Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-03

The Maas.maer Piaaesssy DsspSsy.

The Msas.naer Pissesssy Dsspssy.
| From the Providence journal
| yENrs
| is evening star. she wins her old place ~
the head Of the roll. o. the interest attached
20 her movements and the lovely ssT'ecs she
| presents are made the standard of classified
| ton. She IL now far enough advanced On her
| eastward course 90 be plainly seen bF %
| servers who carefully study her position o
the heavens before attempting TO md her, We
nus moves at u rapid pace during the month
She must be looked for a little south Of the sun
set point on the LIST and about 90 south OF 10 on
the 3lst No lover OF the stars can loos nm
moved on this charming planet, when. af,er IN
absence OF nearly q year. she Is FIRST seen In the
she iosts on the golden waves that succeeds ms
| sunset
men fr.t began 10 study the stars The shsp
| herds OF olden times paid such homage 70 hef
surprising beauty that she was calles the
as Hesperus and vesper. The whole -orld
agreed I'm naming her for the goddess OF love
titles Of queen OF the stars and fsires, n sSs
| stars Even grim Calico had n touch Of p,setic
sentiment when, suspecting her phases, and
| him, he concealed the discovery In an ingen-
ious Latin transpostion, that truly interpreted
meant The mother OF the loves initiates the
No better time can be chosen FOR following
4 q
that when, emerging from the suns eclipssing
| rays, she first appears In the western sky. such
is her present position. Once detected, she 10
| able night, oscillating eastward slowly inoreas-
ing I'm radiance and In the length OF time she
roll on, she becomes the fairest object 81 the
| starlit sky for hours after the sun has SUNK he
snd stimulus FAR Sr ns Eo sssn
any of the myriad stars whose Inherent light
pierces the star depths from distances. OF
a. m fC Is f.ar -.
Venus sets on the LIST at 8 minutes after
O'Clock In the evening; on the 31st she sets st
minutes after O'Clock.
| MERcuRr
is evening star, his course lying near that of
venus. Mercury sets on the LIST soon after half
past O'Clock In the evening; on the 3lsf he
sets few minutes after o'clock
/ JUPITER
evening star, and shares with Venus the
| place OF honor on the midsummer annals His
luster Ia, however. diminishing, while that ~
his fair rival is increasing. As their pai IA lead
in opposite directions, the former moving west
| ward toward the sun, and the latter moving
eastward from the sun, they must approach
each other The most interesting planetary
ual lessening OF the space that separates the
| oeautliui evening stars, and TO note their close
aSn ay az It's close ,S Sup,er sets on tie Is.
ne sets at II minutes AFTER O'Clock.
| URANUS
Is evening star. He has completed his passage
| OF years through the constellation Leo and has
entered the constellation Virgo, where he will
| be found for years to come. He Is almost
| stationary during the month, changing his
| place slightly TO the southeast. Uranus sets on
evening; on the 31st he sets soon after 8
| O'Clock.
| NEPTUNE
is morning star, and leads the trio OF plsnets
that precede the sun. Neptune rises on the
first at halfpast one o'clock I'm the mornine:
on the Slst he rises about halfpast IL O'Clock
In the evening.
| SATURN
is morning star. Before the month closes he
will be a conspicuous object rising O few min
utes before o'clock He is brilliant enough
20 pe recognized on his own merits needing
no AID from stars In his immediate viciaity.
Indeed, he reigns alone at present being sur.
rounded by no rivals Ia lessen the brightness Of
his shining. He has passed beyond the bsun-
dary line OF Taurus and commenced his mas
sage through Gemini. He viii remain here Tor
the coming 2i2 years, moving, as is his won't
STILL. At present, his motion is Greet, or east
ward. Saturn rises on the first soon after half
past clock in the morning; the 31Et lac
rises a few minutes before 2 O'clock
MARS
is morning star. There are no changes during
the month in the position of the planets on the
east and west sides OF the sun. At its close,
ing stars: saturn. Mars. and Septa ARE e moran norm
Ing stars. Mars rises on the LIST about quarter
AFTER O'Clock In the morning; on the 3Oth he
rises at halfpast o'clock.
i THE MOON.
| The July moon fulls on the 26th at 33 min.
| utes past O'Clock in the afternoon The nsoon
In her last quarter is i'm conjunction with Eep-
time 90 33" south. She Is at her nearest psint
TO Mars on the 9th at h. "a m. p. m, being Sc
| south. She Is in conjunction with Saturn on
the 10th at S h. 4s m. p. M, being 40 = south.
She next draws near the evening stars She 10
IN GO conjunction with Mercury s on the 18th e
| Venus four hours later at 10 h. 81 IN. O. m.
being 80 % south. She is I'm conjunction with
Jupiter on the 18th, at h Pm. a. m, being 50
| = south, and ends the circuit with q conjppc-
| ton with Uranus on the 10th, at q IA. 81 M
| p. m, being at the time 81 south.
oCCULTATIoN OF ALDEBARAN.
On the Sth the moon occults Aldebaran. or
Alpha Tauri, for the 9TH time this year The
| immersion Of the star takes place at 4 h. % m
| am. w ashington mean time. The immersion
continuing So IN. telescope will be required
| Tor observation, as the presence Of the will
hide the actors In the scene nom the NAKED
eye.
ocCULTArIoN or URANUS.
The moon occults Uranus on the 10th for the
| sixth time In the year. The phenomenon A
visible TO observers favorably situated accord
| ing to time and place between the limiting
| parallels 20 north and 75o south. This mean<
that their position must correspond To the posi-
ton OF the planet as seen from the earth's GEN.
ter, and they must be at the time the dark
side OF the globe.
| JULY
/
summer lights are most favorable for the study
OF the stars. There is q delightful companion
ship I'm the society OF the myriad twinkllne
| mysteries that stud the canopy Of night a feef-
| ing dissatisfaction In learning to know by name
not only the planets, but the brilliant slars
among which these wanderers tread their shin.
| ing course with tireless feet
| An Intelligent observer with the aid of q star
| map can easily trace the most brilliant OF the
| July stars. The Great Bear is descending 10.
| ward the northwest; Arcturus is lovely 20 be-
| hold as bathed I'm rosy light he nears the bsri-
zon. The brilliant Vega is approaching The
zenith; below IL the Northern Cross rests ON The
| Milky Way; Affair beams brightly with its less
brilliant companions on either side; the lone
Spica shines in the southwest; and the consiel-
lation Scorpio, with its leading brilliant, An
tares, Is q charming object In the south.
| Friday FrivOlitiea.
III see You next locust time is the parting
| salute Of defaulters now.
Two souls with but a single thought "A
fashionable lady and her pug dog. N. y.
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