Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-05
Planets I'm AuSusf

Jupiter still remains lord of the asean5,,,
,n n,, bliSnt ana peerless evening star, rising
uO , Solect among the starry throng through
| eyes eyes, UPWARD TO the southeastern sky in the
| cary evening can fail 10 recognize this regal
Hahet, Tor he relgnS alone, no bright star com
trc l., ar his path. All through tnv night he
beams Win starry light, dipping his radiant
disc below the Wesssr. norizoh shortly before
the sun appears rejoicing III the east. HIS
track can be easily followed by remembarlrs
that he rises four minutes earlier every even
ing. and that at the end of the month he will
rise two hours earlier than at the commence
ment, setting not far from O'Clock. The
night OF the l11h will wih.eSS brilliant picture
on his monthly record: he Is then In commune
ton with the moon the day before the full. and
the nearly round orb and bSa,nlng star VIII
form scene, which. though oftrepeated on
the celestial background, never ceases To de
light the eye of the apDreciative sta gaLer.
Ills luStre Is slowly fading for he PISSED his
period OF greatest brilliancy at his OpDOSif oL
on the 18th of July, and this giant member OF
Ihe solar brotherhood is now speeding on his
resi- ial domains.
Mars is still classed with the evening stars.
oul IS TOO near the sun to be visible during the
month and will be of little consequence in the
planetary world for some months to coma
reaching his conjunction with the sun on the
iSth OF September. He is near Uranus on
Saturn, though counted as morning star
until his opposition on the 22d of September.
Is last becoming an object of evening interest
Saturn rises now about half past nine ana ar
the end of the month will rise about half naSt
seven. He can easily be recognized. rising
farther north than Jupiter ana like his broth
dlaIe vicinity.
venus still remains the radiant star of the
morning, and comes gently tripping above the
eastern nils before the morning light is break
lrs. one is travelling far away from u.s. and
approaching her superior coniunctlon with
the ,, sun on the fifth of December, after which
we may hope for her peerless light to illumine
the long winter evenings. IL such a scene as
IS presented every morning to the eve that
now anticipates the dawn were a rare celes.
t hSI, phenomenon, astronomers would travel
nan over the world to see the sight and then
leel That The half had not been told them. for
what more beautiful and glowing picture is
tecoIaed on astronomical annals than that of
OF the day, while the first rosy tints of the
coming sunrise CLEAN on the horizons verge
In the serene summer morning!
Mercury, during this month presents little
worthy of record. In his swift revolution
round the sun he reaches his greatest eastern
elongatlon on the 18th, but his comings and go
lngs are invisible to terrestrial observers, eX-
ctpllng those with bright or practiced ewes,
VINO may then have the good fortune to catch
a glmpe OF the star that loves best to hide his
Deans within the eclipsing range of the al
powerful sun.
TIE moon plays prominent part on the
August records. Crowned at the commence
ment OF her course with the honor of giving a
nomenon, total solar eclipse, she modestIy
goes on her way, waxing from the tiny silver
crescent graclng the first evenings of the
month to her con junction with Jupiter on the
Iith On the next evening, at her full, she treats
lIe world TO another scene, for she rises parti-
any ecllpSed, and remains Shorn of portion
OF her tull -orbed beauty till nearly nine o'clock
nus We have solar and lunar eclipse with
In fortnight OF each other. The waning
moon is also In conjunction with the three
planetS, Mars, Uranus and Mercury, a day or
two before her course is ended
ne august meteOrs must not be forgotten
among events OF celestial interest. The earth
ploWS her way through the August meteor zone
on the 10Th, and on that night and those before
ana AFTER, myrIadS OF meteOrS will descend
through the atmosphere in fiery tears. The
constellation PerSeuS In the northeast is the
radiant point for these meteors, and this is the
most favorable part of the heavens for keep
ing watch, though the anomalous cOsmicaI
atoms are prone to mark their shining way
In every quarter of the sky Providence
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