, 1877-08-25

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inc evening ssSs no" pecuna'!Y lnserestlnR
10 tnose VINO Ia3e pleasure III oosefs'uR .uo
stars. venus Is IN nef eseuins pnase, osauR
apoat tFo hou!s east rom INC .un' 1upIst .'1,
shlhes o1'Rntly 10 the Wcs9 Q. soa1n - t"o s"T
light aeepene INTO nRht' ana 0aturn ano e1a5s
are then coming up IN the east, arriving on tno
meridian l!tslo after mtdnigas'
Tue TWO last named planets arc IN conjunction
In right ascension dnflng tnts morning tAuR'
~ being ~ degFces Asander IN acea'nat'of'.
lhc1f nearest approaen oecaHea auout
three days bcforo thus datc. mars VIII arrive
At opposttion 10 the suu 'ttle before O'CLOCK
In tho evening Of ecpt. 8; aud Saturn In the
morning Of tho sth. Both orc, therefore, very
fayorably situated for observation, tho earti,
.A,Sy sss ~. 49,. ..':s ~ 49, ~. rhIs
ocihg uafectty between tnem aho lug sun lnls
Is especially the caas With Mars, ~ he Is also ID
that part OF his elliptic orbit which ID nearest
to The eartl,'s path. His actual distance. from
us 81 ~ tao ~ t.n.e In 81 oppos1saou n"t ~ uu.J
about 3o.uU,uU Enlles, OF not Mueti moro tna"
onc-thlrd tho distance Of tho earth from tho sun.
Our diagram shows the apparent positions Of
,,o.a nlon,te among the stnrs IN THAR vicinity.
ho,ar tcor ,,a~~,as - thc incb Thcy
tne sca'e pe'h4 touf oss'sos " tAo 4aeA NV
are In tho stream Of Aquattes, tho water
Bearer, which constellation was probably re-
icy,cd to by the Prophet Ba1aam rs hothat should
"pouf tno "a'es ~. u ~ pasae" 10
gaVc Inc p'eees OF al tao stass III snas atea taat
are ordinarily Visible to tho naked eye tlhc rela,
by differences in slze); but tic region
s@n eo!ee 'as ~" oIJ w
seen Win ene aM OF tao ts'csnpe'
Tho star Of tho fourth magnitude, numbered %
IN. with tho sixth magnitude star uboyu 1t, il
na.r NJ, IN month -, tho invcrtea urn horna nv
1eas .no 1Sn T.a, - tSo .,roam @ crvcs
Aquaaee. FROM tnese stafe tnc 1'soa'n cu.sos es
to the LETT tsouthcaat} to tho stars numbered lu'
aud lou, then bends to tho right (southwest) to
numbers IS and 80; md onds, botow tho limits
~ mr. .,,.0rpm. IN thc moutb NJ thc sonth.rr
Fsi,. H. ti,s naca Of which il marked bY Fou,nl.
'''rt, Tb,s postton % OF I thc liz MhIch supre,ents
tnii1n,rht at Hebt. d. The dotted ltne insi;ea.es
H. an;'a,ent mi, nmonI f,a stars .t,,,1,r ano
o .nonthI liz presant pcocentrs motion Is Tetrn.
@ro",c itowanfs tla rIeitI at tba rats oi about q
,s4tor ~ dsnr"a ar ,ssv hc .iottnI ia
11assinr ttron1G II tha place Il satnrn renrssents
fho .Iir.rtion Ind rat, ri IL nrnaront mntfnn
tn,sri ~ ths rtrl.t f,sesti frnm S,5r 81 r. Scnt
~ III ,notinn bsinr aiso rotrorrade at nres.
~, 49, ~ -. sssn fro,n IL asrfh ~ p'e"'
III The q phcnoinenon siiords q good opportunity
for becoming acquainted win tho positlous 81
l"r goup o. ID tno
herrl wicn nurc sec,.' sinuUh srarc.iv nrn.ni,
rsrt sncrUh ~ attract thn flnau. ryfnnts, Vrhn
,sha-s sann"oir,e n ira n,fnctrsI .In,. 80
.tn.s e.,,,.n tw Hiamst.oI u. r;v. -" ~
aessk Is,.r 3nns n ~ oorc hstora ~. ~
;asss II n "a Tamh,1s. ri i,s1ta. n III.
q; =; ~ tn ~. mi 1it a. Hnnma w A"''
va ~ A'A' ", ~. psnat1.T w ~. nr r. ,,.Ma
r1,a,A Il. ons, rrssnn to Inn. fnat oorn.-
,on of IL no.itions of the stars VIII % tnat II
sia ,,sa,.r W NV nonct vii do far n,orn ttnn ~
I.u,Isv .p.rc liz r,rosttv A. msnr ~ ,hs.
whtch AZ IL ssrt,,s .rrfans ths
sn"s.sns istsnrsa iii IT, nss.nrsI ,.tS ~ ~
rreatrst nosshIo accuracy. In ths hone ~ nb'
,n.s na.sess n nue fro,a H.
@ ~ sr"scnt ~ .sv ~ III, tis 1 t,ia IL
s.cs i. stsont aa nsn IN msica. hut Ia ronss
,,f'.s - Is,"h wv 10 '.pS,1s
.oas s.taintv y. .tJ ~ tutIx IN ~, ,ut,na ~
an s.as 10y o. .""y 199v" ~ n'1es, ~
MI I1n,-s cor-. son"afnr ,,m,..t.tut. Hu
ts lnas .mxo .;ast ~ ots..x ,as.f.i M.,t.:y
nNn ~ ~ ~ o..S sSsa asa tses.
maxutnac1t 1t ~ sus J.. .., t. aton
tno sun - ~ t"s ~ ~ topE ~ ~ .ss
~. sa.y, ~ tio usus. @ n eno
~ hs ths n,'stItss ~ nsttsr
=. ~ s,,, ~ otHs. hnia. " smst ~
- - snS 't ~. stt1 ~ ~ ~ r. sss - sh III t", ~
u'a.nu ... M o ~ s.,as ~ @ ~" -. ~
sat W. H.. ~ ,p,, unins. ~ Hrou ~ ~ y,is
araI moo, IL asu., n''ess h @no" sno fut1s
IN favorahlr' ot fax far.snnIsrc+,
nt,Ints NJ, III, arthIs anrfo,. thr cnIyInv nnttn
rTsts ~ a.. go. a,aht" ~ ~ n.-.,r. 80.