Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-04-28
a new sensation for the Moon.

! We give below, from the Boston Traveller, the
eclIpses of the planet Venus Mars, and Jupiter by
the Moon this month and the next
The first occultation presented singular and
beautiful appearance about eight o'clock, on Tues
day last The Goddess of beauty, arrayed in all
her celestial radiance of gory-serenely and calmly
seating herself in the lap of man of the moon, with
all the other heavenly hosts looking on-some with
mirth and merriment others with jealous eye,
but, most with that dont-care - expression,
aped oft by bipeds below. We thought we could
perceive slight twinkle in the royal eye of Jupiter
the king of all the gods-and in his old father Sat
urn, there surely was an unusual expression, of
what does all this mean Miss Venus? Venus,
nothing daunted sat quietly for some time until Ju-
piter by the request of Juno his aectionate spouse
threw costly and gossamer like veil of cloud over
the scene, and shut us mortals out from beholding
any longer, the pranks and sports of the ceestals
Oh that ace were 1.-THE man of the moon!" instead
of this grovelling scribler that are the Imam of
the Stdnddrd":
An occultatIon OF planet at any particular place.
under favorable circumstances for observation, is
event of such rare that it cannot be en-
pected oftner than once in four five years. In
deed, at the Observatory at Cambridge, only one
(that of Jupiter, in August 1861 has been seen
since the beginning Of 1852.
The happening, therefore, of four of these phe-
nOmena in large part Of this country in a single
month, between the oath of the present April and
the 18th of May next, is very remarkable.
The first of the four and the most beautiful and
interesting of the whole is that of Venus, on the
evening Of Tuesday next oath inst This occulta-
ton will take place when the planet is quite HIGH
and nearly at the position of its greatest brillIancy
IA Al
that part of the United States situated northerly of
line drawn from Albemarle Sound little south of
Norfolk and north of Cincinnati, to Davenport,
Iowa; beyond that line the planet will be eclipsed,
but will pass south of the Moon It's disappearance
behind the dark edge may be seen by the naked
eye; but better through an opera glass. Through
telescope Venus will appear similar to our Moon
the day before its last quarter, about three fhs
Of its illuminated disc will be turned towards the
earth.
About midnight of Thursday, April Goth, Jupiter
will be eclipsed in the north part of New Hampshire
and Maine and some Of the British Provinces; but
in the southern part of New England the least dis
lance of the edge of the planet and SATELLITE will
be about one-twentieth the diameter of the latter
The third of these OccultatonS will be that of Mars,
in the morning before sunrise, of Thursday, May
10th. 1t will be visible in large part of the Uni
ted States and the British Provinces As the Moon
will be about five days past the full, the EMERSON
VIII take place on the Dark SIDE. Inc c00rS oil Mars
will be fiery red it will be quite the Earth
indeed, at Mars opposition to the sun July 18th
next it will be nearer to US than for several years,
with high southern declinaton, thus giving the
astronomers at the Cape of Good Hope an excellent
and rare opportunity for determining its paraax
with greater precision.
The fourth of this extraordinary series of occulta-
tons is that of Jupiter in the forenoon of Thursday
May oath, which also will be visible in large part
of this country, but which, taking place whilst the
sun is above the horizon cannot be except with
the aid of very good telescope.
In the remainder of 1860 and in the whole of 1862
no bright planet will be eclipSed in New England.
In the evening of May 18th. 1861, Mars will be quite
low, and very remote that it will shine with but
little Of its brilliancy in July next.
Occutaton of the Planet Venus, Tuesday evening,
April oath, 1861 at the city of New York:
Immersion begins Sh S54m P. NJ. Mean time at
EMERSON begins Oh 1b4m P. NJ New York.
At the Immersion at New York the planet will
be Is 46 and at the EMERSON 53 South of the
tire of the Moon.