Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-29
DoINGs AMONG THE STARS.
Aspects of the Planets During the First
Month OF Next Year.

Aspects OF inc ElBnebe During the F1rsb
Month OF Next Year.
The planets for January do not promise
any remarkable objects. Venus will be
the evening star. She sets on Jan. soon
after o'clock in the evening. On Jan.
81 she sets about quarter after o'clock.
Saturn is evening star. He wins the
second place on the monthly record, for
he is the sole planet visible in the earl y
evening sky in the eastern portion of the
heavens.
On the 10th, Saturn occults Mu Gemi-
norum, star of the third magnitude.
Unfortunately, the phenomenon occurs
at > O'Clock in the morning, when Saturn
is too near the western horizon for obser-
walton, star and planet will, however, be
near each other during the night. The
occultaton ola large star by planet is
rare occurrence, and observers may
thank their stars If they are so situated
as TO see the sight.
Saturn sets on the 1st quarter before
o'clock in the morning; on the 3lst he
sets soon after 1880 O'Clock.
Jupiter is morning star. Jupiter and
Uranus, who have long been near each
other. meet and pass on the celestial road.
The conjunction takes place on the oath
at O'Clock in the morning, Jupiter being
at the time l deg. 81 IN. northwest
of Uranus.
Jupiter rises on the 1st about l1:15
O'Clock In the evening; on the 3lst he rises
about $3.50 O'Clock.
Mars IS morning star. He keeps on his
monotOnOus course, meeting with nothin Z
Of Importance on his way, but growing
larger and taking on more ruddy tint as
he draws near the earth. Tue right as
censiOn of Mars on the let is II :5S; his
declination is deg. 4Sm.; his diameter is
9m. sec; aud he is in the constellation
Virgo. Mars rises on the lst soon after
10 O'clock in the evening; on the 3lst be
rises abou. $50 O'Clock.
Mercury is morning star. He is at his
greatest western elOngatiOn on the Sth, at
Z O'Clock in the morning. He is then %
deg. % IN. west of the sun. If il were not
! for his great southern declinatiOn ne
would be visible TO the naked eye, at and
/ near elOngatlon, in the morning sky be-
/ fore sunrise. A sharp-eyed observer who
knows bis exact position may succeed in
| finding him; he is in the constellation
ScorpiO. Mercury rises on the list at $3.50
| O'Clock in the morning; on the 3lst he
rises about 6:15 O'Clock.
Uranus is morning star; he is in the
| constellation Virgo.
Uranus rises on the LIST about II 80
O'Clock in the evening; on the 3lst be rises
about $3.50 O'Clock.
Neptune is evening star. At the close
of the month, Neptune, Saturn and Venus
are on the western side OF the sun, and
are evening stars. Mars, Jupiter,
Uranus and Mercury are on the eastern
side of the sun, and are morning stars.
Neptune sets on the LIST about 80
O'Clock in the morning; on the 3lst he sets
about 80 O'Clock.
The January moon iulls on the Goth at
2:45 a. m. The waning moon is In con-
junction with Mercury on the Sd at $40
q. m, being , deg. "a m. north. A close
conjunction between the moon and Venus
takes place on the 9th at / :l5 in the morn
ing, the moon being 80 m. north. Moon
and planet are invisible at the time OF
conjunction, but the three days old cres-
cent and the evening star will make a
charming picture on the evening If the
Sth, as they approach their nearest point.
On the 10Th the moon pays her respects 20
Neptune at ] $50 a. M. being , deg. IS m.
south. On the 18th she is at her nearest
point TO Saturn at 7 $50 a. M, being deg.
8 m. south. On the 23d she is in coniunc.
ton with Mars at S:43 p. m, being deg.
80 m. south. On tue 24th, AZ IN. after noon
day, she is very near Jupiter, being II NJ
north. On the 2ith she is also near IRA
nus, at 3:O5 p. m, being deg. m, north.