Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-03

The ReigninS Stars md where They
May be Found.

From the Providence Journal
Neptune ia morning star and ranks drst, r
classified according to priority Of appearance,
for he is the first of the Ave morning stars to
make his unseen way above the horizon, rising
early in the evening II may seem anomalous
to call Neptune q morning star when he rises
not long after sunset. But the outer planets
are ranked as morning stars from conjunction
to opposition, the path on which Neptune is
now travelling. Neptune rises on the LIST, about
70 O'Clock in the evening: On the 3lst II rises at
$50 o'clock.
Saturn is morning star, and takes the secon a
rank In the order of rising. He is nova superb
object In the eastern sky after clock and can
not fall to be readily recognized, from his VI
entity to the well known cluster OF the Pleiades
and the ruddy AldebaEan. and from the serene -
pect he takes on. Saturn rises on the LIST shortly
after $50 O'Clock In the evening; on the 3lst he
rises about $50 O'Clock.
Mars Ii morning STAR and takes the third rank
In the order ofrising until the 18TH when Jupiter
seemingly outstripes him in the race. For on the
18th, at i o'clock In the afternoon, the two
planets are in conjunction. being about one de-
gree apart, Mars being north. On the Slst, ut
midnight, Mars is In quadriture with the sun, be-
ing the fourth to reach this epoch Mars rises ON
the LIST about 11:30 clock In the evening; on the
3lst he rises at III O'Clock.
Jupiter is morning star and takes the fourth
rank in the order Of rising. until the 10TH when
coming into conjunction with Mars, he usurps his
place andtakes the third rank among his peers
But he exceeds every planet in the system and
every star I'm the heavens In the SURPRISING
beauty OF his appearance. Much to the Joy OF
astronomers, he will soon be i'm position IA
vorable for telescope research. The right as
cension OfJupiter Is Sh. l2m., his decliuation Ia
20 deg. Ii min. north, and his diameter "a sec.
Jupiter rises on the LIST about a quarter Of an
hour after midnight; on the 3lst he rises at
1880. Uranus Is morning star. the fifth in rank
In the order of rising. Uranus rises on the LIST
about AS o'clock in the morning; on the 3lst
he rises at 3 o'clock,
Mercury is evening star until the 9th and
morning star for the rest of the month On the
4th. at 9 o'clock in the morning. he is In con-
junction with Venus, but they are SO near the
sun that the meeting of the inner planets will
not be visible to terrestrial observers. Mercury
sets on the LIST, at SIS O'Clock i'm the evening;
on the 3lst he rises at 3:l5 O'Clock in the morn
ing.
Venus is evening star. and is the only planet
on the evening roll during the entire month.
She might almost well be blOtted from tho
sky as far as terrestrial observation Ia con-
cerned. Venus sets on the LIST. few minutes
before O'Clock in the evening; on the Slst at
$50 o'clock.
The October moon fulls on the 10th, at one
minute after 2o'clock In the morning. The new
moon Of the LIST passes near Venus and Mer-
curry on the morning OF the change. The nun
moon Of the 10th In In close conjunction with
Neptune on the nth. On the 18th she is | n con-
junction with Saturn passing deg. IL min.
south, At some localities between AZ deg. and
20 deg. south declinatiOn, Saturn 10 Occulted
for the seventh time during the present year.
but, We are not fortunate enough In this iati-
tude to be present at the show. On the Esd the
moon is at her nearest point to Jupiter ana
Mars at nearly the same time. On the 18th she
pays her respects to Mercury for the second
time. On the S1st the second new moon OF the
month IA near Venus The moon will De par
TALLY eclipsed on the 10th. The phenomenon
will be visible through the United States and
on the Pacific ocean. The eclipse commences
In. lam. am. The middle OF the eclipse occurs
at Oh lOm g. m. The eclipse ends 3h. Gun. q. IN.
As only twenty-eight one-hundredths Of the
moons diameter is obscured. the eclipse is re-
markablc for being the only lunar eclipse In this
latitude during the year
An annular eclipse Of the sun will occur on
the 30th, visible on the Pacific ocean and partly
visible on the Pacific coast OF North America and
Asia.