The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-26
AsTRoNoMICAL PREDICTIONS.
PhenOmena 10 BE Observed I'm the Heavens
During the Next Twenty-Five Years
Eclipses, Comets. and star showers from
Now 60 the Next Century.

PhenOmena 10 he Observed I'm the Heaven
During the Next Twenty-Five Years
EcIipses, Comets. and star showers frOH
} Now 60 the Next Century.
To the amateur astronomer, write
Professor Kirkwcod, brief enumeration
of the principal phenomena to occur ii
the near future will not be without in
\ terest. The following list includes tn,
eclipses of the sun and moon, the tran
sits of Mercury and Venus; occulatiOn
of fixed stars by the moon, the return o
periodic comets. the probable dates o
meteoric showers, and the ePochs o
maxima and minima of solar spots, from
the present time till the close OF tn
nineteenth century:
1875. On the morning of NOvembe
%, Spica Virgins, well-known star o
the first magnitude, will be Occulted by
the moon. The immersion behind the
moons bright limb will occur about 1:5(
| o'clock, or few minutes after the moor
shall have risen. The occultation viii
continue about one hour and twelve
minutes.
1876. Three occuItations of the Plei-
adese will take place in the last three
months of the year, viz, on October 8,
November 80, and December %. The
phenomena may be well observed with a
small telescope
1877. D'Arrest's comet will return to
perihelion in January of this year. A
total eclipse of the moon, invisible in
this country, will take place on the 9th
of February. Another will occur on
the 23d of August, partly visible in the
eastern states.
1878. This will be the next year OF
sun-spot minima. On May 6, Mercury
will pass over the suns disk, the transit
occupying 7h. Ann. This, with single
exception, is the largest duration of a
transit on record. On the 28th of July
there will be an eclipse of the sun, total
in Colorado and also in the island OF
Cuba. No other opportunity of witness
ing a total eclipse in our own country
will occur till after the close of the pres
ent century Encke's comet and the
secoEd comet of 1867, will both return to
perihelion in August.
1879. Brorsen's comet of short period
will pass its perihelion about the last OF
June.
1880. Winnecki's comet (periOd 5h.
7m.) will retun about midsummer.
The moon will be totally eclipsed on
December 16; invisible in the United
States.
1881. A transit on Mercury on May z.
Faye's comet may be looked for in jan
uary, and Encke's in November.
1882. The sun will be totally eclipsed
May II; the phenomenon being visible
in Egypt and Persia. The great astro-
nomical event of the year will be the
transit OF Venus on the 9th of Novem-
Der, which will be visible in the United
States.
1883. A maximum of sun spots is to
be expected this year. The comet OF
1912, whose period was estimated at 20
years and s months may be expected
some time during the year. The comet
of D'Arrest may also be looked for in
June or July.
1884. The second comet of 1867 will
pass its perihelion in April. A consider
able display of the meteors of April 20
may be expected with some probability.
The period of this cluster is supposed to
be about twenty-seven years. A total
eclipse of the moon will occur on the 4th
of October.
1885. The comet of Brorsen will be
nearest the sun in January; those of
Encke and Tuttle in March.
1886. Winnecke's comet will return in
February. The sun will be totally
ecIipsed August 20. Visible in Grenada
stream Of November meteOrs which pro-
duced the showers of 1887 and 1870 may
be expected to return between 1885 and
1888.
1887. Total eclipse of the sun, August
NT,rsI1o Al o,,1 Enrn
The comet of 1915, according to Bessel S
calculations, will be in perihelion in Feb
ruary.
1888. The moon will be totally eclipsed
January 2S. Encke's and Faye's comets
will return about midsummer.
1889. D'Arrest's comet will return in
November, and the second comet of 1867
in December. A minimum of sun-spots
is expected.
1890. Brorsen's comet will be nearest
the sun in August.
1891. A return of Winnecke's comet in
September, and of Encke's i'll October.
A transit of Mercury, May 8.
1892. A display of meteOrs derived
from Biela's comet may be expected
about November "A.
1894. A sun-spOt maximum. A tran
sit of Mercury, November 10.
1895. Encke's comet will become visi-
BILE in January; the second of 1867, in
August; and Faye's in December. The
moon will be totally eclipsed on the
night of March 25.
1896. Perihelion passage of BrOrsOn's
comot in February, and of D'Arrest's in
March. A total eclipse of the sun will
occur on the morning of August 10.
Visible in Lapland and high northern
latitudes.
1897. Winnecke's comet will be due in
April.
1898. Encke's comet will return in
May, and Tuttle's in October The moon
will be totally eclipsed on the night of
December 27.
1899. The maximum display of Leon
dis, or November meteOrs, may be ex-
pected this year on the morning of the
18th of the month. Considerable show
ers, however, will probably be witnessed
each year from 1897 to 1901. Temples
comet, which is connected with these
meteOrs, and which preceded them in
1866, will probably pass its perihelion in
March.
1900. A total eclipse of the sun will be
visible in Virginia May 9th. The first
comet of 1868, whose period is thirty
three years and seven months, will return
in the summer of 1900. The solar-spot
minimum will occur in the last year of
the century.
The foregoing list makes no claim to
completeness. None but total eclipses
have been pointed out, and even some of
these may perhaps have been overlooked.
The most important celestial phenomena,
however, and especially such as may be
observed in our own country, have been
briefly designated.
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