The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-05-04
Beautiful Stars.

u uoG uOW Iilc licdEGuS dlS III tHStt
most resplendent beauty; it is seldom
that such concurrence of large stars
is seen. Between s aud 9 O'clock in
the evening, short distance above the
Western horizon, VIC behold Venus, ,>the
jewel Of all stars; little farther East,
Jupiter, the next most brilliant, and
near the meridian, fiery: Mars.
Here, then, we have the three most
brilliant planets in line, with the
moon as a crescent, making her way
Eastward among them. On Sunday
evening .,shc was between Jupiter
and Venus, last Monday evening she
was little East of Jupiter, by this
evening she will have reached Mars in
her Eastcrly course through the hca-
vcns. Venus and Jupiter will be ap.
proaching each other until the 18th Of
May, when they will be in conjunction,
or in, the same longitude, and very close
together, after which Jupiter will con-
tinuc his Westward course, and by the.
both of .Juue will be in conjunction
with the suu. For sometime before and
after his conjunction with the sun he
will be invisible, after which he will
be seeu West of that luminary as morn
ing star the remainder of the summer.
Venus will continue to move Eastwari
until June, when it will remain station,
ary, relatively for sometime and then
relrognde Westward. It will appear as
evening star the whole summer. Mars
will cout;nuc moving slowly Westward
ly, and will be. visible in the evening
until late in ~the autumn. The later
part of summer Venus and Mars will
appear at no great distance from, each
other. Soon Saturn will appear, rising
in the early evening and shining the
whole night, But our object, when
we started out, was not to trace the
course of these planets, but to, speak Of
the present beautiful appearance Of the
heavens. Besides these three prolni-
nent planets, We behold some of the
most brilliant fixed stars. Nearly South
of Venus, near the horizon, is the splen-
did constellation Of Orion; South east
Of Orion, also near the horizon, but
little more elevated, we see the Sirius,
or the Dog Star, the brightest of all
the fixed stars. North west of Sirius
is Betelquosc, and about the same dis
tance North cast is Procyon. East of
Jupiter, at considerable elevation, are
the two bright stars, Castor and Pollux,
and short distance North Of Venus is
Capella. Nearly overhead is the con-
stellation Ursa Major, or the Great
Bear, with tho two pointers, Dubbc aud
Merak, pointing downward toward the
Pole Star; about the same distance be-
yond the Pole Star is the constellation
Cassiopeia. East by South, about half
way between the horizon aud zenith, is
the bright star Arcturus. Toward tho
Northeast. is seen the brilliant star
Vega or Lyroe. On the whole, the hea-
yeus present,at present, a most beautl'
full appearance. in the, early evening,
especially in the. West and Southwest.
When We contemplate upon the wonders
and immensity of the countless numbers
of worlds and suus scattered throughout
the endless space, We are led to look
upon the Creator Of all and exclalm:
"lyhat is man that Thou art mindful
Of him ?'-4ugtsia Chronicle and Sen
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