, 1880-07-04

The moon will be Il. npogee about halt-past III
o'clock Tonight; aud new moon will occur
"Wednesday next at 7::e Il. m. SAC will be with
Venus tho same morning; will pass * degrees
south Of Mercury Friday evening, and be in con-
Junction with Mars Saturday afternoon. her po-
stion near the time Of setting being about de-
g1ecs to the left from the planet
There will be IN nnnuiar trtng, eclipse Of the
sun at this new moon, but it will not bc visible
from this part Of tho world. It can be seen from
the southern two thirds OF South America, aad
Il few score square miles Oh the southern tip OF
Africa, with the intervening South Atlantic
Ocean. The narrow belt along which the eclipse
will be annu1ar lies altogether in the ocean, and
south Of 81 degrees south latitude, being Gust Of
TERRA Del Fuego-
The suns upper limb rises Monday ut 4:.oA q.
m.; souths ut 0h- An. - .-e- p. NJ: and sets at
1:3719 p N.
The SUMS upper limb rises Friday at 4:a33s H.
m.; souths ut Oh. 2m. 02.22s. p. m; and sets at
1876 p. m.
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| 1l1cs-
Mercury Is east from the sun, and will be at
his grcatest elongation Tuesday Of this week
t2Gh degrees). He will set tonight at9:oS P11.'.
Tuesday ut o:oe p. H.. and Thursday ut s:5s pm,
or nearly an hour aud q half after tho sun c:'ea
| evening Of this week. Those who like the great
| Coperncus, have never been able to catona'
glimpse Of this planet, may be interested in
| knowing that III the clear skies Of Minnesota ho
| has been recognized with the naked eye elca
day during about one-quarter Of his synodicA
| revolution. This may help us to understand
how he could have been identified as planet
some 1000 years aeo by the patient watchers Of:
Chaldea and Egypt.
| Venus is q small distance west Of the sun dur
| ing this week, and will be in superior conjunc"
ton a week from Tuesday. She will then BE-
| 49A minutes Of arc north Of his centre. Ifa
~. 7fc OF
| "Cazimi," is, ain the heart Of the sun. .
Mars is now very faint object in the western
! sky. Thursday he will south Ut 2:a: p H., alld
set at 9:3l, about six degrees northwest from
Aloha Leonts, the brightest star In the sickle Of
Leo.
| Jupiter will rise next Wednesday at 11:3 ?. NJ.
| and south ut SOL a. III. Thursday. Hc Is no."
| very prominent object as morning star. Ine
| biz spot will be turned towards us OIL the Morn-
ings Of Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday OF tns
week, and easily recognized through small TIL
escope If the atmosphere be clear. Monday ut
3;S3 Il. III. the thir{l satellite will emerge from
transit Wednesday ut 2:16li Il. H. the first SAT-
elite will be eclipsed, unt Thursday ut 3:13 H. M
will pass of from transit Of the planet
Saturn is also morning star, and quite BRIGHT.
though less so und lower down, than Jupiter.
Next Thursday hc will rise ut 0:5 g. H., and
south at G:40 H. His ring system IS slowly
widening out. tho apparent diameters being
about as to /; and the smallest diameter Is
about two-thirds that of tho planet.
Uranus will south Thursday at 3:2i p H., anu
set ut $50 p. m, or less than 2s hours after tue
sun. He Is now practically out Of the held OF oo-
scryation-
Neptune will south Thursday at 7:36 H. III. Fl,
| is yet too near tho sun to be studied with aa-
vantage even through large telescopes.
L correspondent wants us to tell him why tho
| sim now rises md sets far to tho north 0f east