Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-31
THE PLANETS IN SEPTEMBER.
Prominent Events Occurring among
The Celestial Bodies.

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The Celestial Bodies.
Venus. though classed as morning
star, is closing her career, and before the
end of September will grow dim from her
distance from the earth and her approach
ing conjunction with the great luminary
from which she borrows her power to
shine. On the morning Of the 11th she
will be near Regulus, but the conjunction
will be invisible as it occurs in the alter
noon.
Saturn is morning star. He Is cow q
prominent object in the morning sky, rls-
ing, at the beginning OF the month, at
O'Clock in the morning, and making his
appearance soon after IL O'Clock In the
evening at its close. He must be looked
for in the northeast, and may be easily
recognized by his size, serene light and
the absence OF large stars from his vicln-
itv. The increasing distance between
Saturn and Venus VIII be plainly percept-
ible as the former planet approaches the
earth, and the latter recedes from 1t. lie
is moving slowly south. His rings Will
soon begin TO draw closer around him,
and his course lies farther and farther
away from the sun.
Mercury is morning star until the 9th,
when be changes to evening star. This is
seeing this bright little planet with the
naked eve as morning star. On the 9th,
at II O'Clock in the afternoon. Mercury Is
in superior Injunction with the sun, ana
after that time ranks among the evening
stars.
Neptune is morning star. els trav-
cling towards opposition, and during the
month meets with 10 adventures by the
way.
Jupiter is evening star. Heis still the
brightest star OF the throng during the
short time he is above the horizon. But
be hides his princely head beneath the
western b lis at hali-past seven O'Clock
when the month commences, and two
hours earlier, almost with the sun, when
it closes. On the 9Th Jupiter Is in con-
junction with the beautiful star Gamma
Virgins, being two deg. north.
Mars is evening star. He Is small In
size, his rudy tint has faded, and be Is
travelling rapidly southwark. An opera
glass will be an assistant in picking him
up.
Uranus is evening star, but is no longer
visible to the unassisted eye, beng so
near the sun. On the Doth, in the after
noon, ne is in conjunction with Mercury.
The meeting oil the two planets takes
place in the solar vestibule, Uranus be-
ing within two days of conjunction with
the sun, and Mercury but two days past
inferior conjunction. At the close Of the
month Neptune, Saturn and Venus are
morning stars; Uranus, Mercury, Jupl-
| ter and Mars are evening stars. The only
| planets easily visible are Saturn and
| Venus ia the morning sky.
The September moon fills on the 18th q.
| The most interesting conjunction OF the
| month occurs on the goth at lin. 25m. a.
m, the moon being at that time only Sam.
south OF Venus. On the morning of that
| day Venus will rise at 4:l5 O'clOck-an
! hour and quarter before the sun. The
| waning crescent and the talrest of the
stars will be fair to see rs they approach
| each other on the celestial course. When
| our satellite, on the 18th, presents her full
| round face TO the earth the most beautiful
| moon OF all the year is inaugurated, for
! during several successive nights she ap-
! pears above the eastern horizon soon after
the sun has disappeared below the west
ern. During the four evenings succeed
ing the full of the September moon there
| is an average d lfference in the time OF her
rising of only 30 minutes. For this reason
the evenings following the full OF the
moon In September have furnished themes
| for poetic inspiration since men began to
observe the heavens.
On the 22d, at 10 O'Clock in the eve
ming, the autumnal equinox occurs. The
sun then enters the sign Libra, the eclip-
tic and the equator cross each other, and
! the astronomical autumn commences.
The sun shines from pole to pole, night
and day are of equal length all over the
| globe, and, In our belt OF terrestrial terri
tory, the luminary which Is eur life and
light looks down with smiling face upon
a scene fair to behold. On the very day
when the autumnal equinox occurs the
sun goes into southern declination, he ia
a little longer below the horizon than he
10 above it, the night is a little longer
| than the day.