The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-29


H-.- Wits are without Teis~seps..
"A. lion watches In mid heaven and Saturn
=. the night AZ o'clock In the evening At
=. beeinnlne Of MAY the constshation Leo
=. .esn upon the meridian. its star
~ - azure OF sickle standing upright In
~, mar where the sun had been at noon.
following Leo from the east comes
~ l.. rade doubly beautiful and Interesting
W.si. time because OF the presence Of the
-. saturn near its chief star Spica. Saturn
ps.L,,ohtsr OF the two. and II situated about
ns..ress north Of Spica BY 10 o'clock they
bish IN toward the meridian that Saturn
-. \. ,,udisd to advantage with q telescope.
a.. are slowly opening wider. and the
..,,cls they present IL unmatched In
". r.rt OF the universe ret brought
IA. the reach OF human eyss. The
s..,..t approach to the form OF ssturn's
80. that I have ever seen In the heavens
.s,,,sntsd By little ne5uls In the constella-
w., C,smIni. which had the pleasure OF View
=. through tho Lick telescope with Prof. Bar
- I.st autumn. With most telescopes this
.,s..t appears only a. rather curious plan
80, nsbuls but with the great glass on
vount Hamilton II Is seen to consist OF . round.
..nalous disk. having y star set in its centre.
- ,omething like half way from the centre
!. A. circumference OF the luminous disk 10 .
.,r,ulsr division. looking exactly like . narrow
,,.,t ring encompassing the star, and sharply
..atr,sted with the glow OF the nebula within
"a without. Il seems impossible to resist
n. souclu,ion that this phenomenon possesses
,..l r,sem blance to the rings OF Saturn. but
4. pl.es Of . planet Il presents . sun, and. In
Sad Of system Of meteoritlo rings 10000
Nils across. Il shows Ne circles Of glowing
,.bulous matter that may well be hundreds Of
nflhons Of miles In diam eteri
n ought to be the aim Of svsry educated
p,rson to get look at Saturn with . power
All telescope at least once In lifetime. The
arst glance may be disappointing. but the
s,espd will mako an unfading Impression.
mere b no science In which seeing beeets
ninkine a. Il does in astronomy.
But while Saturn holds the place Of honor
during the month. it's more distant planetary
ssmrade, Uranus, ommands attention also.
On the third Uranus, still remaining near the
star Alpha In Libra. will DO In opposition to
ne sun. and In the best situation for tsle-
pscpio observation
Iis curious fact that all four Of The FIRST
discovered asteroids. Ceres. Psllss. Juno and
vsstA are now Visible simultaneously. and
three Of them. Ceres Pallas. and vssta are In
decentralization Leo. Juno 10 In Serpens, Just
shove Libra. and some Is degrees from Uranue
Unfortunately mono OF them can DO seen with
The naked eye These are the little planets
whose discovery early In the present century
I'D to the theory. now generally abandone cd.
that they were the fragments Of an exploded
world. The largest Of them. vesta. is proba-
BIZ not less than 900 or more than 500 miles
in diameter. But since the discovery OF the
original four several hundred smaller asteroids
have been found. and now celestial oh biography
b adding dozens Of them to the list every roar.
Some Of these are. no doubt. only Ave miles or
less In diameter. On 5-mils world II It had
the same average density As the Garth. Q 200
pound descendant OF Adam would weigh only
two ounces. and cannon ball dropped from
bis hands would require quarter Of minute
10 reach his toes: and It wouldn't hurt whom It
hit He could hurl . stone that would weigh
ton on the earth with such velocity that It
would escape from the attraction Of the little
world and never como back to It
The May moon begins its career on the 9Th
at 9:42 A NJ. attsins first quarter on the 18th
ct 1:21 A. NJ. fills on the 10th at IL :43 A NJ.
and reaches last quarter on the 9th at 3:O4
p. NJ. Its visible course lies through many
Interesting consultations. As it emerges from
the suns rays It enters TauruA meeting
Jupiter and the Pieiadss ION the 9th. From
Taurus II enters Gemini. passing on the way
through . part OF Auriga On the evening OF
the 9th It will be near the celebrated twin
stars. Castor and Polux. and will serye 10 point
them out to those who do not already know
them. Crossing Cancer. with its strange
ellmmering beehive" and It's sprsvlins
lines Of stars outstretchod In true crab fash
ion. the moon will enter Lao and be near ths
bright star Regulus on the evening Of thu
18th Having traversed Leo Il will be found
On the 18th in Virgo south OF the great Field
OF the NebulR where those NJ ysterious objects
arc scattered like thistle down over the face of
the sky-an unfinished corner of creation
which might we'll represent that wild abyss Of
chaos through which Satan took his flight
when. as described by Milton, he went in
search OF the new born earth:
-. ,snn..as t.'s"n, s.. p n aS,. 2. 'i'p'
po.n had b,,. r.,Iins ma no, nv n, ,h.n..
n. strong r.bur OF som. rumultuou, cloud.
Iastinct with IRE and nitrs hurried him
A. many miles Aott; that fury stayed.
eu'neh.d in bOEEy syrtis neither SEA-
sd 1000 ary and nigh fonndsr.d on be farsS