The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-23
From the Providence (R. ~ Journal.
PLANETS IN JANUARY.

eHuS Is evening star, though too
| near the sun to be easily seen in the
early past of the GGonth. She is, how
ever, coming towards the earth, while
1receding from the sun, and by the cad
aof the month Will be a beautiful object
to behold, shining brightly in the glow
! OF twilight. She sets now aboat 5
O'Clock, half an hour after sunset, but
on the 31st she will be above the 1lori-
ZOn for nearly ali hour after saanset.
The most interesting planetary ,event
| during the month will occur oh the
23d, when Venus, Jupiter and the new
moon will lee in conjunctioR. The
trio will make celestial picture beau
! tlful to see, for the faireSt, largest and
nearest Of the solar brotherhood will
+ be side by side.
Jupiter is evening star, but he will
soon be lost to sight, for at the end of
the month he will be too near the sun
Ito be visible. He sets now about Z,
lnout On the ~31st will set aboutIhalf-pa
IS. Jupiter has nearly reached his last
| apparanttdimensious and greatest dis
tanee as SEEN from the earth. He ar
rlveS at this extreme point en- the 9Th
of February, when he will he in con-
Junction with the sun. After this ep-
och he Will reappear on tie western
side OF the sun as morning star drawing
neaerto the earth and growing bright
Ell till his opposition ON 'the 31st of
August. This radiant planet will be
livery much missed among the starry
host. where he has reigned, pre-eminent
for several months, but the presence
of Venus, the brightest of the throng,
| will soon make up the loss.
j Saturn is evening star, and is easily
recognized, his position differing little
from that of December. His steady
light and the absence Of bright stars in
the neighDorllood makes hm a marked
object. He comes to the meridian about
and sets about II. He is growing
smaller he recedes from us towards
his conjunction with the sun, which
occurs @on the Goth of March, after
which, following in the wake of Jupi-
ter, he will join the morning stars.
/ Mars is morning star. rising about 5,
two hoalls and half before sunrise, is
peroeptibly larger and brighter than
last month, and always easily recog
nized from his ruddy light
Mercury is morning Star during the
month. He reaches his greatest west.
ern elungation on the 10th, and may
then be seen in the eastern sky an houl
before selnrise. This is one Of the foul
favorable opportunities fol- seeing Mer-
curry astmorning star during the yeal
1879.
The January moon fulls on the Sth
| and she has already passed her con
functions with Jupiter ans. Saturn. She
will be in conjunction with Mars on
the 10th and Mercury on the goth, the
waning crescent and the planets MAX
ing a picture worth getting up early tc
see. The new moon of the22d will be in
conjunction with Venus and Jupiter
ON the 23d, and with Saturn on the
! 9th, three days before the FIRST quarter
| The first eclipse of the year occurs
on the 22d. 1t will be an annula1
eclipse of the sun, and invisible in the
United States. The beautiful phen.
omenon CAN, however be seen in the
southern part of South America, South
ern Africa, and the South Atlantic
Ocean.