The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-04
TIE PLANETS IN NOVEMBER.
The Appearance nn,l Movements of Ill
IIsnvtnIy H0dles Of tho SOlNr SystGln.

Providence Journal.
Neptune is morning star until the 18th,
When he changes his role to that OF even.
Ing star. lilo merits distinguished place
among the shining brotherhood, during
the passage Of the month, for he reaches
the point in his career Of tho greatest i'm
portance to observers Oh this planet. II
telescopes improve in power, and prac,
tiscu eyes improve in ability to discern,
this Is the portion Of Neptunc's course
when there will be II possibility Of max,
Ing discoveries OH his distant disc. 1t
may DO only the suspicion OF Il belt, It
may be only IN additional satellite, for
this Is the most that can DO anticipated
from the observation OF an object that
when nearest is 2,G00,0O0,0OO miles away.
An inhabitant Of this planet, stranded on
tho Neptunian shore, would behold differ
cnt conditions from those that prevail in
the earth's more favored cline. The sun
would look like a bright dry star, the size
OF Venus when largest.
All the other planets would be inferior,
and most OF them would appear TO rccedc
only few degrees from the sun. He may
DO found in the constellation Taurus,
about 70 Southwest of Pleides. A tele.
scope with IN aperture OF two inches will
bring him out in favorable weather rs n
small round disc. 1t requires n much
moro powerful telescope 10 reveal bis
satellite, tiny point Of light close to the
primary. There arc many things to in
terest observers concerning this distant
planet, ranking next in size to Jupiter and
Saturn. II we could approach nearer TO
him doubtless We should behold grand
spectacle, solve the mysteries detected in
his peculiar spectrum, and-most to be
desired Of all-and out if planets hitherto
unknown lie hidden in reinoter regions OF
space. Meantime Neptune plods on his
slow circuit Of lB5 years. lSfH.
\ Neptune rises on the LIST about half-past
) O'Clock in the evening. ~ 7n
Jupiter ia morning star and passes an
important epoch in his course. On the
10Th, at O'Clock In the morning, he is in
quadrature with the sun on his Western
side. He rises at midnight and sets at
monday. With telescopes of small power
this superb planet presents disappearance
OF a large, round disc. But only; The best
telescopes in the hands OF tho best obser.
vers will reveal the magnificent belts, with
their changing tints, and the spots that
from time to time appear and disappear on
his disc. It is recorded that in the clear
OF Southern Australia the se.-
ond and third satellite have been seen to |
emerge at a sensible distance IRON the
limb Of the planet. ar
Jupiter for six months to come will he
in most favorable condition for. observa-
ton, more so than will be the case for sew
eral succeeding years. He rises on the LIST
not far from one o'clock in the morning.
Saturn Is morning star and rises on the
lst few minutes before hali-past Z o'clock
in the evening. :,
Venus Is morning star, but no longer in |
the ascendant; for it is now her time to
hide her diminished rays She is get
ing every day nearer the sun and increas-
ing her distance from the earth. She rises
on tho LIST at 8 o'clock in the morning; on
the 30th she rises at i o'clock.
Uranus is morning star. Ills path lies
very near that OF Venus at the beginning
Of the month. He rises on the first quar-
ter after o'clock in the morning.
The November moon fulls on the Sd at
8 SO o'clock in. tho morning, standard time
The moon is in conjunction with Neptune
on the Sd, and with Saturn on the 9Th.
She Is at her nearest point to Jupiter on
the 18th, and to Uranus on the 18th. She
makes a charming appearance on the Eas-
tern sky in conjunction with Venus, on
the morning oithe 14th, three days before
her change, the waning crescent hanging
% South Of the morning star. On the 18th |
the new moon is in conjunction with Mer-
curry, and iullills her round by paying her
respects TO Mars on the 10Th.
The earth, rs she swings her pondcrous
bulk in her orbit, encounters, about the
18th, tho November meteor zone. This
gigantic hoop or ellipse consists ofaswarm
Of particles following Temples comet in
its orbit. This unfortunate visitor from
the star depths on arriving within the
solar domain unwarily ventured too near
the planet Uranus. The planet captured
the comet, and forced it henceiorth TO re-
yolve within the boundaries Of tho solar
system. s53