The first of September the Milky Way runs directly overhead, and in the midst of it shines the large and striking figure called the Northern Cross, in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. The bright star at the head of the Cross is named Denib. Below the Cross and in the eastern edge of the Milky Way is the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, marked by a bright star, Altair, with a smaller one on each side and not far away. Low in the south, a little west of the meridian and partly immersed in the brightest portion of the Milky Way, is the zodiacal constellation Sagittarius, the Archer. It is distinguished by a group of stars several of which form the figure of the upturned bowl of a dipper, sometimes called the Milk Dipper. East of Cygnus and Aquila a diamond-shaped figure marks the small constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin.