The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11


AN&A seryatlon; but next
year they viii be
climate moro unfayorably. and In
citasingiy 20 Tor several years TO fol-
low.
Saturn 81 easily recognized, being by
far the most conspicuous object In
thatpart Of the heayens-a few de-
gfees northwest Of the head OF scor-
Pic. AZ nine o'clock on June 2tth
80 ie SIN little east Of the
meridian, abb a third OF the way
from the hoDno1 10 the zenith In
comparatively starless region. Il
shines with steady. pale. ycllowish
light In "TRIP ,g contrast with the
red Antarcsf Gch wrinkles and blazes
like a wlnh.bwn flame some fifteen
degrees TO the southeast
Our readers hardly need 10 be told
that Saturn Il 81 immense globe,
weighing nearly a hundred times a.
much a. the earth. and yet 10 den
city" lighter thar water Oar lees dense
than any other Of the whole planetary
famlly. and apparently covered with q
thick envelope Of cloud
Then. too. In the telescope u r. the
most beautiful Of an because of the
splendid enclrcllng rings which. as
has been long believed. ard as We now
know certainly thanks TO the spectre.
scoplc observations Of Professor Keel
fr-ere only n0cks Of little "moonles"
which run swiftly side by side around
he planet. each keeping In iis own
regular circle Tor the most part I'M
.ostled and uniostling
Just now email they are no one
fnovs az ye,. but the whole array a.
hardly AZ heavy az a smoke-wreaih.
Strive says the rings are as near 20
"lmmaterlal IT. -. az one can well
concelvel.trawn,E this conclusion from
the extremely slight effect which they
produce on the motion Of the little
satellite Mlmas. which coasts. almost
NnaHiurbed around their outer edge
Ianus h as unoblrusive as Saturn IL
tonspicuous: last easily Visible 20 a
normal eye. but without o telescope In
ho way dlstnEuhhahle from the little
stars around Il except by its motion.
and ihai l. 90 slow that Il Il only 10
be doisciclsby Watching for week
or fHo. jnkt now. however. Uranus
happens 20 be- situated thai one
nm Ind q easily. on luA3 3iih
IA lies about tao degrees south
o. Saturn. and aliahtly TO the
east little above ,he line that
b. -lolrs-ths- afsif ~s-niiude star. Kappa
Ltraf. 10 the lmalleg star. a Llhrae
which Is about thrce-quarters % a de-
gre northwest - Kappa Uranus a
much nearer 70 a.. almost due east
from ~ aud very nearly Of the SAND
brightness. n there h any hasiness 10
ne ar. an opera glass ma be needed
20 make the planet visible. and In ans
4 case u vii Do grcat help. on Jul,
fui Uranus win pass very close Ia II
ltniy about a minute and a quarter q
ne north. no that to the naked eyl
hey viii appear a. a sii BE star, a
hr.shi as Kappa. Il is seldom that az
rlanoi has such excellent markers
% indicsie iis position Tor non-tele
tCopls observers.
Uranus Is notable &c the hrsi plane
esfr discovered" an that were know
t,uhen Hcrachel found u. In 1851. hal
Atsn tnoun from prehistoric antiquity
ID seems 90 small and faint only be
nule q Il 20 Gar away from ~ an
nom lhe sun. a. a distance cxcecdin
seventeen hundred milllcns Of miles
twice AZ remote a. Saturn. lts glob
"A fmalief ihan his. being oaiy abou
tuf umes ne diameter Of the earth
rof has Il rlnKr Ike hs. nor such
viinao o. safnlliies only four a
AGAINST hls sun Il Is yer
nspsciahIo taa5. With hitccn times a
great a ua4 81 weight. AZ the earth