, 1880-08-22

Ihe moon Will De In her last Quarter a. n !.
n. Friday, and in apogee at about / , ~ sA -s
Sunday. She will be about degrees no,.s' -. zen
Jupiter Monday night, and - degrees .as4s .sSa
from Saturn Tuesday afternoon. TIM w.. wv
Ing Of Tuesday. before sunrise, she will ,o- s1A'
nearly equilateral triangle with thess = :
planets, and fur enough FROM them To ner~,,. ~.
their being prominent objects, thonvh ~ -"
bright than 1t she were absent 10
The suns upper limb will rise On Mo,d..
b:1G1 a. H., south at I'm. l5,9s. p H.. and "a. :.
6:41H p. H.
The SUMS upper limb rises Friday ne,t ,..r
a. m., souths At ln 09.ls- o. L.. and sets at sas
p m-
The sidereal time Thursday mean nom v4u \.
l0:Ism. 27-1{s.
Mercury will south Thursday at 1o:n
He rises more than an hour before the ann ,,..
day, and may easily be seen early In thu vss.
just before sunrise, BY those who hare not ~,
lake for their eastern horizon. There ia Nm.
hope Of seeing him If one has TO loos acroes -.
3llchtSau; still 1t s sometimes clear ennvA
even there. aercury is now passing tov,ns,
his superior conjunction with the SUI, Hh,cb As
will reach Sept II.
Venus will south at 0:49 p N. THURSDAY Int ~.
at 16 p. m., or only 80 minutes after the Sun d.
being about degrees further south than ~
Venus Il moving very slowly toward the poshio,
Of evening star; she will be a bright evening M
ject in the winter sky, disputinQ the palm vts
Jupiter next February.
Mars is now practically out Of the wayof eyeo-
ing observation. He will south THURSDAY At tx
p. m. and set ut 7:3o p. H., or onlr about % Mn
utes after the sun.
Jupiter will rise Wednesday at 8:es snmm
south Thursday at 2:52s1z H. u. He contIuuesn
grow IN brightness, and will do 80 till eariy IL
October, being decided success as IN eyenhr
star. Those who are given to swearing "by In.
piter" may low have the satisfaction Of knox.
ing TINT be. 1t not it, amounts to somethine. 4
must have been at time like the present. when
simultaneously near perhelion and IN oppot.
ton to the sun. that he received the name d
Zcus Pater. God tthe} father, OR the Fatharofths
Gods, OF which the word Jupiter IS undoubtedly
q corruption. Unusual as this event mar seeu
to the casual observer, it is frequent enough
admit of being noted by the aucfents ss sr5
tematic. We now know that Jupiter coua
round to the perihelion point Of hh
oroit once IN about u-S62 years; 50 that 1t
intervals Ut a little less than a century therear
Two or three years In succession In which The
planet Is about as bright as now. Theinterval
" A9 A0t T. ~AL AAt lA11A Lie 6fELk CUQ5Q u
ao1ed as matter OF repeated history,
handed down from one generation 10 another.
1t $50 this evening the second sa1einta
Fill cease transit Of the planet; end At L. -
n. Monday the first will begin traoar, endtng
It 3:12 q. m. At 0:21 q n- Tuesday the first
atellite will reappear utter occu1tation, and ut
':57 a. m. the third will begin transit At s:3a
J. u. Tuesday the first will leave tha limb of
he planet Saturday at 1:e7.9 g. m. the second
atellire will be ectipsed; and at 4:s3 T. n ne1t
sunday the 4 rst satellite will be ecllpsed.
Saturn will rise Wednesday at 8:5d p u+ ind
outh Thursday at 3:3uH t. H. ae Is thezefon
n evening star now; he will ocoupy The sas'
'ertine position through the remainder of tn
ear, being especially brilliant In October md
november. His opposition to the gun will oecu
)ct- Is, after which time he will be an eTcot&
tar in the usually accepted sense OF the te1m.
he greatest diameter Of his ring system iania
bout four times the diameter of its minor ara;
9th being apparent measures.
Uranus is now very near the sun. The tn
Ill be tn conjunction Sept. l.
Neptune will south Thursday at 4:o9 T. n. H5
ght ascension at that time will be III 49nu~, nd
II degrees o5h minutes nurth+
Faye's comet, noted In our issue Ut Lust Sun.
az. Is too near the moan this week to b. seaa
18th the telescope, unless under exceptional
und1tons-