On the first of August the head of Draco is on the meridian near the zenith, and south of it is seen Hercules, toward the west, and the exceedingly brilliant star Vega, in the constellation Lyra, the Lyre, toward the east. Vega, or Alpha Lyræ, has few rivals for beauty. Its light has a decided bluish-white tone, which is greatly accentuated when it is viewed with a telescope. South of Hercules two or three rows of rather large, widely separated stars mark the constellation Ophiuchus, the Serpent-Bearer. This extends across the equator. Below it, in a rich part of the Milky Way, is Scorpio, whose winding line, beginning with Antares west of the meridian, terminates a considerable distance east of the meridian in a pair of stars representing the uplifted sting of the imaginary monster.