The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-02


ing of that day. and may be known py r's
ruddy color and his position o lew 9eg'1 q,
southwest OF Castor and foilux. lis III
creasing size and brightness are 80 sngn.
as to be scarcely pcrceptibie. lie u new,
| impressive I'm aspect excepting WIFI ~
opposition, and for month before OF ai,er;
As his opposition does not occur un,'i
! January, 1884, we must walt uhi'' hca,y
! that time 20 see the Marian planet uhuer
| favorable conditions.
The right ascension OF Mars Is On. 25m:,
II his declination Is 23o 81 north, ana MS
diameter II G".2. =,
Mars rises on the Let shortly after mid
night. On the Both he rises at half-past
IL O'Clock in the evening.
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. BEAM
ing with tremulous light, he shows his
princely face above the horizon shortly be-
fore 2 O'Clock in the morning, and on
moonless nights shines without rival,
leading the host Of heaven with ma
jestic grace as he rises 10 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 TINS
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 cooring OF his belts.
The right ascension OF Jupiter is 7h.
50m., his declination is 30 12/ north, and
his diameter Is 3l".S.
Jupiter rises on the LIST at a quarter be-
fore O'Clock in the morning: on the Both
he rises about quarter OF an hour after
midnight.
THE MOON.
The September moon fuls on the 10th,
at ffty-seyen minutes after 4 O'Clock in the
evening. The new moon OF the 1st is IN
conjunction with Uranus on the I'd and
with Mercury on the 3D.. The full moon
OF the 10th is very near Neptune on the
10Th, passing TO- north. On the 2lst she
is in conjunction with Saturn, being 10 IA
south. In some portions OF the southern
hemisphere Saturn is occulted, making his
sixth occulation during the year, but the
| the beautiful phenomena has not once been
visible from our New England points OF
observation. On the oath the waning
moon pays her respects TO Mars, on the
18th TO Jupiter, and on the Both TO Uranus
for the second time.
| Thus the heavens above present a bril-
| liant spectacle TO the earth below during
the month OF September. Venus reaches
superior conjunction, the preparatory
step that will make her the peerless starry
gem of the evening sky in the near fu-
ture. Uranus arrives at conjunction and
Joins the whole array Of outer planets
now congregated on the suns western
side as morning stars. saturn Is III Y l'a-
draIure and will soon come beamlng
above the horizon in the early evening.
| Mars contributes TO the show his con-
junction with the star Delta Gelninorum.
| Mercury appears for a short season in the
| glowing west, his last evening exhibition
for the year. Jupiter foreshadows the SUI
premacy OF his later reign. Our nearest
celestial neighbOr, the moon, takes on her
| loyeliest phase, that OF the Harvest Moon.
Even the great sun himself adds to the
attractions Of the month in his charming
aspect at the autmnal equinox when IN
harmonious equpoise he illumines the
earth from pole to pole, and day and
nj sst balance each other in the celestial