The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-01-06
ASTRONOMY FOR 1875.

The wear 1876 will be a leap year, its Dominica
letters being A. The epact is the number OF days
between the last new moon and the first day OF the
new year. The epact is used to tell Easter Sunday
This year the epact A. and Easter Sunday falls on
April IT, Ash Wednesday being March l.
There are two eclipses of the sun during the year
The first is an annular eclipse March 20, Visible only
in its perfect phenomenon on line from van
couver's Island to the northwestern shore OF Hud-
sons Bay. Outside that limit it will be visible
throughout the United States as partial eclipse
total eclipse of the the afternoon OF
Sept. IT, not visible on any part OF the American
continent.
The eclipses of the moon in 1876 are also two
The first occurs shortly after 10 O'Clock on the night
of March 9. 1t will be visible in every part OF the
United States and Canada. The second eclipse OF
the moon will take place on Sept. 3. 1t Will be IN
visible in this country.
The earth is in perihelion, or nearest to the sum-
January q and in It's aphelon, or greatest distance
from the sum- July l. The earth is again IN perlhe-
lion December 81.
THE SUN.
The vernal equinox, SUMS entrance into Aries
occurs March %: the summer sostice, or suns en-
trance into Cancer, occurs June 20; the autumnal
equinox, or suns entrance into Libra, occurs Sep
TENDER %; and the winter solstlce, or suns en-
trance into Capricorn, occurs December Il.
TIE PLANETS.
Mercury will be at his greatest elongations from
4be snn January 28 after sunset and March &c.
before sunrise. If the weather is clear he may be
seen as small disk like FURNISHED silver for one or
two days after these dates.
Venus win be an evening star till July A. and
rise before the sun during the remainder of the
year. She will be at her greatest brlllancy August
20.
Mars win be an evening star till Aug IL, and rise
before the sun for the remainder of the year.
Jupiter will lie morning star till May IT. and an
evening star after that date till Dec. IA. He will
be stationary ir the head of Scorpio nearly all the
year. At l o'clock on the morning of Feb. % he
will pass so close to Beta in Scorpo that the distance
between the edge of the planet and the star will be
only one-ninth of the apparent diameter of Jupiter
Saturn will be evening star till Feb. IL, when
he will rise before the sun till Aug 81, when he will
be on the meridian at midnight, and again even
ing star Gin Aquarius) during the rest of the year.
Uranus will be on the meridian at midnight Feb.
g. He viii be in the head of Leo.
Neptune will be on the meridian at midnight
Oct. 26.
OCCUPATIONS.
Feb. 8. from twenty minutes to 9 p. m. to about
half-past IL D. M, the moon being near her first
quarter will pass over the Pleiades, occulting in
succession all the prominent members of the group
except one She will again pass through the Peiades
Nov @ from eleven to twenty minutes past IL in the
evening, occuting three of the six that ordnar
~ visible.
SUNDAYS IN 1876
Jan. q 9, 16, %, 80 July 2, 9, Is, %, 80.
Feb. G, 13, 20, 81. Aug. 6, Ii, 20, ~.
March 3, IL, 10, &c. Sept. 8, 10, IL, "a.
April O. 80, Is, %, 30. Oct. 1. 8, Is, %, %.
May Z, IA, 81, %. Nov. s. 49, 49, 26
June 4, IL, Is, 25. Dec 3, 10, II, "a, 81.
The year will contain 366 days. of which So will
be Sundays. April marked with an y will be
Easter Sunday, being the first Sunday following
the passage Of the sun through the vernal equi-
nox.