Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-05-03
The Planets in May.

The astronomer of the Precedence Jour
mi writes that Mercury will be evening star
next month. and that any observer NAV "see
Mercury VINO is willing to take little rou-
bic. On the lst al II o'clock in the even
ing. be is in conjunction with Saturn. being
about four degrees north Of him. and. if the
atmosphere be clear and the sky cloudless,
both planets NAV be seen with the help Of
an opera glass Saturn is almost directly
south Of the Pleiades. Mercury is ABOUT
halfway between the planet and the cluster,
and SIX degrees north of the sunset point.
On the l4th, Mercury will set at about
o'clock, nearly two hours later than the sun.
and the observer will find the beaming plan
ct about six degrees north of the sunset
point. fifteen degrees west Of Jupiter, and
twenty degrees south of Capella Neptune
is evening star until the 9th and morning
star for the rest Of the month. On the 9Th.
at o'clock in the morning. he comes into
conjunction with the sun, being the first Of
the four great planets to reach the goal. He
is then in a straight line with the sun and
the earth. the sun being in the centre, the
farthest from the earth possible, and farther
from the earth than any other planet can be-
his distance being 1855, 000, 900 miles.
A1~AAi - tftiAilie eAaI Inc -bLl ana
morning star for the rest Of the month. On
the both. at o'clock in the evening, he
takes MS turn and comes into conjunction
with the sun, ten days after Neptune Jup-
tier is evening star during the month. He
is following in the wake of Neptune and
Saturn tow ard the same goal, but is behind
them in the race. Jupiter sets on the LIST
quarter before ii o'clock in the evening
H.. I. r.
Uranus IS evening star. He has not COM
pleted half his course on the way TO coniunc-
ton. He sets on the Isl at 8 O'Clock in the
morning; on the 3lst he sets at FIVE min
utes after o'clock. Venus is morning star
and rises only an hour and quarter before
the sun. On the 10th she is in conjunction
With Mars. but they will be far apart when
they appear above the horizon. They rise
on the 10th about half-past o'clock. Mars
is morning star, rising on the LIST about
quarter before 4 O'Clock in the morning; on
the 3lst quarter before 3.
The NAV moon fuls on the 2lst at twen-
ty-seven minutes past 10 o'clock in the
evening. The waning moon is in coniunc-
ton with Venus on the 18th, and on the same
morning, four hours later, with Mars. show
ing how near the planets are to each other.
On the 9th the moon, four hours old, Is in
conjunction with Neptune. On the It'll, at
noon, the one-day old crescent is very near
Saturn. being eighteen minutes north. The
moon sets then at quarter after o'clock
and under The best conditions of atmosphere
and sky. planet and crescent may possibly
be seen, though the moon travels so fast,
they will then be several degrees apart
On the sth the moon pays her respects to
Mercury. on the 9Th to Jupiter and on the
10th to Uranus. The study of the moons
conjunctions with the planet affords an in
feresting as well as an easy way Of impress
ing upon the memory their relative position
in regard TO the sun and the earth.
On the 2lst the moon again occults Beta
Seorpii. repeating the phenomenon Of the
2sth of February, 1t more convenient time