Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-07
THE PLANETS IN JUIr.
Movement OF tho Celestial Bodic- During the
Present Month.

Movement OF tho Celestial Bodies During the
Present Month,
From the Providence journal.
Saturn becomes morning star after tho ID,
when no IL In con junction with the sun, and
IN no longer seen gracing the evening sky.
Until tho last of August lao will be invisible,
but will then become n beautiful Object In the
eastern sky before sunrise.
Mars, IA evening star, is between Jupiter
aud Uranus aud retains this position, roCed-
ing from Jupiter and approaching Uranus,
until the 9th, when no In In conjunction with
Uranus. \ small telescope will show the
planets in near neighborhood ON the even.
ing Of tho 9th, when tho ruddy color OF the
largest planet will form a pleasing contrast
with the delicate sea green Of tho smaller
one
The planetary interest Of the month clust-
ers again around the three planets-Jupter,
Mars and Uanus-as they meet and part on
the celestial track. IL Will be remembered
that on tho 2Sth Of June Mars overlook and
passed Jupiter. On tho 9th, eleven days later,
he overtakes and passes Cranus. The three
planets are all in direct motion, or moving
eastward, and as Mars moves the fastest and
they are near together II ~ inevitable that no
should pass his brethren IN the race
As the approach OF Mars aud Jupiter was
one of the prominent interests OF June, so
will the approach of l lranus aud Jupiter be
an event Of interest In July, though less con.
spicuous. On the lst the two planets are 3.
apart on the 3lst they are :. arart.
Jupiter Is the evening star. Unlike the
other planets, increasing distance seems to
have little effect III dmmng tho hlstre OF
his shining. He IL almost as superb an oh
Ject in the western sky AT the present ~ he
was six months ago IN the eastern sky when
he made his first appearance as evening star,
and now his reign IN this role approaches its
close. Mars continues to outstrip him. ON
the 18th of June the two planets were in
conjunction at the close of the month they
Will be over l.. apart The increasing dis
tsnce between them Will be apparent to
every observer, and July IN one OF the most
beautiful months of the year To study the
stars, in spite OF tho long continuance OF the
twilight
Mercury is evening star. one OF the most
interesting epoChs in his course occurs on the
10th. lie Is then at his greatest eastern elon-
CATION, being 70 degrees, u minutes east OF
the sun. He Will be visible To the naked eye
on tho l9th, and for a week before and after
that time. Although at nearly his maxi
mum distance from the sun, he is too far
south of him to he seen under tho most
favorable conditions Observers who sue
cecd in finding him will accomplish a diff
cult Undertaking, but 1t IL worth the trouble
for this planet IL beautiful To behold in the
summer twilight
Venus II morning star She reigns alone
as harbinger of the suns approach, for Nep
tune, never visible but to the telesCopiC eye,
is too insignificant to be looked upon ~ a
rival, and Saturn, the newcomer among the
morning stars, il still hidden from terrestrial
view III the sunbeams, An event marks her
course. On the 18th, at five O'Clock in the
afternoon, she Is in con junction with Mt
GeminOrum, which seems to be lying in
wait to interview the planets.
At the time OF conjunction Venus IN five
minutes south OF the star. A narrow piece
of sky, equal to about one-siXth of the moon 5
diameter, then divides planet and star
These close con functions are apt to occur at
incUnveniont times, and We shall not see
these heavenly bodies at their nearest ap-
proach. But early risers Will lind proof of
the fact when they behold on the morning OF
the 9th the falrest of the stars, serenely shin
ing on the west of her starry neighbor
Neptune N morning star. On the first of
the month he is in the neighborhood of
Venus, being about six degrees west of her.
At the close OF the month Mercury Jupiter,
Uranus and Mars are evening stars Saturn,
Venus and Neptune are morning stars.
July opens with new moon on the lst and
fulls on the 10Th. On the Sd she il in con
junction with Mercury, and on the 9TH with
Jupiter, Mars ana Uranus; but the latter
coDiunctions will occur during the daytime
and are of course inevitable. But the moon,
closely approaching her first quarter, and the
planets Jupiter and Mars Will beuear enough
together ON the evening of the 9TH to form q
charming picture
The moon does not encounter another
planet until the 26th, when she * at her near
est point to Neptune, on the 18th with We
nus and on the 10Th with Saturn for the sec
ond time during the month. Saturn, between
the two con- functions with the moon, ha'
passed from the suns eastern side to hii
western has changed his role from evening
to morning star. July holds in her gift tw,
new moons-one on the LIST, and one on tn,
3lst. 1t is the only month in the year wher
this event occurs.