Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-01

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the bright stars Regulus and Spica, al
most directly in the east.
The right ascension Of Jupiter on the
lst is llh. 52m., his declination is 2
degrees / north, his diameter is 30. 70,
and he is in the constellation Virgo.
Jupiter rises on the LIST about quar-
ter before 3 o'clock in the morning on
the 30th he rises about quarter after
| o'clock.
MARS is morning star. lie is slowly
increasing in size and ruddy hue, and
NAV be easily found in the eastern sky
by his vicinity to well-known stars.
On the ith be passes | degree north of
Regulus, and on the 10th he is . degrees
north of Rho Leonis. lie shines with
serene light of a reddish tint, and may
be easily distinguished from the twink
ling stars that surround him.
The right ascension Of Mars on the
1st is Oh. 5Sm., his declination is IA de-
grees s. north, his diameter is 6|4,
and he is in. the constellation Leo.
Mars rises on the lst 4 minutes after
midnight; on the Both he rises about
half-past IL o'clock in the evening.
MERCURY is evening star. On the
Both, at o'clock in the evening, he
reaches his greatest eastern elongatiOn,
being q degrees 81 east Of the sun.
He may possibly be visible about that
time to the naked eye, but picking him
up will be feat difficult to accomplish,
for he sets an hour and a quarter after
the sun, and is low in the south. He
may be found on an eXceptiOnally-clear
evening. three quarters f an hour after
sunset, in the southwestern sky, little
west of the inverted dipper in Sagitta-
RUS.
The right ascension Of Mercury on
the LIST is l5h. en-, his declinatiOn is Is
degrees 81 south, his diameter is
4.//8, and he is in the constellation
Libra.
Mercury sets on the LIST at 5 O'Clock
in the evening; on the Both he sets at
81 o'clock.
URANUS is morning star. The right
ascension Of Uranus on the lst is l2h.
2lm., his declination is l degree 80
south, his diameter is 3./|5, and he is
in the constellation Virgo.
Uranus rises on the lst about 81
o'clock in the morning; on the Both he
rises about | O'Clock.
The November moon fulls on the 22d
at Al. 39m. A. NJ. On the Sd, three
days before her change, the waning
moon is in conjunction with Jupiter at
IN. l2m. A. NJ, being at the time 80
south. The crescent and the planet
will make a lovely picture on the morn.
ing sky. On the Sd she is also IN con-
junction with Uranus at jh. I'm. =.
NJ, being i north. On the 7th the new
moon Of the 9Th is in conjunction
with Mercury at 81. Am. P. NJ, being
6 degrees 10 minutes north. On the
10Th the moon is at her nearest point to
Venus at 2h. 3jm. p. NJ, being ! de-
crees 40 minutes north. On the DIST
she is near Neptune at IN. som. p. NJ,
being degrees 10 minutes south. On
the Goth she is in conjunction with
Mars at III. l2m. a. NJ, being % de-
grees 20 minutes south. On the Both
our satellite again swings her ponder
Gus orb very near Jupiter at 5h. 24m.
p. NJ, being at the time only 81 min
+, ntcS south.
NOVEMBER is not as fruitful in incl
dents as many of the preceding months
OF the now rapidly-teeting year. She
presents, as prominent in Importance,
the opposition of Neptune, when the
planet third in size among the brother
hood draws nearest to the earth on his
unseen path and gives the telescoplSt
chance to find out something new con-
corning the great sphere that, in terres-
trial view, looks like a tiny ball. deli
cately tinted with blue, but is really
equal in volume to nearly hundred
planets like the earth piled upon each
other.
November also presents on each
clear evening one of the loyelicst pic
lures that ever CLOVIS on the celestial
canvas, that of the peerless Venus,
shining in the west as the fair evening
star. deigning to show herself as soon
as the sun has disappeared, and grow
ing more bewitchingly beautiful as the
shadows gather, until her turn comes
to descend below the western hills.
Saturn is another gem in the November
sky. Jupiter shows his smiling face in
the small hours of the morning, and
Mercury may be seen in iitful phase as
the month draws to a close.
November holds the exclusive right
to one uniaillng source of interest,
when, on the 18th. and the day before
and after, the earth plunges headlong
through the November meteOr-zone.
Those who watch on the nights men,
toned will find proof Of the passage IN
few stray meteors, radlating from the
constellation Leo, and set on fire by a
conclusion with the earth atmosphere.
These meteoric showers are caused
by the earth encountering a swarm
of particles following Temples comet
in it's orbit. The swarm of mete-
oroids is not yet equally scattered, AMI
the earth meets the densest portion
once in thrty-three and one fourth
years. \ grand display marks the
I passage. The heavens seem to be on
fire, and the grandeur Of the scene Is
ndescribable. Chinese, Arabian, and
other records give accounts of these
grand meteoric showers. Humboldt
witnessed wonderful shower in 1893.
A great shower was seen in 1888, another
occurred in lSGG-'67, and one is con-
fdently expected in 1899. Leyerrler
thus accounts for the presence Of the
meteor-zOIe in the system. As far
back as the year l2G of our era, Uranus
captured meteoric comet and i'm
prisoued it, by his attractive power,
within the solar domain. lt has a
period of thirty-threc and one fourth
years. The orbit crosses the earth :
orbit at a point passed by our planet on
the 18th of November, and extends be-
yond the orbit Of Uranus. The comet
is disintegrating and the meteoroids are
slowly extending over the whole zone.
When this occurs ages hence, the grand
displays will cease and the fall