The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-08
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THE PLANETS IN JULY.
Movement Of the Celestial Bodies During
thu Nonth.


Sd, when he is in conjunction with tn
sun, and 10 no longer seen grazing tn
evening sky, Until the last Of August b
will be invisible, but will then become
beautiful object In the eastern sky befor
sunrise,
Mars, % evening star, Is between Jupi
ter and Uranus, and retains this position
receding from Jupiter and approaching
Uranus, until the 9th, when he Is in CON
junction with Uranus, A small telescope
will show the planets in near nsighbor
hood on the evening Of the 9th, when thu
rudy color Of the largest planet will form
q pleasing contrast with the delicate sea
green hue Of the smaller one,
The planetary interest OF the month
clusters again around the three planets
Jupiter, Mars and Uranus-as they NEE
and part on the celestial track. II will b
remembered that on the 2slh Of june
Mars overlook and passed Jupiter, Or
the 9th, eleven days later, he oYertakei
and passes Uranus, The three planets
are all in direct motion, or moving east.
ward, and as Mars moves the fastest and
they are near together, 1t 10 inevitable
that he should pass his brethren in the
race,
AS the approach OF Mara and Jupiter
was one Of the prominent interests oil
June, so will the approach OF Uranus and
Jupiter be al event oil interest In July,
though less conspicuous, On the lst the
two planets are 81 apart on the 2lst they
are 90 apart.
Jupiter Ia the evening star. Unlike the
other planets, increasing distance seems
TO have little effect in dimming the lustre
Of his shining, He Is almost as superb
an object in the western sky at the
present as he was six months ago In the
eastern sky when he made his first ap-
pearanCe ~ evening star; and now his
reign in this role approaches its close.
Mars continues to outstTlp him. On the
2SGh OF June the two planets were in con.
junction; at the close Of the month they
will be over l20 apart, The increasing
distance between them will be apparent
to every observer, and July Is one OF the
most beautiful months Of the year to study
the stars, in spite Of the long continuance
Of the twilight.
Mercury Is evening star. One OF the
most interesting epochs in his course oc-
curt on the 10th. He is then at his great.
est eastern e%longatton, being 2O9 64 east
Of the sun, He will be visible to the naked
eye on the 10Th, and for a week before
and after that time. Although at nearly
his maximum distance from the sun, he
is too far south OF him to be seen under
the most favorable conditions. Observers
who succeed in finding him will accom-.
plish a difficult undertaking, but 1t is
worth the trouble, for this planet ia beau
tilul to behold In the summer twilight.
Venus Is morning star. She relgns
alone as harbinger Of the SUMS approach,
for Neptune, never visible but to the tele.
scoplc eye, Is too Insignificant to be looked
upon as a rival, and Saturn, the newcomer
among the morning stars, Is still hidden
from terrestrial view In the sunbeams. An
event marks her course. On the 2Sth, at
8 o'clock In the afternoon, she Is in cor.
junction with Mount Geminorum, which
seems to be lying in wait to interview the
At the time Of conjunction Venus Is five
minutes south OF the star. A narrow
piece OF sky, equal to about one.sixth Of
the moons diameter, then divides planet
and star. Thee close ConjunCtions are
apt TO occur at in%Convenient times, and we
shall not see these heavenly bodies at
their nearest approach. But early risers
will find proof Of the fact when they be-
hold on the morning Of the 9th the fairest
Of the stars serenely' shining on the west
Of her starry neighbor.
Neptune is morning star. On the first
OF the month no Is in the n~eighborhood OF
being about six degrees west Of
her. At the close Of the month Mercury,
Jupiter, Uranus and Mars are evening
stars, and Saturn, Venus and Neptune are
morning stars.
July opens with q new moon on the LIST,
and fnlls on the 10th. On the Sd she Ia In
conjunction with Mercury, and on the 7th
with Jupiter, Mars and Uranus; but the
latter conjunctions will occur during the
day time, and are, OF course, invisible.
But the moon, closely approaching her
first quarter, and the planets Jupiter and
Mars will be near enough together on the
evening OF the 7th to form q charming
picture.
The moon does not encounter another
planet until the 2Bth, when she is at her
nearest point to Neptune, on the 2Sth
with Venus and on the 10Th with Saturn
for the second time during the month.
Saturn, between the two conjunctions with
the moon, has passed from the suns east
ern side 10 his western has changed his
role from evening to morning star. July