The evening times., 1895-10-04
s1AR.GlzIIee N OCTOBER
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ftllsW The Waning d The Noon :
But the Most Brilliant Planets Are
Now HuEaing O.d Sol In Both
Morning and Evening Hours.

Before the month closes the sun " III have
performed considerably more than one
half of its journey to the turning mark,
| and his speed will have already slackened
considerably. His distance made in south
eriy declination is IL degrees in October,
| whereas IN November he covers only little
| more than degrees
| The moon was full on the Sd, has its last
quarter on the 11th; there Is a new moon
on the 18Th, and the phase of first quarter
on the 25th. The series of menstrual inter
change OF cjvilities between the planets
and the moon begins " ith the call upon Nep-
tune on the 9th, followed by the fast-fading
crescent and Jupiter coming as close to-
| gether us they Will get for the month on
| the 18th. On the 18th comes venus' turn;
succeeding this comes Mars, two days
later, while the new moon and Mercury
are in CONJUNCTION on the 18th, and an
hour later the same day Saturn's turn
comes. The series closes with Uranus on
the 18th, The remainder of the month con-
tanning none OF these meetings that will
be OF any value to US from an artistic
standpoint, as there is SO much distance
between our satellite and the planets that
the effect is lost.
Venus is now lost to US in the evening,
and the new year will be here some time
before We again see her fair face, as She
does not get TO her farthest point west
from the sun until just about Thanksgiv-
ing time. Next month, just before the
dawn, il we are up ezrly enough, and have
our eyes open wide enough to see the
eastern part of the horizon, we shall see
a lone star, large and bright, standing
like heavenly sentinel to salute the oom-
ing OF the day This W i'll be the beautiful
Phosphorus Of the Greeks, the light
bringer hardly disturbed by the first mo-
ton of dawn, and only disappearing as the
glorious sunlight, like the flicker of shade
on shade, proves too powerful for the
planets light.
Jupiter will soon have to look to his
laurels, as his realm is about to lie invaded
by his fair rival, who always comes off
the victor when she challenges him to a |
bout. He has for some time reigned su
preme in the early morning skies. where |
his brillianCy has rendered him the most |
conspicuous OF the heavenly bodies. BE |
now rises about five hours ahead of the ,
sun, and is rapidly approaching the posi-
ton OF quadrature. or 80 degrees from the |
sun. which place he viii reach just about
the close of the month. He will still re-
main amoug the morning stars. however. |
until he is in opposition to the sun, which |
event will not occur until some little while |
after the coming of the new year.
Mercury Is now almost as far east as he |
is allowed to get from the sun and he may
be found shiuing rather more than one |
point of the compass. or 1 2 degrees TO the
.f
is not very striking. as the planet has not |
near the briiiancy of the larger stars;
still. its white, steady light will readily |
distinguish il from its surroundings. On
the 25th the planet is once more in con-
junction with the sun. and after that date
il becomes one OF the morning stars