Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-05
The Skies in April

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Jupiter is the most conspicuous planet
in the April skies Venus. though stMl
/ bright in the early davs of the month
is 50 rapidly nearing the sun as to he lost
/ in his rays in the second or third week
coming INTO conjunction on the 2Sth. But
/ Jupiter shines with almost undiminished
! splenGor high up IN the sky near the me-
ridian during the evening hours He IS
in the constellation Leo. near the bright
! star Regulus easily found because of the
| five other bright stars with which II
| forms the celebrated sickle in Leo "
One has but to look for the brightest col
| lection of stars directly south and but a
short distance from the zenith to find
! Jupiter. ReguluS and Leo at . o clock dur
! ing the early part of the month at dur-
! ing the latter half The brightest object
| is the planet: the next brightest is Reg
illus The latter is classed as first mag
nitude star, but It is far inferior to the
Z lorily Sirius, now low down in the south
F., west
we spoke last month Of the largest
! moon of Jupiter and the possibility of
I finding it with an opera glass. In some
I ways there are no more interesting oD-
! iects in the heavens than the moons Of
Jupiter Four OF them were the first
! heavenly bodies ever discovered, they be-
I ing revealed TO Ciaileo's pioneer tele-
scope The fifth is up-to-date with thc
! exception Of an occasional aster0id ara =
| STRAY eop,ef The last inject IN 10 added
! 70 10 known sol9r system the ken eyo
/ Of Tdward Emerson barnard and tho
! o,.oaie .rI.1ce If ma Hot telrerot,o vara the
- r,,o1,i,.ine r,,,it.s Nfb moon
! -, 49,, mis- vas an tba OH 81 e;.n+atu-
: -, $500 sine h ~. I1isct,,.a,a,1 !, mir
! go, - ,,,.rnitUde st,r n h,ipht,ass INT
! once at the opposition of 1883. has il been
as easv of observation AZ then. Couse-
! onontIy We know very little about #. 4
! roora fovorable onDosition may be OK
I ,,e.tc1 in a faN wars
II viii he won for tho law astro}orncr
! 70 av WI in tuird rho outlines of I'M
/ cg.,stallotion teo which Juniter row
I ,,r.,ces nv his presencn bgcallse nexi So-
} S,an1ber, st,rh knovIrljs,a win he very val
! IiahIa ana NOT 50 easv to obtain Loo ris-
i,,, nm betv-sen ana 2 o'clock In the
morning Each vf4r ms 1899 draws near
! ~ Ia bncones of rnorp apd more in
/ - t.,,,..a t,,..,, h 49, i rsoe,jffnr ng
! no ol,,.,t sboyers If ,nsTeors which were
! ~, I,-o,,.lars az I>2, ana $50 There Is "A
eq,o,t svrarn of n,atoors revolving about
the sun in an eIiiptlcgI orbit with "a Pc
/ riad Of ahout tiljrty-tbrea wears. The
oor,h c,,oseos mt orhif an ri. Bbnu* the
tsth - To,,.,,,hc,. \,o,r ttee.. meteor.
aS.n ~ ,,'rit'.I,. t,'roi,..d y, m N, AZ
/ bit there are always 4 few stragglers
4 aItbe,. ahond or bahind the main swarm
I ana while the mast brilliant display is
I exnccfed in 1S9q the skies ought 10 b.
WI ,,.nrtI, ,r4tr}insr mis- wear and next.
! W., t,,,, III +bis II ~, ,,,itb Tanp sim
,,J,, tbis IN ,ba n,.tnors s,an, 10 radiste
/ fr1m a noIn, in mo sickle I'm Leo. Henc.
/ - go i,na,,.},,,.,,,te ,,.i.h the coneta}la-
/ ion yin snT,,. I'M. yveIl IN The mornina
+ If <nvan,hs. ~ nnyt We hone to refer
! ia mis- NOR in detail before ;hat time
] NJ - r,,,,i+,- H. most Interesting
: ,.f-.,,+. ,,,ri,qa Anil IL Mercury one Of
! -, ,,,,st e.'7.,rr,I,i,. times I'm th. yholr
! -, ~, - ,bis III. rla,at 4: t,a llst