St. Landry democrat., 1891-10-03
POSITION or THE PLANETS Nm
OCTOBER.
Scientific American.

American.
JUPITER w
is evening star, and. though losing NIUE ol
the prestige that marked his course in August
and Sentember, still retains his poSlloh Hs
monarch of the start October nights. -
servers will notice a change in the 1lne OF ms
appearance. He is high above the HORIZON
when 1t is dark enough for the stars to come
out ard sets in the small hours OF the morn,
ing. He is on the meridian at O'Clock, anu
sets about half past o'clock on the 3lst. HIS
diameter has decreased about o since OPPOSE
ton, but it makes no perceptlble dlnerence Ill
the brilancy of his light. The prince OF plan
cts is leaving u.s. and travelling toward tile sun
the earlier rising and setting and the lessenlnS
diameter are the tangible proofs or his opeul-
ence to the great central orb, who s"ays ms
course as irrestibly as he does that OF the tlny
atoms of a meteor swarm.
The moon is i'll conjunction with Jnpitef
three days before the full, on the 14th at 6 II.
46 M. A. NJ, being 81 81 south.
Tie right ascension OF Jupiter on the ISL Is
% Ii. 48 M, his declination is 80 IA south, MS
diameter is 4G' .. and lie is in the constellation
Aqurius. 49,
Jupiter sets on tie 1st at 8 h. % III. A. n. On
the 3lst, he sets at h. % III. A. NJ.
URANUS
is evening star until the 25th, and then morn
ing star. He is i'll conjunction with the sun on
the 25th, at h. A. NJ, when he makes MS aP-
pearance On the suns western side and com
mences his role OF morning star. Ihe synodlc
period of Uranus, or the time 1t takes linn 70 10
travel from conjunction to conjunction, is soy
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will be noticed that the more distant mayor
planet is from the sun, the shorter is its syno-
dic period, foI, the slower the planet moves
the less space will the earth, after completing
a revolution, have to travel to come into line
! with the planet and the sun. In the case OF
Jupiter the synodlc period is y. "a a.. for sa-
! turn it is y. - d. for Uranus. it is y. d.
Uranus while evening star is in conjunction
| with Venus on the 18th at h. 40 IN. a. NJ pc
ing q south He is i'll conjunction with Mcf'
curry on the Goth, the day after he becomes
| rE{Gf of M
The right ascension of Uranus OH the lst is
| 10 Ii. So M, his declination IL south MS dl
| aneter is 81 4, and he is IN the constellation
| Virgo. NJ
| On the 3st, he rises at ) Il. 81 H. A M
MARS
| is morning star and is slowly making hi. way
! toward the earth. Saturn overtakes and passes
| him on the eth, when the planets are in con
! junction, at 10 Ii. 25 IN. p NJ, Mars being So
south.
! IA H., his declination is G. II north his diam
eter is 4" o, and he is in the constellation Leo.
| Mars rises on the 1st ut il. NJ A. NJ. On
! the 31st, he rises at h. Al III. a. M
SATURN
| is morning star. The noteworthy event in his
October course is the rcappearauce of his ring
on the 30tl. The plane OF the ring then passes
| through the sun, its northern surface comes i'll
to the light, and the southern surface enter:
! into shadow. The ring continues to open unit
! in about seven years 1t Is open TO Its widest eN
tent, then gradually closing, 1t becomes aSal
invisible about 1906. Saturn rises ut the close
! of the month three hours and a half before tht
sun, and may be found north of the star Betf
Virgins.
| Tie moon is in conjunction with Saturn 0l
| the lst. the day before her change, at II. 2B III
| A NJ, being % so north
! The right ascension of Saturn on the lst is
| II h. 80 H., his declinatOn is 4 Al north. hlt
diameter is i" o, and he is in the constellation
| Virgo.
Saturn rises on the 1st at H. 50 i'll. A. n. Or
/ the 3lst, he rises at h. 81 N. A NJ.
! VENUS
i is evening star There is little to be said O
| her as she makes her slow progress eastward
from the sun, keeping SO close to him thai
| there is only an interval of twenty seven min
| lttes between sunset and the time OF her dlSap
! pearance below the horizon.
The new moon of the 2d is i'll conjunction
with Venus on the sd, al Ii. 18 III. A. NJ, being
% So north.
| The right ascension OF Vents on the LIST is
II h. 45 NJ, her dcclination is s. 80 south, hel
diameter is 10', and she is in the constellation
| Virgo.
Venus sets on the 1st at Ii. At III. ?. NJ. Or
! the 3lst, she sets at h. q III. p NJ.
| MERCURY
is morning star until the 9th, and then even
! ing star. He is in superior conjunction witt
the sun on the 27th ut Ii. 3j III. L. NJ, when he
| completes his synOdic revolution of 116 days
and comes into lii e with the earth and sun
| being beyond the sun and at his greatest dis
tance from the earth.
! The moon is i'll conjunction with Mercury OIL
| the Ist at . h. II III. A. NJ, being g. 81 north.
The right ascension of Mercury on the 1st il
! II h. 81 IN. his declinaton is a. A. north, his di
| ameter is 6" 9, and he is in the constellation
! Leo.
Mercury rises on the 1st at Il. 90 IN. A. NJ
On the 3lst, he rise, at h. 47 IN. A. NJ.
NEPTUNE
| is morning star. His right ascension on The
| 1st is h. 80 H., his declinatiCn is 20o G. north
his diameter is ." IS, and he is in the coGstella
I tiOn Taurus.
| Neptune rises on the 1st at h. II N. p. NJ
| On the 31st, he rises at h. % m. z. NJ
Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are
morning stars at the close of the month. Jupi
| ter Venus, and Mercury are evening stars.
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