Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-13
THE SKY IN OCTOBER.

IcLpse of the Sun to Take Place on the
Goth Inst.
The chief astronomical event of Octo-
Der will be the eclipse of the sun, which
Will take place on the Goth day of the
month, and which will be visible
throughous the greater part of North
America. All the United States may
see 1t except the western part of Ore
gon and California. The eclipse will
only be partial, however. A little over
third OF the suns disk will be covered
by the Intervening body of the moon
when the observation is at its greatest,
but this is sufficient to noticeably dimin-
ish the splendor OF the solar rays.
In central standard time, which
IS that of the time division
In which Milwaukee is situated,
the eclipse will begin at 1858 A. NJ. and
end at 80 P. NJ. This will be the third
eclipse Of the year. A total eclipse of
the sun, which was not visible in the
About six weeks later, Or on May, IL, a
partial eclipse Of the moon took place,
which was seen along part of the At
lantic seaboard. On November there
will be total eclipse of the moon, but
1t will not be visible in this country.
-Four eclipses a year is very nearly the
average. The largest number which
can possibly occur in a year is seven,
five being of the sun and two of the
moon, and the smallest number is two,
both of which will be of the sun.
Mars, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, now vacates his sovereignty among
the planets Of the evening sky, and this
honor is transferred to Jupiter. The
giant planet now rises early enough to
be visible about the close of evening
twilight. On October II it will be in
opposition, appearing on the easterly
horizon just as the sun sinks from
view on the westerly horizon. 1t
shines with a splendor exceeding that
of Mars, and surpassed by Venus alone
among all the heavenly bodies except
the sun and moon. By no possibility
can Jupiter, in it's present situation, be
mistaken for any other orb. 1t rises a
little north of the true easterly point,
being high enough in the opening days
of October to be plainly seen about an
hour after sunset. Near the latter part
of the month it will be in the field of
vision before the sun goes down.
Mercury will be an evening star in
October, but as it does not assume the
role till the 9TH it will not be we'll stu
ated for naked eye observation at any
time during the month. Around the
middle of November, when it is at It's
farthest remove from the sun as viewed
from the earth, will be the best time to
look for it.
On the list of conjunctions between
the moon and planets in October Mars,
Jupiter and Venus will figure. The one
in which Mars appears took place on
the first day of the month. Just after
sunset the moon and the planet we're
seen little east of the southerly point,
with the planet about degree and half
or three moon breadths, north Of the
moon. The conjunction IN which Jupiter
appears will be very close, being com
plete occultation as seen from some
parts of the country. This&Wif1 occur
on the 9th, on the same day that the
moon reaches its full stage, both bodies
appearing in the east.S On the 10Th
Luna pays her devoirs to- Venus. This
ceremony, though, cannot be seen
until long after midnight.