The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-01
THF PLANETS ANDSTARS.
.,or AsBMoRE'S ASTRONOMICAL
ToRECAST FOR FEBRUARY.

z1Or AGHMORE'O AS y tIONOmlCAL
FORECAST FOR FEBRUARY.
v,a,tv Of Spots to Be Seen on the Sun
Tsis Month-Their Connection With
r.-rastrial Magnetism andElecrric!ty.
,r-o Means They Afford for Tnvesti-
-..,rg the SUMS Physical Nature
T1a movements of the Other Planets.
THE SUN.
Tbs sun is now passing through a period
.,roovimum suu-spot abundance, and a
tola.oope properly shaded will reveal a
snr,ber of these spots almost any day. No
H., than seventeen have been counted dur
inc the past week, some Of which are quite
U.s. One. which has been visible about
tan DAVIS and which is now passing of on
80 western limb, measures II, 500 miles in
diameter. and group Of several Others is
inst appesring an the eastern limb. From
Sone Unknown cause these sun-spots recur
in great abundance every eleven or twelve
wears. whilst between the periods they are
less frequently seen. There Is some mex
nIicable connection between these spots and
terrestrial magnetism and electricity, and
for This reason as well as for the means they
afford for investigating the physical nature
Of the sun itself, much scientific interest
oenters around them.
THE MOON.
Fpl moon will occur on the 18th. and
new moon on the 9th. She will be highest
or farthest north on the Sth, and lowest or
farthest south on the 23d. She will be in
apogee or farthest from the earth on the
9th and in perigee or nearest the earth on
the Doth. Her conjunctions with the planets
will occur as follows: On the 5th the moon
will be @ 81 north of Neptune; on the 18th,
1910 north Of Saturn; on tue 18th, o. 40
north Of Uranus; on the 22d, % So south Of
Mars; on the 9th, 80 8 south of Mercury;
and on the 2lst 30 10 south Of Jupiter
MERCURY.
This planet is now morning star, and is in
a very favorable position for observation.
II may be easily seen about daybreak a
little to the south and about two hours in
advance Of the sun. On the 7th Mercury
will pass its aphelion, and on the 9th it
will attain its greatest heliocentric latitude
south.
VENUS.
Venus is now close to Jupiter in the
western sky after sunset. Indeed these two
stars will apparently almost touch at 5
O'Clock on the morning of the 9th, and on
the following evening they will appear at a
distance from each other less than the
diameter Of the moon. This conjunction
will be as beautiful as it will be rare and
memorable. Many years will elapse before
another such remarkable conjunc~
ton of these planets will oc1hr.
1t will be interesting to know
that while these two planets appear so
close together Jupiter, which is ], 300 times
as large as Venus and the fainter of the
two. Is in reality more than 400, 900, 900 of
miles beyond the more resplendent Venus,
and that while Venus seems to be station
ary 1t is plunglng almost directly toward
US at the fearful rate of $4,000 miles per
hour, or more than sixty times as fast as
cannon ball.
MARS.
Ibis planet may be seen in the morning
SKY as bright red star OF the first maeni-
tQde about 4 hours ahead of
Tue sun and little to the south. We are
low rapidly approaching the best position
ior ooserylng this interesting world SO like
our own.
JUPITER.
Lower and lower still each day sinks this
giant ot the heavens in the western SKY, and
'ue spirit OF mythical romance is revived as
We "slch Nun advance to meet the queen
VI U'e ana beauty" rising to greet him in
Tue west Having kissed the resplendent
eoldesS on the 9th, Jupiter will yield to her
sue rivalry OF beauty aud retire with slow
ulghlty from view. Our telescopes will part
ttts!leiahtIy with this interesting member of
we SOAR system which has for several
i nouths afforded US so much pleasure and
Instruction
SATURN.
saturn Is in the constellation Virgo be-
e o%gen ogica and Regulus. 1t rises about 9
r noioCA almost directly in the east. The
paue OF Its rings is still directed nearly to-
,s u.s. SO that We can see them only as a
~ t,a'Nu u light extending across the disk of
;n ' p'aheT. few more weeks will bring us
straw DeIIer position for observing this
URANUS AND NEPTUNE.
and ,iV aa lnese planets are usually telescope
mn n4 poesess little interest for ordinary ola
NOS .e;s Uranus can be seen onIy in the
haad ntso SKY, While Neptune is nearly over.
far ru a. y O'Clock. Both planets are in un-
'''ie positions for observation now.
OSCILLATIONS AND FIXED STARS.
n the north Ursa Major is east Of PoIsri0
Inc plainiy visible in the early even
CBssioro;o = SOtONs WuIte OepD9uS aud
is inst r r,ai are IN the west. In the east Leo
Rsooin,ai 'llig' This constellation contains
nd H1 Nv =. bright star of the first magni-
shan - slle handle of a group of stars in the
actIv u; u, sickle. 1t is situated almost ex-
twin o ~ t3e eoIlptic. Gemini with the
and TO- castor and Pollu is higher up
nOrtb u,saer north. Andromeda is in the
rena-re eSS' This constellation contains a
nsEe5 Aa que nebula family visible TO the
larpa nc Eye as dim blush of light not so
teescono Cne moon which the largest
More ~ las partly resolved into stars.
tpct Gu 'o0O have been counted as dis
lgbt yrhiS Whlie a vast cloud of uearly
seed frorn III 1l, me spectrOscope proves to pro-
BY tho LiI solld matter, remains unresoived
has bsen eneaI powers Of the telescope. It
stars in ~ that there are 30, 900, 600
distance 'F fI hebuia alone. and that its
10000 vo -,om US is SO great that
taveIingy oeIS are required for light,
Rcond = al Ihe rate OF 10000 miles Der
from i W ~ span the gulf that separates us
beyond on tnls enormous distance is utterly
reflect thur comprehension, and when we
With nosDiS every one of these stars is a sun
Mound - ny inhabited worlds revolving
he st,Ino,, our minds are overwhelmed with
with tbo uous thought and we are filled
Eence a, Jdeepest feelings of sublimitv, rev.
Otis AsHMoRE.
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