Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-01

enjoying TIM 0aetinctfon throughout the whole
month. On the l1th, at O'Clock in the morn
ing, b reaches his greatest eastern elongation,
and b then a6o ~ east Of the sun. Though
nearly at his maximum distance from the sun,
1t win be no easy matter to pick him up on &C
count Of his southern declination. At elonga-
ton he sets at O'Clock in the evening, about
ee-quarters Of al hour after sunset. 1t will
take sharp eyes to discern him In the west at
that time and for a few days before and after.
But 1t lie his last visible appearance as evening
star during the year. Fortunately, the bright
star Spica is q guide to his whereabouts, the
shy planet being little distance to the west Of
the star and nearly 1So south Of the sunrise
point.
Venus is morning star until the Goth, and then
evening star for ten months to come. On the
10Th, at o'clock in the evening, she is in
superior conjunction with the sun, and for q
time her queenly presence Is lost to sight. for
she is eclipsed in the suns rays. 1t has taken
this untiring traveller over the celestial road
ever since the 9th of December to reach the
opposite portion Of her orbit as seen from the
earth. She was at the time Of her memorable
transit, In Inferior conjunction. passing directly
between us and the sun, with her dark side
turned towards US. For a month or two she
will be hidden in the sunbeams but in Novem-
Der sharp eyes Will pick her up as small brilliant
star, shining in the western twilight for a short
time after sunset. She will be superb In the
winter evenings as she oscllates on her inyisi-
bic chain towards elongation and the mjSsum-
mer Of another wear will make its advent before.
retracing her steps towards the sun, she comes
again to inferior conjunction
Venus rises on the LIST at o'clock in the
morning; on the 30th she sets few minutes
before O'Clock in the evening.
Uranus is evening star until the 10Th. when
ne Joins the morning stars. reversing the role
that Venus plays during the month. On the
10TH at O'Clock in the evening" he Is i'm con-
junction with the sun. After conjunction he
appears on the western side Of the sun and be-
comes morning star. All the outer planets Of
the system are then on the suns western side.
| and all are travelling with varying speed towards
opposition, in the following order: Neptune
heads the list. rising about halfpast o'clock.
Saturn follows an hour later. Mars appears
| shortly before midnight. Jupiter takes his turn
at o'clock. Uranus is too close to the sun to
be Of any account. Venus and Uranus form
admirable illustrations of the difference between
the superior conjunction of an inner planet and
| the conjunction of an outer planet. In the tor
mer case, Venus seems to pass from the suns
western side to his eastern. In the latter case,
Uranus seems to pass from his eastern side to
his western In reality. the planets all revOve
around the sun from west to east. their appar
ent movements being due to the fact that they
| are viewed from the earth. which is a moving
observatory. Viewed from the sun. their move
ments would be much less complicated.
Neptune is morning star. He retains the dis
tinctOn of being first on the list to appear above
the horizon. He will also be the first to reach
opposition, for the earlier in the evening supe-
rOr planet rises the nearer he is to this import
ant goal
Saturn Is morning star. On the 3D. at 8
O'Clock in the morning. he is in quadrature with
the sun, the second of the great planets to reach
| this time-mark in his path, the halfway house
| In his progress from conjunction to opposition
| He Is fast becoming an object OF exceeding in
| terest to observers, for he may sOOD be seen
above the horizon early enough in the evening
| to make it unnecessary for the observer to en-
Of his serene and softly shining face. He may
| be found in the vicinity Of the Pleiades and Al
| debaran. and will be readily recognized by the
| color Of pale gold that distinguishes him from
| his brother planets. Beautiful as is his present
appearance he will increase in size and brilliancy
| until the last Of November when he reaches the
| eliminating point for the present year.
Mars is morning star. On the 21st at IL
| O'Clock in the morning. he is in conjunction with
| Delta GeminOrum, a star of the third magni-
| tude in the constellation OF The Twins being at
| that time 49, north. He will be near the star
on the early morning of that day. and may be
known by his ruddy color and his position a
| few degrees southwest of Castor and POluX.
His increasing size and brightness are SO slight
| as to be scarcely perceptible. He is never i'm
pressive In aspect excepting when at opposition,
| and for month before or after. As his oppo-
| sltOn does not occur until January, 1884, We
must wait until nearly that time to see the
| Marian planet under favorable conditions.
Jupiter is morning star. He contributes
scarcely anything to the incidents Of the month,
| though he far exceeds the other planets in his
beautiful appearance. Beaming with tremu-
lous light, he shows his princey face above the
| horizon shortly before two O'Clock in the morn
ing, and on moOnless nights shines without a
rival. leading the host OF heaven with majestic
grace as he rises to the zenith, which he fails to
reach before his lesser light fades away in the
glory of the dawn. We are justified in feeling
proud Of this grand member of the system and
we have faith that when he is again near enough
| for favorable telescope observation, we shall
learn something from watching his red spots
and white spots, and the bright and varied col.
| Oring Of his belts
| THE NOON
The September moon fulls on the 10th, al
| fifty-seven minutes after o'clock in the even
| ing. The new moon Of the LIST is in conjunction
| with Uranus on the ID and with Mercury on the
Sd. The full moon of the 10Th is very near Nep-
tune on the Goth. passing 10 north. On the 2lst
| she Is in conjunction with Saturn, being 10 IA
| south. In some portions Of the Southern hem
| isphere. Saturn is occulted, making his sixth
| o ccuation during the year, but the beautiful
| phenomenon has not once been visible from our
New England points Of observation. On the
9th the waning moon pays her respects to Mars.
on the 25th to Jupiter and on the Goth to Uranus
for the second time.
Thus the heavens above present brilliant
| spectacle to the earth below during the month
of September. Venus reaches superior con-
junction. the preparatory step that will make
her the peerless starry gem Of the evening sky
in the near future. Uranus arrives at conunc-
| tion and joins the whole array of outer planets
| now cOngregated on the suns western side as
morning stars. Saturn is in quadrature and
will soon come beaming abo-e the horizon in
the early evening. Mars contributes to the show
his conjunction with the star Delta Geminorum
Mercury appears for short season i'm the glow
ing west. his last evening exhibition for the
year. Jupiter fOreshadOws the supremacy of
his later reign. Our nearest celestial neighbor,
the moon. takes on her lOveliest phase, that of
the Harvest Noon. Even the great sun himself
adds to the attractions Of the month in his
charming aspect at the autumnal equinox, when
in harmonious equipOise he illumines the earth
from pole to pole, and day and night balance
each other in the celestial scales.
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