Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-03
PLANETS IN NOVEMBER.
Movements of the Morning and Evening
stars-The Expected RIeteOrs.

Movements of the Morning and Evening
stars-rhe Expected MeteOrs.
November is not as plentiful in astron-
omical incidents as many Of the preceding
months of the now rapidly fleeting year.
, Neptune is morning star until the 10th,
when be is in opposition to the sun, and
passing to the eastern side becomes
evening star, when he is at his nearest
point 10 the earth. As seen through the
telescope, he takes on the form of a small,
round disc of pale blue color, and IS
accompanied by a tiny satellite, a point oi
light close to the primary. al.I.a
Venus is evening star. Nothing in
planetary presentation is more charming
than her nightly appearance in the west
efn'sky IN the early evening. Almost as
soon as the'sEn sinks below the horizon
size seems to spring into being, reigppg
alone ON mOonless nights, long before the
lesser stars have spangled the heavens
with twinklIng points Of light She grows
dazzlingly beautiful rs the shadows dark
en-, and as she quickly follows the great
luminary behind the hills, leaves behind
but one regrets that the periodOf her pres
ence in the sky is so short. a .r y.
Sanlrh IS morning star, in ASTRONOMICAL
classification, although on the lst he rises
AZ o0'clock in the evening. making his
appearancein the east about an hour after
hisfatr rival, Venus disappears in the west.
He reigns as the sole representative Of
/ heEisiblelp planetary brotherA2qd III mid-
night, whens ALars bears him company,
while about the time he reaches the meFi-
dian Jupiter makes his appearance in the
east.
Jupiter is morning star. He is now far
enough from the sun to make a superb
appearance in the small hours of the
morning, rising about 3 O'Clock on the
LIST, and coming up about o'clock on the
last of the month. He proves his claim
TO be the prince of planets as he CLOVIS
on the dark background of the morning
sky, for he is the brightest star in the
ornament, the leader of the celestial
host.
Mars Is morning star. He is slowly in
creasing in size and rudy hue, and
shines with "A serene light of reddish
tint, ana may be easily distinguished
from the twinkling stars that surround
him.
Mercury is evening star. On the 30th.
at O'Clock in the evening, he reaches his
greatest eastern eiongation, and may
possibly be visible about that time to the
naked eve. but picking MIN up will be
feat difficult to accomplish, for he sets an
hour and a quarter after the sun, and is
an exceptionally clear evening, three
quarters of an hour after sunset, in the
southwestern sky, a little west of the
inverted dipper in Sagittarius.
The November moon fulls on the 23d.
On the 81 the waning moon is in cOnjunc-
ton with Jupiter at Al. I'm. a. m, and
the crescent and planet will make lovely
picture on the morning sky.
November presents on each clear even
ing one OF the lovelest pictures that ever
glOws 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 growing more bewitchingly beautiful
rs 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 Mer-
curry may be seen in fitful phase as the
month draws to close. 10.
UaN0Eelnber holds the exclusive right to
one unfailing source of interest, when, on
the the 18th, and the day before aud after,
the earth phnges headlOng through the
November meteor zone. Those who watch
on the nights mentioned viii find proof Of
the passage in few stray meteOrs. radi.
ating from the constellation Leo, and set
on fire by conclusion with the oarth's
atmosphere. lie g. ..g4r.