The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-10

given are for the merldian OF Chicago, which
u (DtarbOrn Observatory ~ minutes IA Sec
onds vest from Washington. and hours "a
minutes % seconds from Greenwich.
SUNDAYS.
Jan. s. IL. 10. "a July q. ID, 20 ~.
March > = liz y, 20. sept I. a. n. -
s Has L Il II 90 b 6ss u Y 81 81 ~ 70
The frst full moon after the vernal equinox
will occur SUNDAY. April q Bv the rule gov-
erning the movable feasts OF the Papai and
cceding that l. Easter sunday, which, there
fore. falls upon April IL
THE SEASONS.
SIM IN periree Jan. 2. 3 p. IN.
Nerusl equinox. March 20. 5:4f p. m.
Simmer soletiee. June ~. 1 :53 p. m.
Aasn@asil ssaiaex. sssi. y. 4;a7An
Winner solriice Dec. II. lO:36 p. m
Sun IN perigee, Dec ~. 4 p. IN.
EcLiPsks.
There will be three ecllpses during lS1o--
two Of the sun, and one OF the moon, tut
they are OF little interest TO jewellers In this
region
Jan. -. AZ SIX o'clock in the morning. the
sun will be eclipsed. The phenomenon viii be
snnular along narrow belt extending from
east Longitude 81 deg. and south latitude xsi<
deg, 70 l&l5s crs. east Of Washington and
~ deg. norm. II will be visible as q partial
eclipse TO distance OF about IS deg. On each
side OF that belt. the area including about two
twfris Of South America and the southern ha.f
u Africa
July 70. At three O'Clock in the morning,
there will be another annular eclipse Of the
sun, the central line running from longitude
s. east and latitude ~ north. 70 ls5k east
anu 2sA south. II will be visible As par
tial eclipse from . large part OF the South
Afl+utic Ocean, nearly the whole OF Africa
southern Europe arc Asia
Dec y, IT 10 o'clock In the morning, the
moon will be eclipsed. being Ut the time below
our horizon.
THE PLANETS
Islcdn-It now Is almost G. rtain that with
In the orbit OF Mercury there are TWO or more
ilane's. A transit Of one OF these may be ex-
.ected TO occur sept Is, but IL may be TOO
early In the day 70 br visible from Chicago.
Nerc1v-will attain his greatest eIonca-
tons from the sun As follows:
West, rising before the sun: Jan. 10 GA
ieg) May IA l.S deg); Sept us deg u;
Dc . l2.1s deg)
.eg. July = ca deg.) Nov. 20 tez deg
His conjunctions with the sun occur ,.arch
!: April II. June Is, Aug. ID, Oct 5, aud
The most favorable time for seeing him
ill be in the early evening Of March -. Al
that date Venus viii be about deg. fur
ther east than Mercury, and may serve A. d.
rrctrix.
ysnas-will be an evening star during
more than eight months. Her superior con-
junction Occurring Dec 8 ISIS, she will be
nearly half an hour east Of the sun AZ the
opening OF the year, little TO the west OF
Capricornus, and under the head stars OF that
constellation Jan. IL. On the I'D OF the
month she Is IN conjunction with Jupiter,
passing AZ min. southwark OF that planet
near the tail Of Capricorn. In the evening VI
March she will b. about IL deg. north
from Saturn, both being nearly "a line with
the eastern side OF the square ~ Pegasus.
April Is she will pass just below the Pieiades.
aud ten days afterward be ~ deg. north
from Aldebaran. she passes through the
southern part Ceet) OF Gemini during May
skirts the northern edge OF the Beehive clus-
ter June 3, = deg north from Rcgulus
during the ni-ght OF july 4, and In the after
noon OF July passes only ID minutes
north from Uranus. She attalns her greatest
elong alton east as DEE. 80 nrn.) the night
81 July IS, ami her greatest brilliancy Aug
10, and + very near the moon NJ noon u Aug.
20. She l. III inferior conjunction with she
sun Sept %. and thence becomes morning
star, rising before the sun during tho remain
der Of the year, and attaining her greatest
brilliaucy Oct 30.
HarS-Will not attract much attention
from naked eve observers in 1879. From his
conjunction with the sun last September COY
% lis opposition Nov. y. next, he Is a morn.
Ing star, rising before the sun: and at the
be some 10, OOO,0uO miles from the earth. He
will, however. be watched by astronomers IN
November with great interest His two
moons, discovered by Asaph Hall In 1e77, viii
probably BE- visible only through very few
telescopes, including the one at Oh cag0: and
the observations then made will enable as
uOn0mers 20 fix precisely the periods OF revo-
luton Of the satellites, and thence to correct
the present estimate ~ the planet Mars
about one part in 3.va5,3 800, that OF the sun
Fufr f1Ln 49,. tffrf r. .s
will pass through Scorpio. IN February and
March through Eagittarius and Capricornus,
in April and May through Aquariee. In july
throu \ Pisces. In Au1us. through Aries; and
ne viii Be nearly STATIONARY. not far from the
Pieiates. In September and October. He will
then retroyade into Aries till Dee IL. and then
turn direct. Nsy . he will be less than one
degree south from Jupiter: ard June 30 AZ
III. Dom. .. m, only one minute OF arc north
from saturn. These two planets will ~ very
rcarly 10 conjunction during the nieLt re-
ceting and that folloaing this cate. In the
morning 81 Nov. ~ he will lass OILY ~
minutes 81 arc north 81 No. 50 To Aries: and
IN tsse evening Of Nov. - viii be only min
ute ~ arc south from Rho prime ia the same
constellation. Mars viii be near the moon IN
The evenings Of Sept 9 OFT I. Ocf. ~, Nov
- and Dec. %, from which date tie casual
observer may learn 70 recognize him among
the stars.
JuPi'G-Will be in conjunction with the
sun Feb Z, and 10 opposition Aug. 81. Hence
ne will not be an object OF interest IL those
who only study the evening SKY, tin the latter
part OF the Year. During the autumn months
be will be conspicuous IN the constellation
Aquaries, about ~ deg. south from the five
stars known as the Urn, or the Z THIS
planet \ now nearing his conjunction with
saturn, which will occur in The last haff OF
April, ISL. both being IN conjunction with
the sun. a. seen from the EARTH
Nov. 30Jupiter viii pass ~ minutes Of arc
south ~ Sigma In AqEaries; the apparent dis |
lance between the TWO being only about two
diameter- ~ Jupiter.
Safurii-- AZ the beginning of the year xil
~ about hours east from The sun. aud below
the well-known Square 81 Pegasus. near which
~ meets Venus. Va the evening OF March 2
Tits conjunction with the sun occurs March