Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-04
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ABOUT three weeks more and the no
| summer OF 1890 will have burned itself ont
On September 22d. at 9.06 .. M, the Sur
el.sr5 the sign Libra aud autumn begtns
Inc phases OF the Moon for September
VIII De: Last quarter, 9th, 1929 p. III.
new Moon, l4th, 2 50 a. m; first quarter
2lst, b.O6 a. M; full Moon, 2sth, 7.5S a. m.
Ihere Will be- no occultations ofimportance
| during the month.
Mercury Is evening planet until Septem
her 18Th, when he passes Inferior conjuuc.
tlou ana becomes morning planet. IL
reaches greatest eastern elongatton on the
81, al q. M, when he will be 27o 5n east.
ward OF the Sun and set an hour behind
tnat luminary. He is In the constellation
virgo and should be looked for about hall
an hour after sunset, low down In the west
four degrees south OF the sunset polnt'
HIS position and inferior brllliancy at this
elongation are against his visibility,
venus occupies the post OF honor a. the
most conspicuous "eveniug star" II the
air is at its dearest and the Observer knows
where TO look, Venus can now be caught
by the naked ey9 from 10 TO 20 N. before
the sun has Be.. She will continue growing
10 brightness Until October Goth, when her
brilliAncy Will be nearly double what IL
now is. Venus sets now about 8 10 D, m
~ !. the close OF September she will set about
i,5D p. m. Starting in the constellation
Virgo, about 70 from the bright star Spies.
her September track will take her through
the lower part OF Virgo and well into Libra.
On the 23l, ut IL p. m., Venus reaches
greatest eastern elungation, 46o San. east.
WARD OF in7 Sun. At o'clock tomorrow
morning Venus will be In o0ciuctian win
Uranus, the latter planet bslng 20 6n. to
tue north. OF course the planets will NOT
then be visible here, and the continuation
y nor close enough 10 be OF special interest.
but the fact that the two planets will occupy
very near the same relative places thls
evening will serve as pointer TO anv
ossessor Of small telescope YlenIng 10
look up Uranus.
Mara, three months past opposition, is
SUI DriRnt enough to be seen In the south
ern sky almost as soon AZ the Sun has Ar.
ne Is In the constellation Ssorpto, 70 or 50
degrees eastward of Antares, and sata on
the lst about 1910 p. m. on the 3Oth about
l00o. During the month he will moys out
Of Seorpio into Sigittarius. On the 2lst. al
oO1 2. M, Mars. VIII be In conjunction with
me MOO and south OF the sams. Dur
ing MS recent favorable opposition Mars
mas been very attentively studied by eharp.
eyed astronomers and new details Of his
interesting sutiaco, with its remarkabls
canals have been mapped out. alore
interesting 10 the general reader 1t NAV be-
to learn that the Mount Hamilton oh
seryars, with the great Lick telescope.
HN ~ py1CtNoh lhil OF SNOW on the 6uffug =
81 this planet, ov r an area as large IA tus
ollted States. This is certainly i'm untuus
achievement In the history Of astronomy.
npter, mex to Venus b-iyhtest OF the
evening host, rises about b M. and NAV
De detected In clear sky b tlra the sun
mas fairy sunk to rest. Jupiter Is about a
month past oppoJtion aud oonse uently de.
creaslnS in brilllancy. He Is IN IN. eonstel.
lation Caprieornus.
Salntl is at his closest to the Sun and OF
course Invisible. He PASSED eoniuuetion
"lta TIE Sun or Sunday, becoming nomi.
nally moving planet.
Neptune i5 also morning planet, rising
on the lst az 1870 p. NJ. Hs Is In the ne Id
OF Iaurus, close 10 ne Hyudes,
The presence Of three bright planets
Venus In the west, Jupiter 10 the south,
east and Mars nearly midway between
them In the south, lends now an extra
cnarm TO the twilight hour, Il is intera4t-
ing 10 Watch for and note the time OF their
appearance 10 clear SKY. The writer aid
tlls on saturday evening. With no other
GUIDE tndn AZ approximate kQoWedee Of
thb.r several ana relative position he he.
gan MS vigil a. g. Is and within one minute
hAi detected Venus, the Sun being stilI an
minutes high and the sky beautifnlly
clear Jupiter was sen AZ 69s two
,mlhntes after sunset; Mars az 6,bg
vega at 6.56, Arcturus II 6.57, Affair 1T q. S.
- - euA AApnu OySul at 1.u3. Tbs
ehst with Whiah these planets and stars
eoaii be held whea once caugL. 81 the eye
Indicated that they nigh. have hser dis.
cerned few minutes earlier II thar ma
else places Lad been known spisa Viz
gInls came Into view anout In barely 10
from aul almost directly south OF Venus.
Ihs sun had gone down ia d bath Of bean.
litul roy ligat which climbed half way 10
tle zenith before losing itself ia the pre-
YaillHg blue. and which faded slowly, faint
II 7.iD p. m. The faint light of MsronTy
90 low down In the west, could NOT pens.
ifate this rosy glow and that planet was
not seen at All, though attentively
watched for unto th4 mnmEnt ~ M sattir,ss