The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-11
The Planets Ter ID, cembPr.
MERCURY.


Ga December j Mercury rises at 81. Sim.
a. m, ara sets at 81. 25m. p m.
Ga december 81 Mercury rises at 5h.
AIM. 8. N ard sets at 3h. 6m. p. m.
Mercury should be looked Tor Gu ing the
last week of December before sunrise, a few
degrees ror,h Of the point OF sunrise.
VENUS.
Although, lees brilliant than in NOyem-
Der, Venus will be very beautiful n the
early morning through Decemner.
Ga the lat Venus rises at 81. 9 q. -
and on the 3lst Al 3h. 81 q. In.
il will be At its greatest western elorgi r.
ton on the 3 !. Ca the 10th OF d CEN er
Venus and the narrow crescent Of the r an
ing moon will rise nearly AZ the same
time, Nenu. keing north OF the mcon. A
telescope OF three inches aperture will show
that the disk of Venus, like that Of the
moon, ia Esea only part ally enlightened by
the sun. il will he malt Illuminated in
D,oem5sr.
MRS YVES in lis test position in NOVsm-
Der, bat it will he more likely 10 be OBJ
served in December, as IL COMES Ia the
meridian during the evening and precedss
the beautiful group of the Pisiades.
Ga December l Mars rises al 81. p. N.
ard sets at 5h Sn. the next morning.
Ga December 81 Mars ries at son. aftsr
noon, snd sets al 81. Ism. the next IL m.
ing.
A sm.il telescope will show peculiar
m ark ngs apon Mars; it il, rowever, les;
Interesting thsn Jupiter and Saturn, IA i's
newly discovered moons can be seen Oh y
8. l. l.. sat,
Ga the evening of December % the moon
will he seen to draw near 20 Mars, ana
after midnight TO nass east OF the planet
Mars being about Sc lover than the moon
in altitude.
JUPITER.
Jupiter is still the great light an ing the
planets, ystis setting earlier, and ~ per
cepribiy more remote from US
Ga December / Jupiter rises at 26m
after noon, ard se's at 11h. IN. N.
Ga December 81 Jupiter rises at 10h
3Sm e. In ard seis az ga. Sim. p. m.
II we take the hours from to 10 p. m.
for observing Jupiter We shall not see the
first satellite during part OF that period
on the 5lh, liih ard Dist, because it ia be-
hind the plane; 1t is unseen because in
tr ansit across the planet, December and
l-i3; on the so h il resppears from the
sh adov, having been eclipsed.
TIE second sztsllil., the smallest, il 70:
to he found at some part OF the period from
D. IN to 10 p. M, becsuse behind the
planet December |, ard in transit across
the plsHSt December 10 srd Il.
The third satellite appears from transit
December9, ard disappears Decs mber y,
by passing into the shadcw Of Jupiter.
The fourth satellite will not be seen on
the eyeniBs Of Dee mber 81, because in
Jupi;er'- shallow. The moon will pass
ess. of Jupiter on the evening Of ID Gem
Der is.
With a powerful glass Saturn Is even
more interesting than Jupi;e-; with an
ordinary 9 rs it, ring and the two larger
satellites car he ssen.
On D.cem MAR ! Saturn rises at lh. 81 N.
D. m, and 7s's at about the ssEle hour the
next morning.
Ga December 81 Saturn rises at ! Ia. So o.
4. m ard s=ts ) n after midnight.
Between DECEMBER Is snd December 81
the moon passes Jupiter, Saturn and Mars
by It's motion IN o bit; it passes Saturn
before noon Of The 2lzt. On the evening OF
the ooh Sa'urn vii! lie east of the moon
on the eSsriu. 0f the 2lst Saturn will Be
west OF lie moon.
URANUS.
q, D,,.r!f.r . Ir.nus rises Il lib
27m p. Il aud on 3is. at Oh. 90 n. P. NJ.
Uranu- il near the star lambda JeUEis
90 nearer the horizon when that star
eliminates. or between and > A. II. dur
ing December.
NEPTUNE.
Nepture couss to the meridisl at "a.
SON p. NJ of December l, and at 7h. 5On
ID mbsr 81.
Its position il not much different from
tina. Of Mars Oh the 1t Neptune IL 4
so1ta Of Mara, AID passes tine meridian
II II earlier. On the 81 Neptune is lon
esrii-r than Msrs in coming to the meri-
clan. .Dd 81 south Ct Mars. Only power.
fal glars will ensble the observer 10 dis
tia Gi-h il from a fixed star.