, 1876-11-25

9tatcs. ~" VI lie Gnttei
A partial eclipsc of tlo sun, Mor.,, :,
h'' D. ~; visible In Western A.ls ~ u lo1'
~ q part'al eclipse ot tho sun. Au9
~ IT. M: y1'!l'lo In Alaska, Kan,eh,,,nt. y. oh.
noItn ns, facic Ocean, and tie A'|sa' Arc,tn M 'uo
ne't'nRa strait Ia hcarly In Tho crntro -, usta'
"'Ia 'roln "hc'' t'ils eclipse eau b. srcr u the
- ~ "ta1 eclipse VI tss moon, Aur ., .,-
20 m p. M; partially visible Il, tlu ro.touh as n
a partial eclipse Of the sun, scr. , ,,a.
a. my Visible to all that part Of s',,h ~ o;oa
situated In moro than fifteen dc7rrrs - '','t'ea
m1ttuae' anu cxtcnding nearly to lin s''.a ,"u,a
Tho times given abovo arc The instant. >,
Junction or opposition In right asecusiun e'a'
THE rLANErs
r"sanLMt!l sa ~ oc looked for on the facc n, ~,
sun March q, by many astro,.omcr,. n q 'o ,o
sssref having announced TINT tson,it of ~ ~
planet ~ Is possible on that day. ''' VI 'Ae
.dtrearu-Wfll bc visible near thu fo,,on,m
aates Of ns greatest elongatou from th'"ss tn" .'a
ia Inc west, near sunset; JAM 10 ITO ,lco-osa,
ssay ~ ~ ucgrccs); Aug. 81 to7 lcgrccs1 H.,
III the East. near sunflsc; Feb. % fooL ~
erces)' Juno 20 c2K dcgrces); Oct. i2 ii rs ~. w.
s'Isst ,,,,,,
49, 's"s-mn' ~, o 90 moFntnR atas, rising beforo
sao aa.; tu May y tue date Of l.er super,o,
a.soai t,,., ssi aau VIII be IN evening sta,, set.
ting inter the sun. during tho rcmain1er -, ~ a.
year. sue Will attain her greatest e)onve,Inn Inn
Gust ~ degFecs ID minutes) on tue 1tth RI NJ.
cember, '1 VI W
a"e u.ss "ees N January she will be near The
~. a,,. 1ooI o1 oph'ucus; on the morning Of
uv Ima,.a os"' oa,y o. minutes Of arc north froa
eup'ssr; a'la III tnc mvrning Of tho 18Th vI,]
paee l.,, u,,uef Mn III sag!ttar'us. During March
s.'o "A4 p',7o .uFousn Aqaarlcs, being 20 u!n.
u'ss noeta from Saturn ut 1 o'clock In the
,no,"s rs., "a sns 1ota, ana In April through tue
ISSUES a''' 411'ee' one Will DO In Cancer during
s4'o sss"leF paFt Of July; 81 minutes north
llo'" Uranus IN tto afternoon Of the 9Th; ard
oae oegtco north irom Regulus TN tic aslh,
Aus. ~. III INC evening" she will be q very little
~ tne noFtn OF tue moon, and on tlc 10Th, halt
Iuesleo aostn from neta In tho Virgin. III tic
c'c,nnt u eept' y venus Will DO again q latle
nut'n 1.oM tuo snooh' and on the 10th Will be
= e"o ano haii oeelcea north from Arlsta. Oct.
y, ~ 'nu osen1ns, 4ittle north from the moon:
g, " NV lots' on.y eighteen minutes north from
ne,ta III seofp,o; and on the 18th, about two
anu utn'te'.out'ns aegFees south frotn Beta, In
eco.plo* NOV. sue pasSes Into the bow u
eas1tatlus' pelne agaln very near The
hooa' aho Will DC TWO and three-fourths degrees
sou'n from 0apltcr 10 the evening OF the 9th.
: LEG. ahe passes INTO Capricorn, aevcral degrees
eolow beta' and In tue evening Of the 9Th will
w aeain very near tlo moon, but this time
SCUM o1 tho lu.n'nary' AT TIT close of TIC ycns
SUI WIZ pa @ ~ Aquasies.
na's-"Iil rlso nelore the sun from tic be-
E,iluane o1 Tue year Till tho evening Of Sept. ),
wien no VIII DO III opposition 10 the sun, south
'ne ~ mian'gat' Alter tint date he will set
alter the sun In the evening. At tho date Of
opposl.'on ho Will 6e only about a 0oo, 600 miles
from tue earth, with paral'ax Of a3's seconds,
naSlng pasaea A!a pcrileion Aug q. This
wall a1toru very favorable opportunity for
measuring tue cxact value OF Ills parallax, and
tnchco Obtaining an independent determination
o. our distance from the sun. On the 2d of
september ne Will DO ABOUT loo minutes Of nc
south Of the star numbered as o. In AQuarIes.
In tue beginning OF January Mars will ba
near aamna In Librn; OH thu 10th, only 50
minutes EOl1fh fFotN Rpfh In SrorrfOs m fha