Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-01

what Gan Ne Seen by an Observer 1hss
Month.


Month.
Prom tho New Yo-k Times
Throughout the month the August sun bur.
ries away toward the south and the dAys shorten.
the lengthened nights admitting OF -a,isfActpry
repose After the heat and humidity Of the aos
days. Rather more than nine degrees Of deeIi-
nation mark the path Of the sun between che
first and the Last days Of the month. his sp-ed
being half as much greater NJ the Close thar a
Is today. From this il can be plainly seen nat
- the sun recedes from the summer solstice The
days decrease more rapidly.
The August moon fulls on the s,h sway down
in southern declination, at which time /, aIps~.
seems 20 much nearer and clearer 20 us tlan
when Il passes high overhead nearer the zenith
ss IL the case when IL has n correspondence
northerly defamation. The nearly full mann
and Mars are Ia conjunction ON the 7th ON
the 18th the meeting with Jupiter IL . varv
close one indeed. but IL happens In the e~rly
morning hours. aud there l. again too mech
moonlight for proper effect The dav after
last quarter II billed for meeting with Nsp-
tune, followed two DAYS later by a meeting xjth
Venus. and four DAYS after there Is coniunctson
with Mercury. which We are not permitted 90
sec. as the two are 50 very close 90 the sun al
the time. On the oath there viii be ouita a
pleasing tableau. in which Saturn figures COM
tpicuously, the moon completing her monthly
course by passing very close 60 Uranus on the
18th at almost noontide with u.s.
To Mars. without question. must be accorded
the place OF honor In the monthly annnls .,d
those of us who have watched his progress. ard
increasing brilhancy will no doubt take a eesu-
me pleasure IN reading all about what the All
entists will discover ON the 4th when he il IN
! opposition with the sun and comes above fhe
horizon about the same time that the sun dis-
appears ON the opposite side
This phenomcnun 81 opposition occurs once
IN $50 days. his synodic period at which time
he Is IN line with earth and sun IL Is onlv osce
In every nftcen or seventeen years that the
earth and planet are 10 situated ms 20 bring
Them 10 their closest approach. The earti, Al
her most distant point from the sun Is 3 600 600
miles farther from him than when a, her nsar-
est point. Still the distance between these t0o
points Il comparatively snRll. In the cass II
hsrs her nearest TO and farthest from the sun
| Is Is, 900. 900 miles,
On August Mars is nearly az his le.at
distance, while the earth IL about at the great
est distance. 80 that the two being in line tl.sy
must be almost at their nearest point u st,-
proach. The distance between them will Re
SoOOO,OOO miles, whereas il opposition occa-s
when Mars Is AT aphelion. or at his furthsSt,
then the distance Il extended Ia 81 600 600 miles
On the maps Of Mar already printed we mud
names given 20 the grand divisions OF land Atd
sea, and these are fully as familiar 90 the pFo-
fessiOnal as the markings Of land and water "a,
!
be 1909 before we again have chance similar
TO the present. and this 20 many of US means
positively our last chance.
Jupiters throne il again in danger. rs be no
longer reigns supreme among the mornlng
stars. Venus Is there to challenge him and
wrest from him the glory that he has been on
loying for tho past few months. On the lsth
Jupiter Is stationery in his course among tbe
liked stars. after which he majesticaily begins
TO retrsce his steps. in which direction be con-
Times until December.
Mercury Is not Of very great moment 10 ms
Just at present; he Is too much overpowered b,
the sun. which he is rapidly approaching and
With which he will be in inferior conjunction
on the 18th. At present he is an evening star
and is 70 be found in the constellation OF the
Lion.
Uranus can be found "a TO his whereabouts On
the 9th, at which time he is in conjunction
with the moon, only portion Of a degree s,p-
arating the two. We cannot, however pick him
out with the unaided vision.
Neptune II morning star and is in the Taurus
group, where we have been used 10 look for him
these many weeks past His right ascension IL
four ours thirty-eight minutes and his decii-
nation twenty degrees thirty-four minulss
north. He Is approaching the position a
quadrature with the sun, which be viii sttsin
early in September.