The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-03

Jan. 2, 8, l6, %, 80. July z, y, IL, rs, ~.
Feb. d, IL. ~, q. Aug. d, ~, ~, "a.
March ., IL, ", %. sept: 8, III, IL, "A.
April 2, %, 10, %, ~. Oct. !, .. 10, =, ~.
May 7, IA, q, -. nov. &c, ~ ~, 20. .,
June 4, IL, IL, 70. Dec. ., III, II, a, 81
The year will contain S66 days of which
SO will be Sundays. April 9 (marked
with an y will be Easter Sunday, being
the first Sunday following the passage Of
the sun through the vernal equinox.
THE SEASONS.
Earth In Perihel on-...-.......--January 2
Eernal Equinox.-....--........ March ~
Summer uue "
Earth in Aphelion...............
AIltumnal september =
Winter SolStice...............-... ...DecemDer ~
Earth in ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 81
EcLIPsEs.
There will be four eclipses in 1876
two of each luminary.
First-A partial eclipse Of the moon
in the night following March 8; visible
from every part of the United States and
Canadas, if the weather permit.
AT the middle of the eclipse, 0.3 of the
moons diameter will be in the shadow
Second-An annular eclipse OF the sun
March oath The annular phase will be
visible on this continent only at places
very near line from Vancouver's Is
land to the northwest shore of Hudson S
Bay. 1t will be visible, as partial
eclipse, from all parts of the United
States and Canadas outside this limit, eX-
cept in Florida
Third-A partial eclipse of the moon
at $50 p. NJ. of September 8, not visible
on this continent.
Fourth A total eclipse of the sun at
half.p four o'clock on the afternoon Of
September Il, not visibleto any part of
the American continent. Tho sun will
rise eclipsed TO the eastern half OF Aus
.ralia, and the phenomenon will will be
visible from large Fart of the South
Pacific and Antarctic oceans, the limit Of
the partial phase passing very near the
South Pole.
THE PLANETS.
Msrcnry-The following are the great
est eIonnations of Mercury from the sun.
For one or two days after these dates he
will be visible, US u small disc like bur-
nished silver:
In the west, after sunset, Jan. 20, Is
deg. % min.; May q, y deg. "a min;
Sept. II, % deg. u min.
In the east, before sunrise, March 10,
- deg. 81 min. July 8, 70 deg. 81 min
Oct. %, Is deg. 81 min.
Just after sunset January %, Mercury
will be only II deg. north from Saturn;
both being easily visible in the twilight,
if the atmosphere Re clear. On the
morning of March Is, Mercury will be
again in conjunction with Saturn, the
lesser planet being only o. deg. south
from the greatsr: Sept. IS, little before
sunset, the moon will pass between us
and Mercury.
Venus-Will be an evening star till
July IA, and rise before the sun during
the remainder of the year. In the even
ing of January IL, she will be less than
half degree south from Saturn, both
being a little east from the star Delta in
Caprlcornus. In the evening of March
2S, she will he II degrees north from
Mars. Her greatest elongation east 10
deg. 80 MINI will occur in the evening
of May 4, when . she Will be just north
from the bright stars in the feet of
Gemini, and very near the position occu-
pied by Uranus when that planet was
discovered by Herschel. June q, she
will be stationary between Pollux and
Praesepe. In the eveningof July ., she
will pass ~ degrees south from Mars
both being nearly IN line between Pelux
and Procyon. July IA is the date Of her
inferior conjunction with the sun. An.
gust she will be stationary, near
Gamma Athena, in Gemini. August
20 she will be at her greatest brilliancy,
little west of q line from POllux to Pro-
cyon. September % she will be at her
greatest western elongation (46 deg. m
and in the head of Leo. October =, at
A. NJ, she will be deg. 80 m. south from
Uranus, both being 3 deg. west from
Regulus; and November % she will DC
deg. 10 IN. north of Mars, both being s
deg east from Arista.
Mars-WIll be an evening star till
August T.. the date of his conjunction
with the sun, when both will be in con-
junction with Uranus and nearly in OPP
position to Saturn. He will rise before
the sun for the remainder OF the year.
During January and February he will
be among the stars IN the Fishes (pisces).
March |, between Eli Rischa and Hamal
April I, just south from the Pleiades
April 81, he will pass 6! degrees south
from Aldebaran. May IL, about A. de-
grccs south from FL Nath Beta Tsuri)
July %, south 81 degrees from PolluX.
August 20, north one degree from Regu-
lus. October 5, south II degrees from
Denebola. November II, north 81 de.
grees from Arista and Decembet 49,
north % minutes from Alpha in Libra.
Jupiter- Will be morning star till
May 18th, the date Of his opposition TO
the snn, and an evening star from that
date till December 4, when he will be IN
conjunction with Mercury. He will be
in the head Of Scorpio nearly All the year,
and very interesting object in the cyen-
ing sky during the Summer and autu m
months. AT l o'clock in the morning of
February % he will pass just below Beta
in Scorpio, the distance between the edge
of the planet and thes,ar being only four
seconds of arc, or one-rinth part Of the
apparent diameter of Jupiter. In the
morning Of April he will rstrogade
past the same star, being about four min.
utes of arc above it. July 10 he will be
stationary in Libra.
.Satun-Will SET after the sun till Feb
ruary II, the date OF conjunction. From
that time he will rise before the sun till
August ~, when he will be on the mer-
idian at midnight, and will be an even
ing star during the last tour months of
the year, being among the stars Of Aqua
rious. The moon will pass directly be-
tween the earth and Saturn three times
during the year, viz: August 6, 10 p. NJ;
September 5, . 4. ~: and September 80,
$40 A. NJ. The rings of Saturn are
rapidly closing up. In June the sppsr-
ent length of the eclipse will be TO the
apparent breadth nearly rs ten to one.
Trqns-Will be on the meridian st
midnight of Fet. g, and in conjunction