
Lookatthestarsonthischartofthenorthernhemis-
phere representingthoseseenbyArgelanderandhis
assistantsduringtheirperseveringsurveyofthenorth-
emheavenswitha2^-inchtelescope. There areno
lessthan 324,198starsmarkedonthatchart! They
liealmostascrowdedtogetherasthesandsuponthe
seashore;andinparts,especiallyalongtheMilkyWay,
thecrowdingis frequentlysogreatastomakeitim-
possibletodistinguishstarfromstar! Thatchartis
a photograph made by Proctor from Argelander's
maps. Turningthelightofthelantern fulluponit,
youmayobservethatsomehandhaswrittenwithpen
andinkbelowitsmarvelous pictureofthestar-filled
hemispherethesublimeyetsimpleandtouchingwords
of Jesus Christ, *In My Father's house are many
mansions.'
"Butnowletus usethelargerinstrumenttoscan
someofthe wondersof theheavens. Letus direct
itfirsttotheconstellation Perseus;and as wehave
tofindaparticularspotintheconstellation,wesetthe
equatorialtelescopebymeansofitshourcircleto 2 hr.
II m.rightascension, and elevateit to 56 38 north
declination, and having rotated it so that the hour
onthemeridian corresponds with that shownatthe
momentbythesiderealclock,wemountthesteps of
theladderandlookthroughtheinstrument. Abril-
liantmass of stars,apparently countless in number,
nowfillsthefieldofview! That isthemagnificent
clusterofstarsintheswordhandleofPerseus. After