The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-12-24

~ deg. - MINI vii occur in the evening
~ MaN 4. when she viii bs lu,t north from
the bright STAR la the feet ~ Gemni, and
very near the position occupied by ranus
when that planet wac discovered by Her
schel. June n, she Nili be- stationary be-
tween PoiluA and Praesrp.. ln The even
ingof july >. she will pass a. degrees south
from Mars, both buing nearly in line be-
tween p0llux aud Procyon. Juiy II j. the
date 81 her Inferior conjunction with the
sun. Aug 4 she will be stationary. near
Gamma Athena. in Demini. Aug. ~ N.
Will be al her greatest hrllliancN. little
west 81 a line from Pollux 10 Procyon.
sept. - shc will be- at her greatest western
elongsiion 70 deg mia. and In the head
81 Leo. oct. .. ~ a. M. she will be- i
deg ~ min. south from Uranus. both being
4 dig. Wei from Regulus; and NOV. -, she
viii he deg. Is min. north from Mar both
being deg. east from Arisia.
kgrs Viii be an evening star TIL Aug.
IL. the date Of hi~ conjunction v it'll the sun.
when both viii be 10 conjunction with
ranus. and nearly IN opposition 10 Saturn.
lie will rise before the sun for the remainder
81 the year. During January aud February
he will be- among the stars in the fi.he-
Pisces March ! between II Rseha and
Hsm.l. April Z, Just south from the
I'i,iadcs. April "a. he will pass g.. degrees
south from Aldebaran. NAV II. about J..
degrees south from III Nafh Beta Tzuri)
July ~. south So degrees from PoiluN.
Aug. q, north ! degree from Regulus.
oct. 3. south II degrees from Denssola.
Nov. II. north 80 degrees from Arists; and
Dec. 10, north ~ minutes from Alpha In
Libra.
Jayifsv-Will be . morning star till May
l.. the date ~ his opposition 10 the sun, and
M evening star from that date TIL Dec. 4,
when he will Toe in conjunction with the sun
and Mercury. He viii be in the head Of
III 81. a srfn
csting object In the evening ky during the
sumner and autumn months. Al clock
In the morning ~ Feb. p he will pass just
below Beta IN >corpio, the distance between
the edge 81 the planet and the star being only
four seconds 81 are, or one-ninih part 0f the
apparent diameter ofJupiter. lnthe morn
ing ~ April he VIII reirOgrade past the
same star. being about four minutes " arc
above IL. july ~ he will be stationary in
Libra.
Sdfrrn-Will set after the sun tin Feb.
Il, the date OF conjunction. Prom that time
he will rise before the sun till Aug. q,
when he will he on the meridian AT mid
night; and will be an evening star during
the lat four months Of the year, being
among the STAR Of Aquarius. The moon viii
pas directly between he earth aud saturn
three times during the wear. viz: Aug. g.
10 O'Clock p. m. sept. So O. clock m. !;
aud sept. 3p-5 40 a. m. The two nr-t will
E DE Al~lii" lIpli 'hHtAHs NfAAntl HfIiDli-
ting. yhe ring. 81 saturn are rapidly clOsn.
ny. In June the apparent length " the
ellip~e will be 20 the spparent breadth near
ly a. 10 tol.
irdNrs-Will be on the meridian al mid
night 81 Feb. o. and in conjunction with the
sun Aug l.. He will be Just visible 10 the
nah cd eve on fine evenings, in the spring and
early summer months, just under the fret
star ia the head Of Leo.
N-pf9nf III be on the meridian AZ mid
night OCT. ~. His right -. ension al that
date will be hours . minutes. and north
declinaiiOn n degrees minute--ncariy on
line from Hama 10 Menkar. lie cannot be
seen except through the telescope.
oCCyIT ATOMS.
I Feb. 3. from ~ y. m. u about III 30 p.
m. the moon being near her firsi quarter
will pass over the Pleiades. occulting in sue
cessiOn al the prominent members OF the
group except one. She Will again pass
through the Pleiades Nov. ,. from II 10 IL ~
In the evening. occuliing three Of the six
that are ordinarily visible.
Feb. II. about $40 a. m, the moon will
occuli a star ~ the third magnitude. known
A. ri. in >corpio.
/ Ang. 6. al a:j0 p. m. the moon being
near the full. will occult the planet saturn
and again At o'clock in the morning OF
sept. :.
Dec 4. al 10 p. m, the moon will occult
Gamma In Cancer. OF the fourth magnitude