The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
NINTH FOR STAR-GAZERS
!. Heavens Filled With an Unusual
Array Of Beauty.

-s+ba Brighter Planets Visible
the Month of May, But the
quotations Full of Interest-The
invest the Place to Look in the
81, evening for the Finest Dis
h rhe Movements of All the
pI,nets Outlined.
,I.houoh the brighter planets will not
lille during the present month, still
inter ones. with the exception of
ll-.,,re occupy favorable positions for
"...,-stion. and the rich array of the
D.'.-ind ronstellations presents a field of
p-- interest and beauty to lovers of
ssronOmy.
,t.r,ury is morning star, having
ALod IT'S greatest western elOngation
Fd. ,,,.;l * 1t NAV be seen in the east at
n glbr.aaly about one hour ahead of the
aas n is approaching the sun, however,
su .G' in a few days it will be lost in his
mDerior light
VENUS AND JUPITER.
q 10Th If these bright planets are on the
.,Tosite side of the sun from us now, and
Sspre invisible. Venus will be in supe-
r Il,.' CONJUNCTION on May 2, and in its de-
..Donding node on May %. These planets
iii moi be of much interest for several
weeks
MARS.
7uet AZ dark. struggling with the dense
,trnosnhere near the western horizon,
~aI. he seen the V shaped group of the
Fyades with the large red star Aldeba-
r1n m the top of the v Just above Aide
baran is Mars, a red star almost in line
9TH A third star above it. Mars is re-
ceding from US now and at the same time
snnarently approaching the sun, so that
h a few weeks it will pass entirely out Of
view.
SATURN.
This beautiful planet is now plainly
visible and quite easy to be recognized.
Esif wav to the zenith in the southeast
Il may be seen at dusk just above and
near a small star of the third magnitude.
The small star is Gamma Virgins, a
BEAUTIFUL double, with a period of 40
Years. A good glass will reveal the rings
Of Saturn extending quite Obliquely across
the disk of the planet, and one or more Of
its eight moons. On the morning of the
9th the moon will make very close APP
proach to Saturn, occulting it in the
southern hemisphere.
URANUS.
Uranus is now in very fine position for
observation, and those who wish to see
this rare planet should not miss the
opportunity. Although $4,000 miles in
diameter and sixty-fve times as large as
the earth it is barely visible to the naked
eve To locate it first find Saturn. Below
Saturn about 150 is a bright star, Spica in
Virgo About 21o below and little to the
left Of Spica is. Alpha Librae Of the third
magnitude. About 80 above this last
named star, and almost on line with
Saturn, Uranus may be seen shining with
faint greenish light. An opera glass
will easily reveal its position.
NEPTUNE
Neptune is not far from Mars in Taurus,
and near Aldebaran. but all the conditions
are untavarable for observing it.
THE TIDES.
About the 18th unusually high tides
may be expected, as both the sun and
moon will be far north; the moon will be
new andin perigee. High spring tides
will occur again about the Both.
THE CONSULTATIONS AND THE FIXED STARS
In the southwest a rich field is pre-
sented in the early evening. Orion sets
soon after dark. Sirius in CAMS Major is
the most prominent star in that quarter,
and the small triangle on the left is in the
same constella tiOu. High above Sirius is
ProcyOn of the first magnitude in CAMS
Minor Overhead and a little to the west
Is Gemini with the twin stars Castor and
PolluX Between these two stars and
Procyon is very faint brush of
light scarcely visible to the un-
aided eye. The telescope resolves
II INTO star cluster of surprising beauty.
Near the zenith and toward the south is
Leo, with Regulus in tho handle of the
sickle. In the northwest Auriga is plainly
visible The principal stars are arranged
IN an irregular 5-sided figure. Capella,
the goat star, is the brightest of these,
and It moves in its orbit 1,S00 miles a
minute. 1t is so far distant that seventy
Years are required for its light to reach
US, The large star in the northeast is
AIcturus in Bootes 1t is approaching us
100 times as fast as a cannon ball in its
ssWlftest flight. In the north Ursa Major
IS above Polaris; and the Dipper is easily
traced. The two brightest stars on the
leit are called the Pointers because they
always point to the north star. 1t is re
mdrkable that the Chaldean shepherds
and the lroquois Indians of America gave
10 this constellation the same name.
" nat suggestion is offered here to the
phllologlst touching the possible remote
connection between these two races in
prehistoric antiquity.
OTIS AsHKoRE.