Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-09
THE PLANETS IN AUGUST.
Something Ahout the Morning and
Evening Stars, as Well as
the Moon.
Providence Journal.

Providence Journal.
Saturn is morning star. Rising now
soon after midnight, lie is beauJi
ful to behold, as he threads his way on
the celestial concave. while every sue
cessirc rising adds TO the brilliancy of
his appearance and brings him earlier
on the course. At the end of the month
he will he soen peering above the hori-
zen at 1920 O'Clock.
Saturs is in conjunction with Alpha
Tauri on the 18th at 0 o'clock in the
morning. This star Is better known as
Aldsbaraa. 4 brilliant red star Of the
first magnitude in the cluster of the Hy
AIDES. Saturn rises on the Ist a half
hour after midnight: on ,he 3lst he rises
at 1880 o'clock in the evening.
Jupiter Is nerning star. Though sec
ond TO Sxtnrn in interest now, because
he rises nearly three hours later, when
the month clsses he will 0utshins svery
other star in the armament. He may be
found In the constellation Gemini, fsw
degree. south of Castor and Pollux,
though no observer who looks upon the
eastern sky will fail to detect the prince
ly planet at glance. He is travelling
toward US, and will soon be near enough
to'reward telescope observation. As
tronomers are earnestly waiting for IA
vOrable conditions for examination.
Close investigation of his disc will be
made in the hope thai some light May
be thrown upon the cause of the tre-
mendous connections that 3gitats his
chaotic mass.
Jupiter Uses an the 1st about quar-
ter after in the morning; on the 3lst
he rises ten minutes before l o'clock.
Mars is morning star and takes the
third rank in his contributions to enli-
ven the planetary record of the month.
Mars rises the lst not far from o'clock
in the morning; ON the 3lSt he rises at
twelve minutes after II o'clock.
Venus is morning star, and the last
on the list to make her appearance
above the horizon. She is travelling
south at rapid late, being nearly 10
degS. further south at the end Of the
month than she was at the beginning.
She is now near Jupiter, but at the end
of the month she has so nearly approach
ed the sun that she rises less than half
an hour before him. The fairest ef the
stars has fallen from hsr high estate
anu plcStHkS AOW 4CdtuIcs Ok lIbcl6Sl.
Venus rises on the LIST ten minutes
before o'clock in the morning, on the
31st she rises at o'clock.
Mercury Is evening star during the
month, and presents but one feature of
interest. He is In conjunction with
Uranus on the oath, st 10 o'clock In the
morning, being nearly one degree south
AS both planets are invisible, the event
will have to be observed in the minds
eye.
Tho August moon fulls on the 18th, at
$40 o'clock. The waning moon is in
with Jupiter and Venus on
the 1st, and with Japiter for the sec
ond time on the 10th. She is at her
nearest point to Mercury on the Sd, and
to Uranus on the 9th. On the oath she
is very near Neptune. On the 25th she
is in close con nnction with Saturn at
/ Sc o'clock in the afternoon, passing
deg. Minis. south. In some portions Of
the globe. between 80 degs. and 10 degs.
south dsclination, and whore the dark
side Of the earth is turned toward the
lesser luminsry. the moon will be seen
TO occult Saturn. This will be the fifth
of Saturn that has occurred
during the year. The moon completes
the planetary circuit by her conjunction
with Mars on the 9th.