The evening times., 1896-06-01
HEAVENS DURING JUNE
Sun TO Arrive at the Extreme
h0rtherIy Point.
LUNA TO EMBRACE JUPITER
These Two Planets VIII BE Near
Each Other ON the I4th Instant.
Mars Face Is Growing Larger.
Neptune Joins the Morning Stars.
Venus Near the sun.


ical happenings is the arrival OF The sun
at the cXIreme northerly point IN It's
course. on December Z tne sun at noon
was at point directly above The ob-
server at the Iropic oi Capricorn.
IL a.tStietI across IIS eluIuGEuai iiGc ON
March 20, when Its noon mark was cx-
actiy overhead 10 resiucntS at TIE equator,
and still sprcuinE noitnward, on June = 1.
at the summer soistice, or Standing pace
OF The. sun, IL swlns; III its couiss, SIa%es
the zenith OF the Iropic of Cancer. sets
ouL on las Journey toward tne suull, aitu
ln,. nridaic OF The SIX months aay At the
north pole aud Of the SIX months hleEt
at the south pole is reached
The j une moon, Which Will be new on
the Ia ana Iui. on the 10th. makes one
or Two interesting cohJuhe'iohs "lu
planets during the month. Inc series De-
gins on tue 9th with Mars, then, on the
l0lh With Venus, a Few hours laler On .ne
same day with Neptune, ana cary thc
following day with Mercury. None OF
these is suInclentiy close 10 form strik-
ing celestial pictures, and most OF 'he
planets Interested are too lalnt 10 DE very
conspicuous actors.
will almost iold Jupiter in their embrace
on the 18th as less than degree oi space
Will separate The two and with TINS we
shall have for the time feinE, 10 draw iilS
series of meetings between Jupiter and the
moon To a close as the planet Is now draw
ing 80 close To- The sun that his Dr!liiahcy
-
and the moon are together OF at least as
close as they will be in June and tie day
following the monthly events are closed
by a meeting between Uranus and Luna.
POSITION OF THE GREAT BEAR.
Almost all The conspicuous star groups
visible in the winter months have lett us
eycept those in the neighburhooG of the
pole and the distinctively summer con
Stel.ations have III Zen tielr places ORION
the Greater Dog the Lesser Dog, the Bull.
the CEarioieer and the Twins WIN the
splendid lumlnaries Fetelguese, Rlrcl;
Procyon Aldcbaran, Capelta, Castor aud
PolluX have departed anti next fall or
winter The three last named make their
| exit Il few minutes after sunset in the
| opening days Of the month and on even
| ings later Oh are not seen at ali
The armament. however, is by no means
| devoid OF attractions hecaus" OF the alb
! sence ofthesc urbs. In the southwest about
! 9 o'ClGgN in the evening nt the opening
days OF June Regulus may he seen in the
| tip end Of the handle Of the e-shaDed
| group OF stars composing part of the con
stellatiGn of the Lion the opening OF the
sickle being downward. Near the zenith
| point is the brilliant red star ArCturuS Of
| the Cowherd. In tie southeast Antares
of the Scorpion may be seen. Affair is
! she middle and brightest star ofthe three ar
! ranged in line dagonally near the horizon
! in the east.
zenith in the north west is the bright
! s;eel-bluc star Vega, the leading luminary
| in the constellation of the Lyre AT his
! hour, at the beginning of June the Great
| Bear will be high above the Pole Star in
| the mort Invest and sinking toward tie .Ior-
| lion, while the WshaGed group OF stars
| comprising the most prominent part of Cas-
| Siopeia- or the Lady in Her Chair. Will be
| low in the northeast and mounting toward
! the zenith.
MARS THE MORNING STAR.
| Mars is morning star, and on the 18th
reaches the position of periheiion. On the
| 9th there is conjunction bet wcen Mars and
| the moon, but the distance separating the
| two bodies, well as the fact or there he
| ing so much of the moons disk illum-
mated, prevents our having a particularly
beautiful tableau. Mars face is growing
! slowly larger and more Conspicuous. and
! before the year closes il will he almost
| three times its present size.
| Even with this perCeptibe increase we
shall not he able to see as much OF this .n-
| tereSting planet as we should like, and prove
| to oUr own satisfaction what tie astTOGo-
nIer,@ tell Usahout its vegetation. which they
| describe as wave OF deepening tint pass
| ing sucCesSivcly through the blue-cre
! regions from south to north. In winter
| pale. the color brS!ns In spring, deepening
| through the summer. until at last it dies
out il. the autumn. All this is thought
| to hG probably due indirectly to the water.
| aud directly to the vegetation that water
indU ces.
Neptune reaches on the Tth the position
| of conjunction with the sun. and goes
stars. Neptune is very sociable planet
/ this rOnth. for, in addition 10 this meet
| ing WITH the sun. lie is In conjunction with
| the moon ON the 9th. with Mercury on the
| lin and Goth. and with Venus ou the 5th
Mercury is now swinging in toward tie
| sun, and on the 10Th joins the morning gal
| aNy of hrilliants. and passes in aboui a
/ month to- his fnrihest extreme on the west
| ern side OF Old Sol. when he again re-
| traces his steps. and once more swings
| hack to the eastward
| VENUS NEAR THE sun.
Venus from now on ceases to arouse our
| admiration in Aa early morning hours as
shets less than an hour Journey from the
SUM in point Of rising and setting, and her
| heauiitul face becomes il the paler as she
| gets more and more under his epgulfinr
| rays. Next month she is in supeTiIir con
| junction, and after that we can begin to
| search for her in the western sky ,Iun-
tor continues to fuIe the evening stars.
| hut his reign is gradually dra wing to a
| close. and before the summer is over he
| VIII cross the dividing line which .sepa-
| rates the morning from the evening plan
f, cts, leaving fair Venus TO rule in his stead
Uranus is an evening star. and is in the
| constellation of-the Scorpion, the bright
| est star of which is Antares. Uranus IN
| III cOnJu fctlun with the moon on the 22d
| which is the most important event in the
monthly annals, as viewed from our stand
| point. Saturn plays rather a minor mart
| among the evening stars for the month of
| !nne, and he is growing smaller and
| FAINTER. so that for the rcTna intIer Of tnr
| year he VIII be OF little interest ia nc