The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-08
AsTRONOMrCAL NOTES.
Planets i'm June.

This month gives promise Of rich celestial
sights. Mercury and Venus will be seen shining
together in the evening sky, during the early part
of the month, and the new comet now in the north
sky will increase in size and beauty each day.
MERCURY
is evening star until the 9th, when he comes into
inferior conjunction with the sun, being then be-
tween us and the sum- and at his closes: point to the
earth. He reaches his greatest elongation east on
the Ist and will then be 80 10 distant from the
Mercury is in apheliou the 10th, and is l. a. 81
north Of the new moon On the 10th. Little trouble
will he experienced in finding the planet it sets
aboutan hour after the sum- and those who take the
trouble will be well paid for their search for in most
parts of the world Mercury is rarely seen at all.
VENTS
will attract universal attention, this month. She is
by far the brightest star in the heavens. When
Venus j. in periheliOn, she Is the brightest but the
earth is not in the proper position for observers to
the increase of brilliancy. On the 18th. she is
g. ~ north of the new moon. On the Both. she
reaches her greatest helacial latitude north being
then very brilliant and plainly visible before
When this planet is found in the early summer
sky it is always very easy to find it afterwards.
MARS
is growing fainter and is of little interest excepting
when viewed with good telescope. However. he Is
vet as bright as irstna gnitude star and ia pucky
enough to get up good exhibition the Goth, when
he will pass a. "a" north of Regulus, the bright
star of Leo Mars /. 6 "A 30" north of the moon.
on the 18th.
will not be noticed until the latter part of the month";
when he will be rising about threequarters of
an hour before the sun. and aLout hour Is min
ues after Saturn On the Nth, Jupiter is very
she moon being only SO 81" north of the centre Of
the moon and 90 Is" north of the north limb. Keen
eyes will pick up the faint JUPITER and this is
the closest conjunction of Jupiter and the that
will occur for time again, it will be worth
while hunting for them, on the morning of the lItk
Next month, when they again meet, they will he
farther apart, and the conjunction will not he SO
interesting.
is slowly regaining his lustre and is easily found in
the morning sky. rising, the 18th, two hours %
minutes before the He will rise little earlier
each morning. until he comes to quadrature, the
halfway place between conjunction and opposition.
when his rings may be examined with small tcle
scope; possibly his largest satellite, Titan. may be
seem if power of ninety be employed. Saturn is
% 81 IS" north of the moon, the 18th; this con-
junction occurs in the sign Taurus.
THE MOON
fulls on the LIST On the 2lst she is s. y 81" south
of Rcgulus, and on the 9th she passes Il To- 10"
south of Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. Beta
Scorpii receives close call from her. the 2sth
the little star will be shining 40 s. north of the
moons centre.
THE COMET
is now visible to the naked eye. obtained my first
view of it Sunday night, May 2lst Sunday, the
2sth, a clear day, and l had another view. Its
right ascension is &C. north declinaton j0' II
ha. n bright nucleus and fine tail, about IL in
length. On the Let it will be within few degrees
of Capella. in Auriga the famous cometproducing
constellation, far down in the northwest. early in
the evening 1t is in perhclion June 18th, and its
right ascension that day is 49, IS, which will place
it s. of the Pleiades This comet will make better
show after its perihelion passage, but will be best
seen in the southern hemisphere. =. l.. @.