Evening journal., 1896-09-01
NEWS OF NEV CASTLE.
HEAVENS IN SEPTEMBER.
WrAT.THE PLANETS WILL BE DOING
IN SEPTEMBER.

TIE IOsIrIONs OF THE OIRCUM-
TOLAR GROUPS ARE CHANGED
THIRTY rEGRKEs BY TIE EARTH'5
REvoLUnONDURING THEMoNTB. |
GREAT BEAR WEST OF POLARIs.
Signal stations In the September skies
q ,sh ihs tidlnRs OF the ApprOacbinR |
sqn,noctisl fe.son. The disappearance Of |
certain consultations and the birth of /
others betokens the suns proximity to
'tbv III 9, aud herAlds the transforms-
don OF tue rich green OF forest aud glade |
aud orchard md meadow into the fam |
ing colors aud myriad softer tints Of |
AuiumD. Tue astral harbingers have |
nor The bIllisncy OF their peers of the |
Winfef, but some OF them shine with
ln6 ~ 30 pure that with the reinforce
f., 40 OF tue maRnifcent semi.lueent arch |
OF the Milky Way they almost success.
fully vie with tho entranclng groups OF
Mdwlnier.
Autumn commences on the 22d, when
the sun enters the sign Libra. But II
from our moving world observatory II
we're possible to trace the progress OF the
solar die through the consultations, we
should 6nd 70 moving steadily eastward
through Virgo This movement, OF
course. 10 only apparent and arises
frJD our Inability TO recognizes that 1t 10
really the earth which Is coursing
through the zodiac
The positions OF the circampolAr
groups are changed thirty degrees by this
sarih's revolution during month
Thsir motion msy be comprehended bv
imagining one leg OF a pair of compassts
I % placed at the Pale-a degree aud
lq1srter distant from the North stsr-
~aile the other leg. extended to touch
the Great d ar. moves In direction CON
irsry TO that OF The hAnos Of a watch.
3 csuso CT the earlh's rotation these
Iclustellktions appsar to MAKE 3 complete
Prevention every twenty four hours, but
their cnauge Ia p3sltian after the inter-
va OF 3 month Is doe to the earths
orbltal movement, and must necessarily
amount 10 one.twtifth Of $3.50 degrees
H Msj ssty, the Great Bsar. Is now
below and 10 the west of Poisria (tbe
North star') His distine nlshing etare
-whch constitute the familiar dip
psr ARE the most conspicuous OF sky
msrkf, and serve rs Au alphabet for
beginners In stargszing
Urss Minor, the Smaller Bsar, ie above
and to hs west OF Polaris, and so is
Lrsco, the unoanpy Dragon Cassicp,ia'r
Chair fsoss the Pole on the east, with
Q phns above IL az d Perseus pursuing
beiow. Lst spyglasses. CT even opers
glasses, bo turned upon q iolersbls
bright pa Oh between Utssiope and
Perseuf, to note the deveopment OF q
glorious sgAr cluster This may also be
tried WITH profit Ia the eAlac,io densities
/ OF CyRnus, where tiny stars appear by
providing thousands, even In a small
to. .eseopu
ADdFomsda Is visible In tbs East, not
far above ths hofiz)o The Great Square
of Pegasus a. about midway TO lhs
usrldlAn. Andromedas stars extend
eAstwsrd from the left corner OF the
I Square The bright altar next east Of the
: corner Ia 3saL; look ab9vs 1t a. notice
two smaller stars IN line with 10 A little
/ higher sdll Ii suspicious patch. which
} has bsen often taken b bs comet. Il
Is tho "Guat Nobula IA Androms da. y
and 20 telescope has the appearanua of
light shining through horn. The next
bright star east of Beta Is Gamma, q
most interesting doubl,.
Along the ecliptic, Pisces is Just sp
> psArlnR, With Aquarius beyond, aud Cap
lrioornus Ia the scuth~eet There Il
llittls to Attract the nsk ID eye In thes,
; lgroupss. sagittarius Is on the meridian
10 the south its beautiful little milk
t. dipper being easily made out scorplt
aWiugs mA1 sstlcally IA tie southwest
. Libra 10 beyond. and Virgo ID about set
ting. On clear, mooulsss nights, tn,
: Milky WAY, extending from Soorpiu
= northward II a surprislng spectacle. anc
IA the pei ghbOl hood Of SaRittarins u is
a lpecu'iArly rich 10 clusters aud ns b n le
The superb Lyrs, with It's crown We
WA lupha dnan M al frr
= The z'pi,h Cygnus aud the Dolphin ar,
y b. the east, as is ALEC the Eagle, whill
e pentarius stretches TO the vest
y Farther north are Hercules the North.
EN- Grown, Bootes, Cor Carol An,
! Bersnics's Hair The hAnlng Arcturus
poised 10 the northwestern sky, shine
like a lamp
The planets are conspicuous BY thel
bsence Oaly SAturn sad he din
d Uranns linger in the esrly evening
i Mare rises at about 10 80 p M early II
ths month Hs Is noe far distant from
Aloebar1n In the constellation Taurus
= His cisc Is now comparatively sma b,
- reason OF his imn enss distance, but Mr.
Lo~ell has slready dlseotanrled some o
le bis f>m0us canals - TIE "snow caps
d OF both poles sre partially visible, bu
10 he little moons, which can never b.
10 ssen exc'ps IN great lslesc lpss viii no
come into view for some tins Eyptuu
ys IS eiso ia Taurus. bat is only telescop
~ ieals visible
~ About the middle a. the month Mer
cuTy Daay BE- touad clcse TO the vanisbe
10 aua The brilliant Venus will soon b
4 podced in the company Of the 'messeu
of ger Of the Rods, bo b very close to IN
- 30 zn o. the 24'h sne will pss
= Mercury Both planets Hre la the neie b
b,irbood OF S0ics, the le .dlug STAR 4
Virgo Jupiter is nov tardy herald 0
the sun, being disc0vcrRble sh5rtl
20 before sunrise