The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-21

f'itANtf more uhihNoiaull. anu IN
ereaElngly 20 for several years 70 fol-
low.
saturn h easily recognized, being by
iaf ne most conspicuous object In
thainaft Of the heavens-a few de-
gifg9 northwest OF the head Of scor-
piol AZ nine o'clock on June 2iih
4 ia etill a little east OF the
MERIDIAN. about third Of the way
from DE horizon 10 the zenith In a
comparatively starless region. Il
shines with a steady, pale. yellowish
hfhl. N striking contrast with the
rea Aninrcs. which twlnkles and blazes
ife q windblown faAo some fifteen
degrees to the southeast.
Our readers hardly need 10 be told
that Saturn L. an immense globe.
NeIrhIng nearly a hundred times as
much a. the earth. and yet In den
str lighter thar water; Oar less dense
Than any other Of the whole planetary
'amilf. and apparently covered with
ih'ck envelope Of cloud
Then. too. Ia the telescope Il q the
moli loautlful of en- because ~ the
splendid encircllng rings, which. as
Pc been long believed. and as We now
Snow eeriainly-thanks 10 the spectre.
fcor|c Observations of Professor Keel
fr-ere only ilocks OF little "moonleis"
which fun swiftly side by side around
ne planet each keeping In rs own
feHu'af circle for the most part. un-
'osilea and uniostling.
lusl nov small they are no one
SHOWS A. yet, but the whole array 70
hardly ~ heavy a. a smoke. wreath
sifute aays the rings are a. near to
immai4flal light" ne one can well
conceive drawing this conclusion from
the extremely slight effect which they
produce on the motion Of the little
fsiellne Almas. which coaals. almost
und'sinrbed. around their outer edge
Uranus q ~ unobtrusive az Saturn IL
tonaplcuous; FAST easily visible 20 a
normal eye. but without a telescope In
20 way dlstlngulahahle from the little
a'ars around Il except BY iis motion
and that Il 10 slow that u "a only 20
~ detected By watching for a week
of two. Juat now. however. Uranus
happenl 20 be situated that one
ran ma 4 easily. on June 2ith
u lies about two degrees south
q Saturn. and silshily 10 the
eafl little above the lire that
lo'nl ia nfth gn1oltude star. Kappa
- izlrae. 20 the smaller star. n Ilbrae.
which j. about three quarters o. a de-
pte northwest Of Kappa Uranus r.
much nearer 70 a. almost due east
ifom a. and very nearly Of the same
tIighincss. n there u any haIlnoss IN
he ar. an open glass MAJ BE- needed
70 make the planet visible. and In any
case ii u.li be a great help. On July
lIi Uranus win pass very close 10 a.
'Cniy about a minute and a quarter 90
ne north. 40 that 10 tle naked eye
itfy viii appear as a single star. a.
bright as Kappa Il "a seldom that the
plinei has such excellent "markerE''
70 Indicate ~ position Tor non-isie-
tloplc Observers
Uranus h notable rs the mrs, planet
ctgr -dlsoovcrsd." an that were known
shen ilcrlchel found q. In 1871. had
lfen known from prehistoric antiquity
L seems 90 small and faint only be-
cause q II 20 Oar away from rs and
nom the sun. al distance exceeding
seventeen hundred millions 90 miles
tWlce a. remote a. Saturn. Ia globe
Il smaller than his. being only about
four times the diameter Of the earth
nor has it rinrs Ike hls. nor such a
rciane Of faielllios-only four as
againat bis do sun q D. a very
rlpeeiable boo5. With fifteen times az
LIlal . maAl. OF WEIGHT. aa The earih