New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-27

satellites OF the I'VE plal1ets now visible .coHlt
changes having taken place since the publication
of that letter. Prof G. has furnished US with tlI5
following translation, with such notifications O
the original as the changes III the position Of the
planets have since rendered necessary.
For The Tribune.
Celestial Phenomcna-E0. 7.
MEssRs. EoIToRs Let nc, for moment di-
rect the attention Of your readers from this noisy
world, and persuade them to turn ii towards these
celestial regions, so full OF harmony, Of silence
and of poetry, where, a; this moment one of the
most beautiful and magnificent tahleaux which
the frmament can offer to the contempatye
view of q religious observer Of Nature unfolds
itself, and which the planetary revolutions pre-
sent only al periods Of time the most remote from
each other.
On a serene and clouilless night the starry
heavens Will continue TO present 10 the observer,
for several weeks to come, no less than four OF the
principal planets Of the Solar System and one Of
the Asteroids, " in solemn silence" lourneylng to-
gethcr on the same side Of Tie frmament, and al
most concentrated within the four contiguous
zodiacal consultations Sagittarirs, Capricornus
Aquarius and Pisces. These planets are Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Juno, which, with
their | satellites, and our Moon which will soon
rise among them, growing brighter and more
bright, as she asccnds, will present Us, during
many succeeding nights, the rare and interesting
spectacle Of TWENTY-FIVE worlds, planetary orbs,
visible from the Earth on the same zone of the
celestial canopy Juno and Uranus only, are IN
visible TO the naked eye. To those not familiar
with the practical studies of the heavenly bodies
and Their cvolutions, Will cndeavor to point out
the way by which they may be able to dlstln-
tuish or discriminate those " celestial wanderers
so full of interest.
Soon after sunset, by turning directly TO the
South and looking upward little to the right
and on line OF elevation forming with the plane
Of the ecliptic an angle of about 81 degrees, the
observer will discover isolated as it were, upon
the darllish blue of the celestial vault nagnlfi-
cent luminary shining with brilliant and some
what reddish light. This is the planet Mars, the
orbit of which is next beyond the Earth's orbit III
the order Of the planetary positions, at the DIS
tancc of about l42, $4,000 miles from the Sun.
On the 9th of juno last the Earth was directly
between Mars and the Sun, at the distance only
of 59,112,S ,S95 miles from the former. During
that time its full disc has been presented to US,
and from the Sd of May to the 18th Of June it af-
forded us an opportunity Of observing the curious
a description Of which is now unnecessary, since
they are no longer observable.
a curved line drawn eastward by the simple
motion of the left arm from Mars, will soon reach
a second luminarv of a brilliancy considerably
superior, and with which nothing that is visible
in the starry armament can compare, except Vc
nus, when, being in quadrature with the Earth,
she outshincs, with her dazzling spcndor, the
of ctu hat
twinkling in her presence. This magnificent
luminary is the planet Jupiter, the largest IN the
Solar System, and at the mean distance from the
Sun Of 4S7 ,66l ,060 miles.
Returning towards Mars, on the curved line
already mentioned, at nearly twothlrds the dis
tancc from Jupiter, will be seen another lu'nlna
rv of Il size equal TO that Of star OF the first mag
nitudc, but easily distinguished from star IN tins
respect, that the planet shines with calm and
interchangeable light, while the fixed stars are char
acterized By their twinklng light. This Is Sa-
tlrn, the most wonderful aud sublime III It's struct-
ure of ali the planetary orhs of which we have as
vet made an attentive survey. Its distance from
the Sun is S,940, ,6GS, $3.50 miles.
The almost incomprehensibc distance which
separates Uranus from the Sun prevents us from
distinguishing it with the naked eye. notwlth-
standing it's not less than II times larger than
our globc Let it then suffice for the present, to
state that it is 10 found in the constellation
Pisces. at about the same distance from Jupiter
as this later planet is from Saturn. The distance
from the sun is l ,197 1868 l22 miles andlts mean
distance from our globe l,704, 1922 miles
distance so great, that, to run 1t over, locomo-
tive travelling at the rate OF 20 miles an hour
would require no less than $3.50 years, , months,
Is davs 20 hours, 9 minutes, 81 seconds, three
thirds and six-tenths!
AT a little before O'Clock, as the observer faces
the South, Saturn. with It's six satellites, will ap
pear almost directly before him-Jupitcr, with It's
four, on his left, shining with dazzling splendor-
Juno in the vicinity of fSatun-Niars on his night,
now rejecting deep red light-Uranus, with lts
SIX satellites, between Jupiter and the horizon, and
some Of the most beautiful of the heavenly con
stellations displaying themselves, in ali their silent
MAJESTY, before him, behind him. around and
above where also is presented in It's mysterious
beauty, the galaxy or Milky Way passing behind
Mars and spanning the concave vault OF the heav-
ems from the South to the North.
IS How is Nichss sable mantle labored o'er
How richly wrought with attributes DIVINE
Wla; " ysG0,n shia-s, Wiatloye This m'ni ght pomp
THIS gorgeous arch with golden worlds lHisid.
Such is the majestic scene nov presented each
fair and serene evening TO the attentive observer
of Che magnifcence of the stellar creation.
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