The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-07
ASTRONOMY IN JUNE.
rn,ares,,ng Thing 10 lie seen IN the he"'-
IN. Nav About sunset.

Observers of the skies interested III t'n
movements of the heavenly pOuio ,, 90
no clad 10 have their attention 0','1
tho speciaf cor fgurations OF the Pian.sS
during this week. as they are wen no
OF notice. All the planets Nsioio @
eve-Mercury, Venus, Mars, JIpi.si' -,
turn. ard UraLus-will appear Isl
twilight sky as evening stars ~
,or,orl,abIe occurrence, affording an oP-
,,r,,,nitv to easily identify and see them
aU vish the exception OF Uranus, "hio"
is an tine border line Of visibility, put can
not no seen during moonlight without
telescope. ,,..,,s
In the western skies the brilliant venus
the Hesnerus OF the ancients may De SEE"
on Tuesday evening in close conJuhceio.'
with Mars. whose SPLENDID fas mocH
diminished since last autumn, wnen ~
was the most interesting ASTRONOMERS
object These two p.anets are so near ~
gether, being not quite degree spa =,
that they may be seen IN me same 'o'
Of an opera glass or telescope WIN
low power and the siiNery faa'''Se y.
Venus may be contrasted with me RUGBY
glow OF Mars. Venus is easily round as
the brightest star In the whole heavens
In fact. IL so bright as 10 be readlHy
seen I'm the daytime with he naked eye
Mars appears as a much smaller tAoIgh
bright star toward the left or south OF
Venus in lire with the two bright stars
Castor and Pollux, on the right.
Lower down in the sky by ceverll de-
grecs may be found Jupiter, only less
bright than Venus. and 10 the right or
north OF IL in the twilight glow. Keen
eyes will detect a star, when VII ue-
crease its distance from Jupiter evening
after evening until the ;wo VIII pe IN
conjunction less than a degree a, art on
the morning of June Sth This is the elu-
siye planet Mercury, whieh always tiaNels
so close 10 the sun rs TO be lliilcult OF
observation. II is said the great astro-
homer Corernicus died without ever hav-
ing seen IL. II attains It's greatest eastern
olongation on June 4th, being teen at us
greatest apparent distance from the sun.
twenty-three degrees and forty-nve mnu-
tes It's nearness 10 Jupiter makes X
easy of observation during this week.
These phenomena will be seen best
between S and . O'Clock. IL Is. however
more interesting 10 begin earlier with
Venus, which Is easily visible Just after
sunset, and note the successive appear
ance. IN order, OF Jupiter Mars, and Mer-
curry as IL grows darker.
In the other part OF the heavens viii
be found Saturn. a small distance 20 the
west and north of the moon. on June
ith; al Uranus not Visible to the unaided
eye.
A fresh interest attaches 10 Saturn. in
view Of the fact that its rings have just
been proven by the beautiful spectros-
cOpic observations Of Professor Keller,
Of the Allegheny Observatory TO be made
up Of numerous small solid bodies re-
yolvng i'm these rlng-shaped clouds about
the planet at lhe rate Of from ten to tif-
teen miles a second
on the morning Of June 9Th Neptune the
most distant planet, will be In superior
conjunction with the sun. the centre OF
he solar system. But until that time. 10
is interesting to note That all the planets
are. so to say, on the evening side OF the
sun.