Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-31
THE STARS IN SEPTEMBER.
Planetary Movements n Seen in the Evening
The Astronomical Autumn.

The Astronomical Autumn.
From the New York Times.
The sun hastens off toward the equator very
rapidly throughout September. and on the sd
at sos i'll the morning. 20 be exact-as -onOri-
ical autumn begins. The SUI rises q, 5:27 Sep
TENDER /, whereas il rose a. 1872 on the CORE
spending day of August. It's hour of setting is
G:33 September /, as gains. 1:35 the SANE
day of August.
pleasan; Interchange of courtesies between
the last quarter OF -;u3Ss mon AM tn
Planets begins on ths frs night of the new
month, when Mars approaches very close to
his more luminous sister. The pai- may be
seen to best advantage about midnight. Venus.
queen OF the heavens. passes even closer to the
moon. "a We view ii. than does Mars. and the
ttte Of her proximity to the brightest planet is
only one night later than that of her rival.
Early in the evening of September lovely
celestial spectacle may be seen. Then IL is
that the moon begins the month in all its new
ness. while shining close to il in slightly
southerly direction glows the soft golden Ugh.
OF Saturn. now waning and nearing the end OF
her allotted time an evening star.
Jupiter remains brilliant as an evening star
throughout the month. His brightest time of
the year viii occur On the evening of the 5th
when he IS at opposition TO the sun. Later in
the month and later in the night he approaches
:aen approaching its fullrCss. September IL,
the spectacle will be a glorious one. III which
Uranus and Neptune will be seen in bright
array, with Saturn glowing family. At mid
night Of September IL Mercury arrives at an
inferior conjunction with the sun. that for
time this small planetary gem Is lost to sight.
Until October y Mercury belongs to the morn
ing stars. and he may be seen 10 the best adj
vantage Just before the first October sun rises
Saturn also passes over into the morning stars
Santguni.sar aud thfa-.. he. To-
ing this dainty gem in the evening hours must
hid her goodbye until the bright nights of the
Christmas period The rings which encircle
this planet disappear August y. The follow
ing day the sun enters the constellation OF
Libra ami then summer Is over.
September auas the Great Gear again an
preaching the north. low down, while tie Lit
tie Bear ieSeen1s on the left or vest side Of the
pole The two foremost stars of the BIZ. Iiu-
per NAV be seen about o'clock. low and
slightly toward the east. There Is something
wonderfully attractive in this group OF stars
forming the DippeT. especially when one pauses
10 think that each Of them, though but a point
% EEnt IN grert eXpanse, Is really an enormous
globe hundreds OF Thousands OF times larger
than this earth Nobody can tell how far of
they are. but II is known that il our sun were
removed and placed beside them IL would no;
shine brilliantly the smallest of the whole
Dipper family Yet the sun. il must be re-
membsred. Is one million and a quarter times
larger than the earth.
High IN the September heavens NAV be seen
the bright constellation. Aquiia. with that
SMALLER constellation. the Dolphin. close at
hand. while all around and abou. CLEAN the
bright parts OF the milky way. The stars for
September furnish no brighter and loyelier
scene tnan this. With small telescope its
giories are revealed in twO-fold sense. Ore
must not look Tor anything reese milling a dol
fhin III the constellation bearing thar name,
fOr no such resemblance exists. Possibly there
once was such a resemblance. but as the con-
ttellatlOn has Changed somewhat in brightness
aDd III relative position since the group was
FAMED. Inc identity has been lost Ill the stars
II reality are rushing through space at a ire
faepdOJls rate, and Il Is easy to Understand why
the smaller considerations should show the eff
feets of their celestia system OF rapid transit
However fast they travel, the results of thei-
changed positions are barely perceptible since
the time, 1900 Years ago, when they were
mapped
The tiny star Jus: above Aquilla is Sagitta
the smallest OF the ancient consultations and
very near II Il the constellation of Vulpecula
or the fox aId the goose" With the ALL of =
yery powerful telescope there may be seen in
Vuipecuis a remarkable star cloud. lit was
formerly thought" SAYS Prof Proctor, ito
consist entirely OF sInal. stars. SO remote that
they e0sld not be separately discerne..: bat il
has lately been discovered that the greater
part o. this rebulas light comes FROM glowing
gas The yastEess o: tie space occupied bv
this Cloud of luminous gas wall be understood
though no mind can possibly conceive it
when 4 mention that at the distance of the
nearest OF me liked stars the whole OF our solar
system would appear but a mere point
even in q powerful telescope