Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-31
STARS AND METEoRs. $3.50
Some Of the Sights which the aueuss
Skies VIII Afford.

The last month OF summer. says fhe New
York Times. brings forth rich gifts from its
treasure house to make the mooalit and
starlit nights sources Of Cntirins enjoy
ment The August stars are beautiful
The red star Antares shines in the SOUTH
ward section. while Spica IA one OF the
gems In the western heavens. The bril-
liant Vega is high overhead In the early
evening hours, and not far away shines
the swan. Its starry cross resting on the
Milky Way. Altar is one OF the brlllisnts
In the central portion OF the dome. having
near IL the pretty diamond that marks the
Dolphin. Arcturus. red-tinted and radiant.
In found not far from the prolonghtion OF
the handle OF the Dipper as the Great Bear
Ia commonly called. and 10 the eastward OF
IL. and about one-third OF the distance TO
Vega, In q semicircle OF brilliants called The
Northern Crown. whose brightest twinkJer
fs called Alpbacca- Later in the evening q
large white star called Capella may be seen
showing itself above the horizon.
Another attractive feature IN the August
program Ia offered by the Ineteors. While
month FOR meteorfc showers. August comes
IN tor It's STARE. and is by no means a bod
ton OF these fiery little stars that have
been prettily named Tears OF 81. law
whose birth occurred on Aug ast 10, g years
after the beginning OF the preseut ere
They are TO be looked for from ths Sth 60
The earth every year about August 10
plunges into the meteor zone. and SIS citi-
sens are sure Of a fair display of young
OF them will perhaps be disappointing be-
cause OF their smallness. there viii
scarcely be any tail to them. and the eye
VIII not be caught by them quickly as
by their more brilliant ana larger brothers.
Occasionally. however. the patient watcher
viii be rewarded with the ~lsht OF yell
n las naCf rn f1afas
usually seen. followed by a shadowy streak
forming as II fits over the sky n picture
as beautiful as IL In evanescent
The speed with which the sun Is hassen-
Ing toward the equator warns Inhabitants
OF the earth that the longer days are far
shorter nights. and that il VIII not be many
weeks before people will be taking about
the autumn happenings. The suns mo-
ton TO the southwark Increases almost so
per cent over its present movement, and
the close OF August will find IL with less
than nine degrees OF declination TO go be-
Tore the autumnal equinox is reached Mer-
curry is In inferior conjunction and Jupiter
In Quadrature with the sun, which two
events are the only ones Of particular mo-
cerned at the same time.
The moon enters upon the phase ~ laet
Quarter on the 18th. and two days later is in
conjunction with Jupiter. followed en- the
next day by conjunction with Neptune. On
the 18th. when the new moon 10 due, there
VIII be conjunction with Mercury, followed
on The 18th with similar meeting with
Mars. On the 18th Luna's white arms are
extended toward Venus; but while this 10
the nearest approach toward an attractive
picture that observers are to be favored
win Tor the month. Il misses being equal
70 many that have already been seen. La
ter In the year. however, there are % be
others whose brflliancy and picturesque
ness are well worth waiting ior On the
18th Uranus receives q visit but tie dis
lance OF degree and q half prevents there
being anything worthy Of special Comment
Uranus and the ouartering moon srs az
their nearest on the 18th. with which event
the monthly record closes. IL viii Re OBJ
served that while there are seven Of these
eon,unctions for the month. all with the
last named excepted, occur IN the nrpt half
OF the month. leaving an unusually lon9
begin.
The Milky Way toward the south % s,r1s
season 10 well worth studying. II n sfrspeS
when those complex branches loopa and
curdiing masses are looked al TO End :
number OF the books OF astronomy e1ili a.,
sorting that the Milky Way Is q mint
stream OF misty light circling the cslestjei
sphere Remembering too, that Il h an
tfrely made up Of clustering stars, as eanIe
on the seashore for multitude. each go ~
al probability being q sun glowing with III
own inherent light and heat stxrrfn9
thoughts are suggested reApscttag DE ims
mensiy OF the universe