Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-07
The Solar Family In June.

Jui l;tr is morpiog siar and tic cDly planet Of
much tcc)uot during the month. Ho will be
a brilliant oil iect 10 the l5vcly Juno mornings,
as no leads The starry hosts aod holds his court
wthGut r;val in 4ustre, sizo aud brightness -
Ihcea "ho have watched his movements will
note bis Increasing magnitude and trlllancy, as
With acca lerating speed be rolls msjesc,lly 90,
| ward IN his orbit toward Ills phiheIion and op-
position ulh tho sue, travelling toward the
earth IS we'll as Tho great central orb, whose
disturbed condition may be particularly owing
to the attraction Of his hugo mass If tho planet
NEPTUNE Was discovered or supposed to exit
On account If certain perturbatlops in tho move.
ment OF Uranus. aDd il tho cratic movements
oil Mercury reveal tho prcscrc, of plaue!s with
IN bis orbit, why should not tho near
| approach OF Jupitcr to the sun Stir up O COM
diversified with spots. and tho planet is near
ouoush to roriheion to make his Influence
telt. ASTRONOMERS have been wise prophets
thus far bs to tho ilil 60, CT the com.
meuoamcnt Of the sun SPOT cycle.-
IcrAados and c5copcs Ct extreme severity
have borno Witness to abnormal oondi
tious OF The atmosphere, and wave Of intense
heat, such as has not occurred for quarter OF
q century at this season OF tho year. has con.
| lirmed the tXactuess Of previous observations.
Wo must still oxptc; tho usual storms, waves
of tho beat and auroral displays that follow the
maximum oil sun spots; We have yet to learn
| whether tho coinCidcnt petihea of the four
great planets will increase aud proloug tho cle-
meuttl warfare. This is ono of tho most inter
| cstog problems of the day. as we'll as one OF
the most prsc!ios aud important. 1t will not
| meet with hssty solution. for tho period Of
observation extends 10 the yea, 1855. Hcrschel
| tho great astronomer. said that ''slG spots in-
| fluencod the pre-, OF coru." This assertion is
easily understood fer heat, drought and storms
| exert mighty fluercl on harvests, and il
| these are lesseUed The value Of what remains is
| ltceascd. Students Of astronomy will. there
| fore, II g,rli with especial interest the move.
ments I'll Jupiter in tho morning sky. while
they ponder upon the mysterious link that
uulcs 10 ono hahn >nitu. whcl, tho members
| Of the solar family. The plant now lJas at .
'cl:cS; at tho cLd OF tho month about Iii /.
night.
SsIrra is mortins star. AID holds his place
moi lar away from bis rlt brill mt rival. He,
t0o tic S cond 10 s;z, oil tho giant members Of
Inc brotherhood, is travelling towarl his cppo-
s!tion with tho suo. and more slowly toward
perihcIion, s9 that ho is ecreasn, 10 siz, and
| u
has marked lis nresenco. Ha rises now at
halp-psst ., half hour after Jupiter; a! tho
end ci tho month, about half past L.
Venus is morning star, and travels 50 near
the Gun as to be entirely hi1den from mortal
Visi&u. Sho rises now few miautc3 bercr, 4 :;
st tic Close ct tho moth only about quarter Of
~ hou; before the sue, The beautiful planet
10 this potion OF her orbit il, therefore, ap-
,srently blotted out OF The celestial map, but
she Is Only ccilpsed in the solar glow. and will
rasppcar before tho summer has fulfilled its
| o0Tr5r.
Mars IS evening star. His ruddy Glow is pal.
iGg and his szI dlcl!ulag as he weeds his way
toward the snu shd itcieases hii distance from
the earth. t!o sets now quarter befcra l /;
at the end Ct tho laouth about helf past Q.
| UranuS Is evening star. still wandering among
the small stars of Leo. and too far from the
Garth TO b. visible without the aid of the tsIe
scope. lie aetH DOW about | l; at tho end OF
TIC month not fer from 10.
Mercury il evening star after he q, when ho
rc.otn5 his superior lncton with the suu. Ha
thou rises aud sets Sl:h tho suo, bcicg apparent.
iy i,inCd to him. as the word ''cor ilrc.lon" i'm
plies. Ha sQts, therefore, about 7:30, and com
tncnccs his oscillation eastward from the sun 10
tho straight lnc in which he seems to move,
being too near 10 ba visible.
Tho June moon iu's on the 22l On the
G'h. one day before her charge. she will be near
Venus. Tho new moon of tho III will be
gear Mercury on the Sth. Mars on tic ltb
sad Uranus on the l4:t; ard tho wsuing moon
on the %0th will g. lin psy her rcspcc 8 to Jupi.
ter. Ga the - there Nill be tos ecirs, OF
The moon, which will to invisible 10 this por-
i1n tf the globe, but viii bo partly visible ic
the western part ct the Uoited Stats, and en-.
trrly visible 10 tho Pec6c Occsu.
Evens sTo somewhat moDotoncus on The
planetary records of tho uooth Tho visible
Iplsnc.a ere evenly divided-Jupiter, Saturn
and Venus dcirg duly az mornitg stars
UraDus, Mars and Mercury btog numbered as
evening stars. Jupiter takes tho lead 10 inter-
est, and wo may expect 10 hear tho report Of
observers cor crtiag The great red spot that
plows npon his disk. Sun spots are sill to be
studied 10 connecton with meteorological
changes. those occurring du,og the lsst mouth
having been Of marked importance. Aurora
displays may also add their weird testimony to
provo the e1iitence Of solar disturbatc,.