Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
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tue Suh anu nave pecoihe morning htarh'.
TN the hrst oil July theS Will rise ahead OF
tho Suh Ill inc iollowlhE order Neptune,
Mars Satnrp' venus, Mercury Jupiter, the
latter too near the sun to bo visible and
Neptune oil course occurring agood telescope.
Ihc following list OF cphlnnctions with the
Moon during July WIN serve TO show now
nearly III Inc same pain all these planets are
travelling July LIST, 6is p. M, Moon IN CON
junction with Saturn, planet % minutes 10
tho north conjunction invisible I'd, 5.52
p m. conjunction with Venus, planet y.
north Invisible "a, 6.2o p. M, conjunction |
with Mercury, planet II minutes north; in
visible It'll, ll.4i a. M. conjunction with |
Jupiter planet A. north invisible 9Th,
p M conjunction WIN uranus planet
hoIth N'Hlple lhr"iibh telescope 2Stl uih
H. M conjunction wan Neptune, planet 81
minutes Hon'h visible with telescope 18th,
4'i' a. M conjunction with saturn planet
VI miilte' horth NiHlDie To the naked eye
nearly up 10 inc Time OF conjunction 2'ti,
~" =. M conjunction with Mars, planet
"a hofth invisible
Iho Moon If new on the morning OF tho
''h' enters rrst quarter during the night fol-
io"'"S u'e mn IN iu'l On ihe hlSht oil mo
i'th ana e'''ef7 i'St quarter on Tie evening
oi inc @"lh' mo o'cnltS several small stars
n"rlhS inc month"; bht mono OF these
oceuiiatiohH willbn NlSlhle to the nnaidod eye.
iahihB up the pains OF IN" planets ~ they
VIII be traced upon Inc celestial vault during
'h's' " CURIOUS 10 notice again, IN already
en'"i "'o'o III 'np eo"j""rtionH with the
'''oi'' nv" ''oF'il thcy 'oiloW Ill oaeh other \
'"oA'.
neptune riTes llrst nj IL. m on the lt
VI '"lS anu NJ midnight on inc ist "i August
ho fohiaiiH SeiSibly stationary during tho
hioilh on inc border between tile conStella
tlohF Aries anu Ianfns. w..
Mars comes next; rising only IL minutes
later thah Neptune on the first and about
a. H. on the last OF july
Ills course II from point some southwest
OF the flelades, across the head and between
tho horns OF tho Bull, CIaursH.)
saturn rises at 2,l5 q. m. on tho lat and u
little before n. M. Mt the close of tho month.
Hence Saturn appears TO pass Mars in the
morning sky. This occurs on the morning Of
the 10Th, when the two planets will be l Y
apart, Saturn to the northward and imme-
diatoly above the Ilyadcs, which is a fine v
shaped group of stars i'll tho forehead of tho
Bull the brightest of the group being tho
well known Aldobaran.
Next come Venus and Mercury. These two
planets opon the month By balancing back
and forth i'll such way as to pass each
other twice, Marcury first seems to get
ahead of Venus, on the morning of the ith
(their actual passage occurring at IL p. m.
Of the ID before they have risen in this
lOngitudc) They may bo soon to advantage
about an hour before sunrise on the ith,
about apart, Mercury being the southern
most. On the morning of tho sth they
swing corners again, Mercury taking the back
track and, after that tagging behind Venus
lator and later rushing from Venus toward
tina sun in fact and reaching superior con-
Junction on the 10th, after which date
Mercury changes to an evening star At
their second conjunction, OIL the Sth, the two
planets arc less than T., apart, Mercury 10
tho south.
On the morning OF the I'd Mercury reaches
his greatest western clongation and will he
readily visible to tho naked oye, if the
weather is good, then and for several morn
iugs thereafter. Ills course through the
month is from between the horns OF tho
Bull, across tho Twins and nearly across
Cancer a sweep which will give good idea
of his apparent speed compared TO the other
planets.
Venus follows nearly in tho Same track.
but gets badly left She however, goes from
her starting point, aso between the horns Of
the Bull. across the Twins and to the edge O;
Cancer. ....
1t will beobscryod that tho Emil il the con
ISOLATION about which all there planets mty
he sad to he clustering in July. This con
stcllation may easily be recognized 10y any Oh,
from lts two beautiful clusters tho plelade,
(Heven stars) and the IIyatlua.
, Jupiter passes the sun on the 9Th. and vii
come into Wow al a morning star sn,ne tw,
weck4 or 70 later. HIS apparout poth y,,l
then BIZ FROM and that or Venus towards fla,
sun, and the two planets may bo seen h,
curly ri+ora very close to each other nhout M
nour before sunrise ON the 18th. Al M M
of that day they pas. within tho very sbnr
distance Of ~ mmutea Of each other, N di.
tancn ahout one third the dmm,tor fine fnI
moon. Jupiter also papsea within ~ miauto
: of Morcnry ON the morning If tho 20lh at
H. M, Int tho chances arc agaiprt the via
/ | hility OF this coninnciiou. rIcro arc 10,
moro illustrations ofhow closely the annorcn
paths of tho planets coincide dnring Jnlv
Although unadornod by the plancfs IN,
cyoning skies OF July AFRO well worthy n
attention. Select rood nlaco for ohsrryo
ton about . 30 o'clock ON tlc nirbt of an,
3 the lst or "a. Almost directly ovcrbco1 i
a tho constellation lIcrmes. with i,s clarion
z glolular cluster of stars. barclv visible as
. faint specl to the naked ovo Int dovolon;,,
:, in a good toleacono int, a co,nnoc, l,ait 81
,,ni.a.,,,,, ',,'' "
y ',"'us VI un'li'to points OF liSht' 10 TN
/. westward about onc-thrd Of tho distance
from tho 2onith to the HORIZON. in tho rudJ
i hrcturra tho ,t,;r, il, ,.,,or -, ,..;,I;.,, y,
a ''' '''I ','''' III "."ui VI p'iii''hcS
our HtarH VINO about tue same distance {
eastward II Vega, second only to Sirius il
lnstrc. Fellow Vcro ia tbo largo cros, :,
r,,,,,,,,, ,.;,,a 10, ~, ,,.,, oio'n "
o's""N !i's "'ohB tho hiiihy way In
star IN the FOOT OF tins cross, hlbiroc