The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-22

situate more unfavorably. ana in
rftafingly 20 for several years 10 fol-
low
Saturn a easily recognized, being by
isI 40 most conspicuous object In
lha|naI 81 the heavens-a few de-
9IlI. toI|hNest Of the head Of seor-
p|o' a|no o'clock on June gath
Il aI|II little east Of the
mtf|4|a0 bout a third Of the way
from 1 hoflzon TO the zenith In a
comparatively starloas region II
shines vita steady, pale. yollowish
light |N a'IIking contrast with the
req An|1I. which wrinkles and blazes
Ike q N|1iblown iamo some hfiecn
deertt % Pc southeast
Our I1aleIf hardly need TO be told
that Saturn 4 m immense globe.
Weighing n1arly a hundred times as
much 81 ~ earth. and yet In den
sllI7 lEh'tI Thar water; Oar lea dense
Than any 1|tfr OF the whole planetary
ismllv afl apparently covered with a
thick envelope Of cloud.
Then. |ao N the telescope Il "a the
mosi llIa|'Ial Of all because Of the
splendld 1nt'rellng rings. which. a.
haa been |11F believed. ard as we now
AnoW c1r|a|H|y thanks 10 the spectre.
fcop'c oIIIations OF Professor Keel
fr-orc Only locks Of little "moonleia"
which rae IHifily side BY aide around
fhe planet fach keeping IN its own
.fesulal t|II|r for the most Part. I'M
.osilea and uniostllng.
Just boa nmall they are no one
SHOWS as f1l but the whole array n
hardly q heavy 90 a smoke-wroath
strive aa1a ihe rings are az near 10
lmmaIoI|s' llght" az one can well
conceive dlaWing this conclusion from
the extremely slight effect which they
produce on the motion Of the little
satellite Mlmas which coasts almost
undlalprbed. around their outer edge
Uranus a as unobiruslvc as Saturn IL
ton4plcuoua: ilst easily visible 70 a
normal eye. but without telescope In
10 way dlstingulshablo from the little
stars around Il excep, by its motion.
and that ls 10 slow that Il IL only 20
b detected by watching for a week
Or two. Just now. however. Uranus
happens 10 BE- situated that one
can md q easily. on June Gan
y lies about two degrees south
Of Saturn, and sli. htly 20 the
east a little above the line that
iolns the afth magnitude star. Kappa
Lilies. ssrFae smaller star. n Librae
which u about three-Quartors OF a de-.
gfee northwest OF Kappa. Uranus Is
much nearer to Al. almost due east
nom q. and very nearly Of the same
hrlehineas n there Is any haIlness IN
he alt. an opera giass may be needed
70 make The planet Visible. and In any
case u win be a great help. On July
hrli Uranus vii pass very close 20 a
lCnly about a minute and a quarter 20
he north. no that 10 the naked eye
taey viii appear as a single star. AZ
br.rhi o. Kappa. u Is seldom that the
planet has such excellent markers
% lnicaio lts position for non-tcie-
roplc' observers
Uranus la notable as the iirsi planet
ever "dlscovsred." an that were known
utfn Herschel found Il. In 1881. had
htoa known from prehistoric antiquity
L seems 90 small and faint only be-
causa u Is 80 fgr away from rs and
froufthe sun. At a distance exceeding
seventeen hundred millions OF miles
twice as remote az Saturn. Iis globe
d smaller than his. being only about
icuf times the diameter Of the earth.
nor has Il riugs like his. nor such a
fciiuue Of saielllics-only four as
AGAINST bis 80 sun d la very
respectable bod5. with fifteen times as
great a masr. or weight. as the earth: