The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-01
ALL MORNING STARS BUT ONE.
VENUS THE MOST SPLENDID OBJECT
IN THE EARLY SKY NOW.

Mars an Early Riser, Toe, and Right
IN the suns Track-Jupiter in OPP
position and for several Months
VIII he I'm Favorable Position TO
BE Observed-snturn and Uranus
Can Hardly BE Seen.
AT the beginning Of the new year every
planet in the heavens visible to the naked
eye IS morning star, with the exception
OF Jupiter.
The planet Neptune. which can never
be seen without the aid of telescope, IS
now high up in the east at dark in the
constellation Taurus. near the bright
red star Aldebaran of that group.
Mercury just at present is on the oppo-
site Of the sun from US, but its swift
Action will soon bring it into view in
western sky soon after sunset. 1t will
ain tie greatest eastern elOngatiOn on
23d, at which time it may be seen
t an hour and a half behind the sun
few degrees north of the sun $
Tex
Venus is the most splendid object in
HE morning sky and the observer can
not mistake it on account OF its great
brillancy. II rises about three hours
ahead of the sun about 20 degrees south
of the east point of the horizon. Venus
is now moving almost directly from us
at very rapid rate, and its brllliancy Is
rapidly decreasing.
Mars rises about o'clock in the morn~
ing almost directly in the suns track,
but its great distance renders the OBJ
servation of it at this time unfavorable.
Jupiter. comes to its, opposition on the
Gath. and q several months it will be
unrivalled lJr brilliancy and interest. 1t
rises at 1905 o'clock p. M, about 20 de-
grees north of the east point of the hori-
zon. Ihis gigantic world is more than
l,5uo times as large as the earth. and
has revolving around it five moons, one
OF which is larger than the planet Mer-
curry. Four of these moons may be easily
seen with a small telescope, and their
rapidly changing positions forms one Of
the most interesting studies for the anna
feur astronomer in all the heavens. Ju-
pller feNolVeS around the sun in about
twelve years, and it rOtates on its axis
IN little less than ten hours.
Both Saturn and Uranus are in unfaVOr-
able positions for observation now, but
these planets viii soon make their ap-
pearance in the east before midnight.
Along the ecliptic Cancer is just rising,
Gemini is well up, then Taurus with the
tle!4aes aha iya1es, Lheh ARIES reachlns
70 the zenith. Passing the zenith is
Pisces, then Aquarius, and lastly Capri
cornus just setting. In the east Orion
Is ~Ils most prominent constellation. A
Jpe directed to the middle one of
lfee small stars to the right and
below the belt of Orion will reveal
great nebula of Orion, justly con-
I'd the greatest marvel of the heav-
1t may be family seen with the I'M
eye on clear. mOonless night, but
~ escOpe of considerable power will
w hundreds of small stars entangled
r. gauzy web OF faint nebulosity ex-
lding over vast region of space many
ousand times greater in area than the
bit of Neptune. Just what this strange
DJect is astronomers do not with GER
Wainly know. The spectrOscope proves
u TO consist largely of incandescent gasea
While this is the most remarkahN of the
inebulae there are about 5000 Others scat
[ tered over the heavens one significant
circumstance connected with them is that
they are most numerous where the stars
. are fewest. Many astronomers think
Athat they are vast masses of extremely
ttentuated matter, slowly condensing in
o new systems of worlds. According to
his theory our solar system was once a
Xhebula from which has been evolved the
Xa&rne and all the planets. AS the trees
forest, may be found in every stage
pwth alld decay. so the stars in the
ems pass through similar periods of
lie life and death, but these periods
nd through countless ages in the in
cons of time. Otis Ashmore.