The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-03


the great luminary leads to any percepi-
ible increase OF commotion on his Storm
tossed surface. Neptune Is too>small 10 be
seen by the unaided eye, but he is in fine
position for telescopic observation. Neptune
is near Saturn, passing the meridian about
quarter OF an hour after, and being three
degrees farther north. He rises now
about eleven minutes after O'Clock in the
evening; at the close Of the month he sets
at quarter after O'Clock in the morning.
SATURN is evening star, and still retains
his place as the leader OF the five planets
travelling towards the sun. lie would
make more brilliant appearance il his
rival Jupiter were out Of the way. But he
is now in one Of the best aspects he ever
presents, and deserves careful study when
at opposition for four years to come. No
one viii have any trouble in recognizing
him q few degrees above Jupiter, for he
shines with a serene light that distinguishes
him from the stars twinkline around him.
lie has passed his prime and viii soon glow
with milder radiance, a. he travels from
the earth and approaches the sun. He sets
now about O'Clock in the morning; at the
close Of the month be sets at O'Clock.
NARs is morning star, and increasing IN
interest o. he takes on more ruddy hue
and larger dimensions. His increasing
northern declination il to be noted, for he
is now seven degrees farther north than
Jupiter, and twelve degrees farther north
than Saturn. lie must, therefore, be looked
for in the northeast, rising quarter before
0 O'Clock, and may be easily recognized by
his fiery color and the line he forms with
Jupiter and Saturn above him. Mars now
rises a quarter before 0 O'Clock; at the
close OF the month Ne rises at a quarter be-
fore O'Clock.
URANUS is morning star, and his move
ments during the month possess little in
terest. lie rises now at . O'Clock in the
morning: at the end Of the month he rises
soon after midnight.
VENUS is morning star, and appears each
morning later above the horizon as she
draws nearer superior conjunction with
the sun. She measures now eleven seconds
in diameter, while Jupiter measures forty
six seconds. But her day OF triumph will
come when, in December, 1882, she reaches
her inferior conjunction, and treats the
world to grand display at her transit.
She rises now ST q quarter after 4 O'Clock
in the morning; ut the end OF the month
she rises at half-past O'Clock.
The Sun is also an actor i'm the scenes that
diversity the experience OF his family Of
worlds during the month-on the 2lst-
When the charming phenomenon Of an an
nular eclipse occurs. But the golden ring
Of light surrounding the moons dark
shadow will Only he visible in the Southern
ocean and in the southern part Of south
America, so that observers will be few in
that inbospitable cline.
The November moon fulls on the 9TH.
She is in conjunction with Saturn on the
same day, and is near Neptune and Jupiter
on the 9th. She Is i'm conjunction with
Mars on the 10th, and with Uranus on the
10th. She is near Venus on the 18th, TWO
davs before her change, when early risers
may behold the morning star and the slen-
der crescent in the breaking Of the daW1.
She pays her respects to Mercury on the
10Th, planet and moon being difficult to
see in the light OF the approaching sun.
November is rich in material for plane
tary study. Mercury leads the list with an
inferior conjunction, q transit, and west
en- elongation. Neptune follows Saturn in
reaching opposition. Jupiter follows NcI)-
tune i'm arriving at the goal, donning his
most superb array for the occasion. The
share 10 the festive activity Of his family
in an annular eclipse. The moon pays her
respects to every planet in turn. The grand
line Of planets clustering beyond us ana on
the same side OF the sun remains mbroken,
three OF the outer planets, Saturn, NeI-
tune. and Jupiter, arriving at opposition
within thirteen days Of each other. The
moouless nights Of mid-November will be
glorious with star-lit beauty. Saturn, Jul
pitsr, and Mars will reign as lords Of the
ascendant, and around them will be
grouped some OF the brightest stars and
consultations that grace the armament,
those twinkling mysteries that ill the soul
with emotions Of wonder and awe, while IT
tries to grasp the bomdlossness OF space
and the all-peryading power that holds in
harmony the shining suns that people the
blue vault Of heayen.-PrOUidence Journal