Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
Planets I'm Noxemher.

brotherhood during the passage OF the month.
for he reaches the point In his career of tho
greatest Importance TO observers on this planet
IL telescopes improve In power and practiccd
eyes improve in ability to discern. this is the
portion OF Neptunes course when there viii 10
possibility Of making discoveries on his dis
tant disc. IL may be only the suspicion ola
belt, 1t may be only an additional satellite.
for this is the most that can be anticipated
IRON the observation OF an object that when
nearest is 20 0oO, o00. coo miles away An Inhan-
liant OF this planet, stranded on the Neptuniau
shore would behold different conditions from
those that prevail in the carth's more favored
cline. The sun would look like bright ray
star, the size OF Venus when largest and his
illuminating effects would be lessened
thousand times. All the other plan
cts would be inferior or inner. and
most Of them would appear 20 recede
only few degrees from the sun Prota-
bly, Uranus. Saturn. and Jupiter may he visible.
but even the best telescopes would scarcely
pick up the remaining planets. SO small and so
near the sun, when viewed from this distant
standpoint. There are many things 10 interest
observers concerning this distant planet, rank
ing next in size to Jupiter and Saturn. If we
could approach nearer TO him. doubtless we
should behold a grand spectacle. solve the mys-
teries detected in his peculiar spectrum. COM
prehend tie laws that regulate the apparently
| retrograde motion OF his solitary satellite and
most to be desired ofall-hnd out II planets hith-
erto unknown, lie hidden In remoter regions of
space. Ii is not improbable that increased optical
power wiEreveal some OF these secrets from our
| present standpoint. Meanwhile Neptune plods
on in his slow circuit OF les years. ohliyious OF
terrestrial interest, and unconscious Of the exist
ence OF planet so large and important in the
| estimation of the dwellers on the surface Even
his existence as an acknowledged member Of
the solar family dates from 1916. only IS years
| ago.
Jupiter is morning star and passes an import
ant epoch in his course. on the Goth at three
o'clock in the morning, he Is in quadrature with
the sun on his western side He Is then at the
halfway house between conjunction and oppo-
sition, is 80 degrees west OF the sun, rises at
midnight and sets at noon day. With telescopes
of small power and under ordinary conditions,
this superb planet presents the appearance OF a
| large, round disc. Higher magnifying powers
will show slight flattening at the poles. But
only the best telescopes in the hands of the best
| observers will reveal the magnificent belts with
their changing tints, and the spots that from
time TO time appear and disappear on his disc.
Jupiter, for six months to come will be In most
| favorable condition for observation more so than
will be the case for several succeeding years: for
his path in the heavens now turns IN a southery
direction while the general law is, the farther
| north the planet Is the more favorable is its
| position for observation.
Saturn is morning star. No incident enliv-
ems his monotOnous course during the month.
But he Is beautiful to behold as lac wends his
|
the goal that has been already reached by his
more distant brother-planet Neptune and shin
| ing with serenely brilliant light among his
| brother stars, that gives a foTetaste of the
phase he will present, when. year hence. he
combines every condition from which the best
views may be anticipated In the telescope he
! is magnificent beyond description. Saturn rises
on the LIST, few minutes before half-past
O'Clock In the evening; on the S0th he rises
| about half-past 5 O'Clock.
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ascendant; for it is now her turn to hide her
| diminished rays" She is getting every day
NEARER the sun and increasing her distance from
the earth. These two facts may be easily yeri-
lied by observers as they note the lesseaing dis
tance between her and the sun, and the lessen
ing brilliance OF her disc. She is almost plung-
ing southwark in her swift career. reaching
| southern declination on the 81. and recording
nearly eleven degrees Of south declinatiOn at the
end OF the month. Those who remember her
| glorious appearance last spring as evening star,
when high up in the north. will readily per-
ceive the contrast in her present phase. But
she is lovely even in her fading f1ster. "a hang
| ing in the morning sky she is still the suns
| bright harbinger.
Uranus is morning star His path lies very
! near that OF Venus at the beginning of the
| month. The two planets are in conjunction on
| the 4th. at 6 O'Clock i'm the morning, when
Venus is so minutes north OF Uranus.
Mercury is morning star until the 4th. when
he becomes evening star. He Is in superior
| conjunction with the sun on the 4th at O'Clock
| in the afternoon. This means that he is then
| in line with the earth and sun beyond the sun,
and that he passes from the suns western side
| to his eastern. He is too near the sun to be
| visible and is therefore of little account Oh the
| planetary annals of the month.
Mars is evening star. He, like most OF his
| brothers. is travelling south. Not long since
every planet in the system was in north de-
clination. At the end OF the month Venus,
Mercury. Uranus and Mars are in south declina-
| ton Not long since all the planets were morn
ing stars. Before November closes Mars Mer-
curry and Neptune are evening stars. Move
ments seemingly without order are in reality
| exemplifications of the answering law that
regulates the course OF every member of the
material universe.
THE MOON.
The November moon fulls on the Sd at 80
minutes after O'Clock in the morning standard
time. The moon is in conjunction with Neptune
on the Sd and with Saturn on the 5tn. She is
at her nearest point to Jupiter on the 18th and
to Uranus on the 18th. She makes charming
appearance on the eastern sky in conjunction
with Venus ON the morning of the 14th. three
days before her change, the waning crescent
hanging degrees south OF the morning star.
On the 18th the new moon is IN conjunction
with Mercury, and fulfills her round 10y paying
her respects to Mars on the 18th.
THE NOVEMBER METEoRs.
in her orbit, encounters about the 18th the No
vember meteor zone. This gigantic hoop or
eclipse consists of a swarm of particles follow
Ing fempels comet In its orbit. This unfortu-
nate 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 il henceforth to revcve
within the boundaries Of the solar system the
event occurring probably in the second century
OF the Christian era. The perhelion Of the
comets orbit rests on the eartll's orbit where
she passes on the 18th of November. and its
apheliOn extends beyond the orbit OF Uranus.
process of disintegration is going on and the
debris of the comet and the swarm of meteOrs
are gradually scattering through the whole zone,
only one-tenth of which Is now filled densely
with the meteor swarms. The period OF revo-
tuition is about thirty-three years. and grand
display occurs only at these intervals, when the
earth crosses the densest portion of the zone.
The last memorable display was in lSG6-67 the
next is expected in 1899. Observers on the
nights Of the 18th, 18th. 18th and 14th will be
constellation Leo. and there is always a posi-
bility that an unexpected number of falling
stars nay make the heavens Respondent with
their fiery trains
Six Thousand Miles an Hour.
From the Kansas City Times.
How much time do you think II would take
to send cable dispatch to Scotland and receive
reply!' was asked Times reporter yesterday
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