Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-05
URASoroer ron NorEMBER.

The phases OF the Moon for November
will be: new Moon, 9th, 400 p. M; first
quarter, 14th, ass p. m. full Moon, 22d, 4.39
a. m. last quarter, 2sth, 1857 p. m.
On the 18th, at 7.19 p. m, the growing
Moon will occult the chief member of the
wide double star Rho Saglttaril, which is of
the fourth magnitude, and 10 minutes later
will Craze its companion, whose magnitude
is 81. As the stars will be occulted-and
seemingly instantaneously and unaeeount-
ably wiped out-by the dark side of thd
Moon, tho event will be worth observing by
possessors Of telescopes.
The waning Moon will be in close con-
Junction with Jupiter only so minutes south
of the planet, at 4.2O a. IN. of the Sd, when
the slender crescent md the bright planet
will paint pretty picture on the morning
sky. Still closer, but invisible, will be It's
conjunction with Uranus, at n distance OF
only 1S minutes, at 5.25 on the evening OF
that day. On the 7th the Moon will be in
conjunction with Mercury, invisible; on the
10th, at 2.43 p. M, with Venus, invisible; on
the 21st, at sos p. M, with Neptune, in
bility so far as the planet is concerned; on
the oath, at 5.34 pm, with Saturn, invisible
on the 2Sth, ut 4.20 a. m., with Mars, planet
80 23m. north; on thu 30th, at 5.31 IA. M,
with Jupiter again and even closer than ON
the Sd, the planet being only q minutes
north
Mercury will be evening planet during
November, reaching his greatest eastern
elongation-21o 2lm.-on the 30th, about
which time he may possibly be visible to
| the naked eye though his grent southern
| declination renders it doubtful. He will
reach inferior conjunction and become u
morning planet on December 1919.
Venus Is now queen of the evening sky.
| She will grow measumbly brighter and
II M tl,n 10,
Der days roll by. On December Sth she will
reach her greatest eastern elongation, 47o
| 10 M; when she will adOrn the evening sky
| for more than three hours after the Sun has
departed. Until November 10th, Venus
continues on the southwark course she has
been pursuing for the past two or three
months; after that date she turns north
ward, thereby coming into better position.
Mars rises now soon after midnight
on the 30th he will rise about Ii 80 p. m. He
is slowly increasing in brilliancy but gives
yet little promise of the prominence he will
reach In January. He Is in the constella-
tion Leo, and on the 4th will pass 10 north
of the first magnitude star Regulus
Jupiter rises now about 2.45 II. m. he will
rise about e. ~, By the close of November.
He is far enough ahead of the Sun now to
| beautify the early morning sky and prove
| an object OF interest to early risers.
Saturn is superbly located for observa-
ton, rising now shortly after O'Clock, mp
preaching opposition nearly at his highest
northern declination and with his rings
open to their widest extent. During the
coming two or three months professional
and amateur astronomers throughout the
world will nightly train their telescopes
upon this most remarkable member of the
solar system, for fifteen years will roll
| away before he again presents his rings SO
| fully to the observation of jewellers on the
| earth. He reaches opposition on Deeem-
her 26th, when he will be in tho very
choicest position for observation. Aftel
that date his rings will begin to slowly turn
away from us and to seem to close up, until
| in 1892 they will appear as only u narrow
| line of light.
| Uranus is morning. planet; rising now
i about 33h Il, m, and about 80 H. M. III
| the close of November.
Neptune reaches opposition on the 1911
| and is visible in the telescope all night long
He is never visible TO tho naked eye, AM
does lot show up to any worry interestin,
| degree in ordinary telescopes, but for tn,
possessors of large instruments he is excel
lcntly placed during November. He is il
the constellation Taurus, about 70 south q
the Pleiades and the same distance west O
Aldebaran. Neptune is attended by
single satellite, which requires II tclescOp
Of ut least 10 or ~ inches aperture to show
| Dut Wnlcn Is supposed by some astronomer
to be In reality the largest moon In our soa
system. About the same optical power
required to show the two outer satellites {
Uranus; tho two inner satellites OF III;
planet exhibit themselves only in such il
struments as the Washington 26-inch r.
Tractor or Commons ~. inch reflector.
The November metoors should be locke
for after midnight from the 18th to the l5t
with the best chances of seeing II good di
~ . "a Il 4 81 s.rN In q
next great fall Of these meteors will be dl
, in 1899.