Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-10
PLANETS IN JULY.


Features Of the Celestial Panorama for the
Current Month.
Venus is evening star until the 11th.
Though she ceases to shine in the west
ern sky after that time, and even dis
appears form sight before and after
the advent of one of her great epoch,
she is during the whole month the most
interesting member of the planetary
group with which the crath is indisso-
lubly bound, at least for millions of
years to come. On the l1th, at Q clock
in the evening, she is in inferior CON
junction with the sun. She then passes
between us and the sun, with her dark
side turned toward the earth. like the
moon at new moon, changing at the
same time from the suns eastern side,
where for nearly ten months she has
shone as evening star, to his western
side, and where, in reversed order, she
Will shine rs morning star for nearly
ten months to come. Her present in
fcrior conjunction is of special interest
for it succeeds the memorable one of
the 9th of December, 1882, when she
made her famous transit over the sun $
disk, one of the great astronomical
epochs of the nineteenth century. At
the present inferior conjunction she
passes above the sun, and is lost to
sight in the depths of space. At the
previous inferior conjunction she was
near one of her nodes, and was pro.
jccted on the suns bright surface as a
tiny black orb, just visible to the naked
eye, and as an orb of intense blackncSs.
nearly as large rs the moon, in Il good
telescope. Another transit will not oc.
cur until the year 20Oi, for at every
intervening inferior conjunction she
will pass above or below the sun, and
though the exact minute of the passage
will be known, no mortal eye will he
hold it.
Mercury is morning star until the
18th, and then becomes evening star.
On the 18th, at midnight. he is in
superior conjunction with the sun. thus
reversing the conditions just described
for Venus. For he passes to the suns
eastern side instead of his western, be-
yond the sun instead of between him
and the earth, and is at his greatest dis
tance from the earth instead of the
least. The movements of the two planets
clearly illustrat. the difference between
superior and inferior conjunction, as.
indeed, the words themselves plainly
indicate. In the former case the planet
is joined TO the sun on his superior or
outer side. In the latter case, on the
inferior or inner side.
Neptune is morning star throughout
the month. There is nothing note
worthy in his course, excepting his in
creasing distance from the sun and his
approach to the earth.
Saturn is morning star He is far
enough from the sun to be seen by
early-risers, and will soon give promise
of the radient object he will become
few months hence. He has pcrccpti-
bly, advanced in his eastward progress
in his orbit, and is leaving behind
Aldcbaran and the Plcladcs, his close
companions of the last year. ObScrv.
crS will find him almost directly south
of Cayclla, rising an hour and half
before the sun on the first of the month,
and three hours before the sun at the !
close of the month.
Jupiter is evening star during the |
month, but will soon be too near the |
sun to be detected in the glare OF
twilight. lie reigns alone. for Venus,
his great rival, is out of the way. He
will, however, cnjCy the supremacy
but u short time, for he is rapidly APP
preaching his greater rival, the sun,
in whose overpowering beams his
lesser light will he cclpscd. Even
the giant Jupiter has to succumb TO
the mighty power of the great central
orb, and. us it were. be blOttcd from
the sky when he dares to cncroach on
the solar domain, Jupiter, Fastening
toward the sun, is met on the way BY
Mercury, the smallar OF his brother
planets, hastening from the sun. They
are in conjunction ON the I'D, an event
already referred to.
Mars is evening star. He is near
Uranus during the whole month, set
ting about a haIf-hour earlier on the
lst, and Il quarter of an hour later on
the 3lst. Meantime, they meet and
pass each other, being in conjunction
on the 10Th at . o'clock in the after.
noon, when Mars is eleven minutes
south of Uranus.
Uranus is evening star. Besides
being in conjunction with Mars, he is
very near Beta Virgins. 4 star of the
third magnitude in the constellation
Virgo. The conjunction takes place
on the 30th at MONDAY, the planet
being then but two minutes north of
the star.
The July moon fullS ON the Sth, at
j;l1 O'Clock in the morning, standard
time. On the 18th, two days after the
last quarter, she is near Neptune, and
on the 10Th near Saturn. On the 2lst,
The day before new moon she is near
Venus. On the 23d, the onc-day old
moon is near Jupiter and Mercury. On
.hc 10Th, she is in conjunction with
Uranus and Mars, thus passing each
planet in tuln, and showing the order
lf their position in regard to the sun
The old moon draws near Neptune,
saturn, and Venus, morning stars, on
he suns western side. The new moon
lraws near Jupiter, Uranus, and Mars,
'vening stars, on the suns eastern side.
-ProcidencC Journal
A Horrible Spectacle.