Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

o'clock in the evening.
VENUS Is evening star. She Is slowly
and surely making her way to visibility.
and her presence in the glowing west
will be warmly welcomed. On the last
day Of the month she sets an hour after
the sun, and sharp-sighted observers
may obtain glimpse Of her. She must
be looked for in the northwest, half
degree south Of the sunset point in the
constellation Gemini, south Of Castor
and Pollux aud north Of Procyon. Her
high northern declination will make her
more easily visible. Venus is in con-
junction with Saturn on the 9TH, as has
been referred to.
The right ascension Of Venus on the
LIST is 5 hours II minutes /; her de-
clination is % degrees 10 minutes her
diameter is 10 seconds, and she is in
the constellation Taurus.
Venus sets on the LIST, about a quar-
ter before 8 O'Clock in the evening on
the Both she sets about half past :
O'Clock.
NEPTUNE is morning star. His
path lies near that of Mars during the
month. The planets are in conjunction
on the 10th. at 6 O'Clock in the eve
ming, Neptune being ! degree ~ min
utes south.
The right ascension Of Neptune on
the lst is 3 hours q minutes, his decli-
nation is II degrees 5 minutes north,
his diameter is 2.5 seconds, and he IS
in the constellation Taurus.
Neptune rises on the LIST at half-past
O'Clock in the morning; on the 30th
he rises at half-past o'clock.
MARS is morning star. AT the close
of the month Saturn, Neptune, and
Mars are morning stars; Mercury, We
nus, Jupiter, and Uranus are evening
stars.
The right ascension Of Mars on the
LIST is 3 hours, his declination is 10 de-
grces As minutes north, his diameter is
"a, and he is in the constellation
Taurus.
Mars rises OH the LIST about 3 o'clock
in the morning on the 30th he rises
about quarter after . o'clock.
THE MOON.
The June moon fulls on the Goth, at
fourteen minutes after 10 o'clock in the
morning. She is in conjunction with
Neptune on the 10th, and with Mars
on the same day, siX minutes later,
showing how near together those planets
are. On the 1lth, the day before new
moon, she is at her nearest point to
Mercury, and on the 18th, the day
after new moon, she passes Venus. On
the 18th she is in conjunction with Jul
piter, and on the 10Th with Uranus.
OCCULTATION or oMICR0N LEONIS.
The moon on the 10th occults 0mi-
cron Lconis, star of the 3 magnitude
in the constellation Leo. The INNER
sion takes place at seven minutes be-
fore ! O'Clock, about half an hour be-
fore sunset. The EMERSON occurs one
minute before 8 o'clock, thirty-seven
minutes after sunset. The occultation
continues one hour and six minutes.
The emersion will be visible in a small
telescope.
The moon occults Uranus for the fifth
time since the year commenced. The
occultation occurs on the 10Th, and can
he seen between the limiting parallels
Of 90 degrees and so degrees south lati-
tude. She also occults Alpha Fauri or
Aldebaran on the | lth for those who
chance to have the right time and place
for observation.
The month Of June contributes an in
teresting budget Of planetary events.
The great sun himself is joint actor
with the members Of his family in three
of them, the conjunction Of Saturn, the
quadrature of Uranus, and the superior
conjunction Of Mercury. Five Of the
planets, grouped near the SIM aud near
to each other, make matters lively as
they meet and pass on the celestial
track, Saturn being in conjunction
with Venus and Mercury, and
Neptune with Mercury and Mars.
The moon is not Outdone by the
more imposing members Of the family,
for besides drawing near to each planet
in turn she occults Uranus, Aldebaran,
and 0micron Leonis for the pleasure Of
fortunate observers in some portions Of
the terrestrial domains. Thus the
month bears witness, as all previous
months have done. and all coming
months will do, to the never-ending
succession of interesting phenomena,
the wondrous variety and the ennobling
influence that reward the study of the
queen of the sciences, the oldest and the
noblest Of them all.