The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-01
JUPITER'S BABY MOON.
TIE GREAT PLANETS NEW SAT
ELLITE CLOSELY TENDED.

Astronomers Watching IL Very Care
fully to See Row it Behsves-The
Movements Of the other Planets and
Stars During November.
Full moon will occur on the 4th and new
moon on the 18TH. She will be in peri1ee,
or nearest the earth, on the 4th, and in
apogee, or farthest from the earth. on tho
18th. She will DO highest, or farthess north,
on the 18th and lowest. or farthest south, on
the ed. Her oonjunctions with the planets
viii occur as follows: On the I'd the moon
will pass Os 81 south Of Jupiter; on the 9th,
a 80 north of Neptune; on the 14th O. 80
north of Saturn; on the 18th, o. IA north
of Venus; 90 the 18th, % "a south of IRA
nus; on the Dist, L g. south OF Mercury on
the 9th, g. 81 south Of Mars, and on the
3Oth, o So south of Jupiter. On thu 4th
the moon will be totally eclipsed, but it will
De invisible on this side of the globe.
MERCURY.
This planet is now evening star, and
a close observer will be able to $50 it few
days before and after the 23d in the western
sky about dark, little to the south of the
suns path and about 220 east Of him. Mer-
curry is a very shy planet, and owing to its
proximity to the sun is can be seldom seen.
It's extreme southern declination at the
present elongation also adds to the difficulty
or observing il this month.
VENUS.
Venus is morning star, and it is rapidly
recedlng from US while its brilliRuoy is be-
coming less. On the 18th il will pass its
perihelion, and on the 18th It will be oc-
Quilted by the moon, but the occultation
will not be visible here.
MARS.
This planet, which has interested astrono-
msrs 50 much during the past summer, may
still be seen ss q large, red star in the south
at dark. 1t is slowly passing out OF visw,
however, after having bRen constantly
stared in the face by the worlds large tels.
ecopes for three months. 1t crosses the me
ridian at o'clock.
JUPITER.
High up in the east and blazing
with splendor Jupiter invites our admira-
ton and study. This planet Ia In a good
position for observation now, and those who
possess a telescope should not fail to turn it
upon this gigantic world with its moons
and belts. The first discovery made with
the telescope, 272 years ago, were the four
moons of Jupiter, and the latest grand
achievement in astronomy ia the discovery
OF fifth satellite by Prof. K. Z. Barnard,
OF the Lick observatory, on Sept. 10. II is
OF the thirteenth magnitude, and revolves
around the planet in seventeen hours and
thirty-six minutes at distance Of liz, 900
miles from the center OF the planet itself.
1t is perhaps not mora than 100 miles in
diameter, ana the behavior of this baby
moon will be watched with unusual in
terest.
SATURN AND URANUS.
Both these planets are In unfavorAbls
posltions Tor observation, being quite close
to the sun and obscured by its superior rays.
NEPTUNE.
This far of sentinel at the outpost Of the
solar system will be nearest to us the last of
this month. 1t is a star Of the sixth maKni-
tuds. and can BE- seen only with the tele-
scope. On the LIST its right ascension is
thirteen hours and forty-nine minutes aud
its declinatien 90 2S north. 1t is A. IL al
most directly north Of Aldebsran, the
bright red star In Taurus, now we'll up in
the east at O'Clock It is about one degree
southwest Of star Of the third magnitude.
Though invisible to the naked eye Neptune
is $1,000 miles in diameter, or nearly one
hundred times as large as our earta. 1t re-
wolves around the sun in about 1856 years.
at distance of about 100000 900 miles
from that central body. 1t has one moon
whose motion around the planet is opposite
to that of cur own.
THE CONSULTATIONS AND FIXED STARS.
In the north Ursa Major is below Polaris,
Cassiopeis above. Cephsus above and to the
west, Perseus above and to the east, and
Draco west. Auriga is just rising in the
northeast. Along the ecliptic Taurus has
just risen, higher up are Aries and Pisces;
Aquarlus is on the meridian, then Capri
cornus, and lastly Ssgittarius 10 the south
wsst North of the eclipse, Pegasus and
Andromeda lie east of the meridian: the
Swan, Dolphin, Eagle and Lyra west In
the northeast Hercules and toe Northern
Crown may be seen. Leo rises about mid
night and Virgo about two hours later.
OTIS ASFMORF