Evening journal., 1898-11-02

Temperature into account, which must
needs be low, not to mention other
conditions. necessary to life, beings
physically constituted like ourselves
could not exist ON the surface of this
remotest Of all the planets of our solar
system.
THE CONSULTATIONS.
! The most important OF the consteila-
tons that in course Of the month OF
November will come to the meridian at
an earlier hour of the evening are
Andromeda, Pisces, Cassiopeia and
Cepheus. The star which forms the
other extremity Of the diagonal of the
Great Square OF Pegasus, one extremity
of which is Marlsab, is the brightest
in Andromeda, and as such called All
pha Andromedae, or Alpheratz, though
occasionally lettered Delta Pegasi. The
Great Square, with Andromeda and one
star in Porseus, presents a confgura-
tion not unlike the Great Dipper of
Ursa Major. The star next to Alpheratz
an earlier hour Of theevening ara
In the handle Of this dipp-r is Besa,
or Miraeh, and the third Gamma, or
Aimaach. The handle bends at this
point, and at distance nearly equal
to that of Mirach from AImaach we
see the very remarkable variable star
Beta PeIsei, or Algol. If we extend
the straight line formed by Beta and
Gamma it's extremity is marked by
Alpha Persei, go that really the con-
Oscillations Pegasus, Andromeda ana
Pergeus are closely connected, as the
two latter are in the ancient mythO-
logical legends. Alpha marks the head
Beta the waist and Gamma the feet Of
the royal maiden that was rescued
from the frightful monster by the nero
Persues. Extending the line Of Alpha
and Gamma by its own length we per-
lceive the beautiful frst-magnitude star
lCapella. In a northwesterly direction
from Beta at distance of 10 degrees
the naked eye may see little cloud OF
light, which is tho great nebula" in
Andromeda, where in the comparative
lly recent year 1885 quite suddenly a
star appeared which, after the brief
lspace of half a year, totally disap-
peared again. thus forming one Of the
list of those mysterious stars called
temporary. Directly south of Beta
Andromedae the constellation Pisces,
or the Fishes, spreads out through a
not inconsiderable space in the sky.
Although it contains no star that de-
serves to be called conspicuous, it is
the last OF the considerations Of the
zodiac, and the vernal equinox is situ-
ated within its boundaries. The con-
, steilatlon consists Of two fishes con-
: nected by two ribbons tied together, all
indicated by rather faint stars. The
star representing the knot Of these rib
bcns is Alpha Piscium, or El Rishai
an Arabian word meaning knot. This
star is double and constitutes binary
. system. The southern fish is marked
by a pentagon. which in a moonlese
and c.oudlCss night may be easily
recognized. Cassiopeia is one Of those
. CONSIDERATIONS whose shape, once
, known, cannot easily be Forgotten
, for, being one OF the circumpolar con-
stellations that never set in our lati-
O tude, it may be seen at any time of the
night. and it's peculiar confguratiOn
that Of w. renders it very consplcu-
lous. Cassiopeia lies on the opposite
side OF the pole from the Great Dlpper
at nearly the same distance. The top
: most star in the last stroke is Beta, ol
: Caph, while the lower star in Una'
, letroke is Alpha. or Shedir. The reader
will rccollect that Po.aris is not ex
r lactly coincident with the true pole O
4 the heavens, but at present ~ degrees
, distant from II. Polaris, therefore. de
! scribes every twenty-four hours
: small circle around the pole, and henc
it is cf some importance to know oil
which side Of the pole the pole star Il
situated at time. It is always on tn
, side toward Caph. Cepheus is like
, iwlse a circumpolar constellation
though not as conspicuous as Cassl
- opela. nor does it contain quite a
prominent stars. Five of it's bright
est stars form kind of distorted x
the topmost point of the first stroke O
= which is Alpha Cephei, or A.dermir
a while in the middle OF that stroke /
" Beta. or Alphirk, and in the extremlr