Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-07
THE CALIGRApI
PLANETS IN JULY.
Features Of the Celestial Panorama for
the Current Month.
Providence journal.

4 wv A'NaiNF Iohtihl
Venus is the eveLiDg star until the
llth Though she ceases TO shine in
the western sky after that time, and
even disappears from sight before and
after the advent of one of her great
epochs, she is during the whole month
he most Interesting member of the
planetary group with which the earth
is ind. solubly bound, at least for mill
ions of years to come. On the llth
at O'clock in the evening, she is i'm
inferior conjunction, 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 tine from the
suns eastern side, where Tor nearly
ten months she has shone rs evening
star, TO his western side, and where.
IN reversed order, she viii shine as
morning star for nearly ten months 10
come. Her present inferior copiunc-
ton is of special interest, for 10 sue
ceods the memorable one of the 9Th
OF December, 1852, when she made her
famous transit over the suns disk, one
Of the great astronomical epuchs of the
nineteenth century. at the present
inferior cOujuA elton she passes above
the sun ana is lost 10 sight In the
depths of space. at the
previous inferior conjunction
she was near one of her nod, 5
aud was projected on the suns bright
surface as q uuy black ogD, lust Visible
TO the naked eye and us al orb OF iu-
tense blackness, nearly as large as tlic
moon, in -oDa telescope. Aauther
Transit vii not occur until the vepf
ftN'4 t..t .r... e..
conjunction she WiA pass above Oh. b..
low the sun, and though the eyae,
mlnuie az lhe passage viii be known
no mortal rye VIII ueho!d it.
Mercury is morning star until the
l2th, and then hecome3 evening Star
Ga the l2th. at midnight, ne j. In .,,-
perior conjunction with The sun. thu.
reversing are condition Just described
Tor Venus, For he passes to tl,esnnie
eastern side instead of his western
beyond The sun instead al
between him and the earth
aud is at his greatest dis,nu.,,
from The earth iusteaG OF the list
the movements Of the Two planats
clearly illustrate tie difference between
superior and inferior conjunction. as
indeed, the words themselves plsi.II
indicate La the former case tie
planet Is lOiLcu 10 the sun on his su-
perior or uuter side. In the latter case
ON the inferior or inner side.
Neptune is morning star through.
on the month. There isnothiug note
worthy in his course, exceptinr his
increasing distance from the sun ana
his approach to the earth.
Saturn Ia morning star. He Ia far
enough from thn 30 1,
eariy-risers, aud will soon give promise
OF The radiant object he will become
Il lew months hence. He has percepli-
bly, advanced in his east ward progress
~ ms o.bit, aud is leaving behind All.
debaran aud the pleiades. his close
companions of the last year. Observ-
ers will find him almost directly south
OF Capeila, rising an hour and a half
bsl1re thesun on the Ii rst of the month
and three hours before the sun al the
close Of Tile month.
Jupiter is evening star during The
month, but will soon he too near ,he
sun to be detected in the glare of twi-
light. lie reigns alone. for Venus hi.
great rival, IS out of the way. He will
however, enjoy the supremacy bnt -
snort time, for he is rapidly aporoach.
Ing his greater rival, the slln. In whose
overpowering beams his lesser IphI
WIN be eciipsed. Even the giant in
p'ter has To succumb to the mighty
power of the great central orb, and Nc
i were, be blottei from the sky when
ne dares TO encroach ON the solar dn.
main. Jupiter, Fastening toward the
sun, is met on the way by Mercury
tue smaller of his brother planets
hasiehing from the sun. They are I'M
conjunction on the I'D, an event al.
ready referred to. ~
- Mars Is evening star. He is near
ranus during the whole month se,.
ing about a halfhour earlier on tha
lst, ana quarter Of AN hour later On
The slst. Meantime they meet and
pass each other. being In conjunction
on the 10th, at ? O'Clock In the AMER.
noon, when Mars Is eleven minutes
south OF Uranus. 's
Uranus Is evening star. Besides he.
Ing III conjunction with Mars. he IL
very, near Beta Virgins, a star OF the
third magnitude In the constellation
Virgo. The conjunction takes place