Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-13
The SKIES IN JANUARY.
six EClirsrA During iS8S-A solar and =
Lamar Eclipse Ehis Month.

On January LIST tho sun was nearly 20
degrees ald GA thv last it will he &
!it;o mora than II dGgreOs, II minuteH
south vi the EQUATOR thus trayersiGg
an gtGa oi degrees, Is minutes in doc.
liauticn, Tho aup, tnsTsfurg, Ia grad
alily upFroAchiug tho equator, hut by
no ma-na with Il uniform motion, and
its rising anu setting points on any
horizon ARC approaching Inc true east
anu wast points, respectively, On Tia
frat 10 rose litllu over 20 deeFpea
aouth of the truU cast and on the Inst
ii will rise about 2al aogrveH, SO that
its motion on the horizon during the
month 10 about Z j degrees.
The plnnets must nlWaya he looked
for in tue II constalgtiuas OF the
zodiac, that belt across tho heavana 10
which, besides taa planets, thb sun ana
| moon move and thus roughly mark the
ecliptic.
Mercury will linger in the conatella.
| tion Ssggittarius during the month.
| This planet 1870 pear the sun that il 10
| difficult 10 catch glimpse OF it with
tho naked eye, Gven unler favorable cir
cumstancss NeEuH will also la in
\ .SagittaFius during the first portion OF
| the month, but pass toward his ond
into the constellation CspTicurnus This
| beautiful planlt will not yet atorn our
evening skies. but may he eoeG by eRfly
rissTs ahuva the eabtern horizon. Mars
will also be in siaglttarlus, whilo tho
| great pianot, Jupiter, ia III Virgo. In
consequence Of It's long period Jupiter
mugGs across tho heavens at SLOW
rato, in average through the length at
aodiacal constellation In course Of
year, The uanet saturn il In Scurnio
and will mai riss before & o'rlack 4. m
Ihe ,,Ipnet Uranus ia Ijl,e,CiRe in
ernr,;o NM m art,,,,,nt ~ M, .,nrn,,,,,,
| 6ief4ttra Tram ia rar la ee,n ,rlv os n
stgr cf tir sfrfh o,r,,riI,,Ie fIn Iin,ft
4 AZ tbosa yis,lGe Viihont ina ai1 nj
nesnlty;pp ,nrsgs i.rvolrinr about III
ann unra In III yrars. tre moiion III
IIrauits onr,r,, h., anosfrih,t;nns Ia verv
slnW EonFw9e. wbnre nriit n,erka Tia
h1ur,laty IN nt,r snlnr svetrr,' 10 ~
rtesrnr in tho Gno rons,e,,stion NJ
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penrly tGrep bill,on mjlss innsna II an.
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sr,prn,s AID c,rruit a6out ina oun IN
M vcars ca tt,at ita r1nt,nn an,opr, tba
stars is eycoejinaN Elow, an sluy. in
fact, tbat nm In IN iisrovarv NJ its
nanetafv natnro n 18I5 Il Nd hean
rnnsi,lpred n Iiynd star. If 6nring the
oreping bours ~ +ba rnnn,h ~ Ianuarv
thn nlanetarv astoot ~ ty,n bnnvope l.
mi gaenr,hia the q;,lcraI ntnornn,n
tIrot nyasanta itsolf in n cioudiess ni.ht
ia the mora Lra,I,i,,l
The ronstallatinn that win he mar mr.
m IRA mpridisn M abnut o'clors in
ihe January eveninrs arc Taurus,
Orion Ien,;s Apriya and Fridanus
Taurrs ~ fne BrlI Il eaeilv rarog
pizah hv tbc two rsmarlnIIa stsr
grn,,s1tbc pleindes ami Tho uv,dos
'fhe stars of the plaiados ar. vnry
closoIy oropnsd rngathsr ma nnlv liz
NJ fham and no soen Inv n fsiriv good
ave withont the nid of magnifviog
oInss but vieIped with telesnnne the
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thnr, 10 Igta T'nu,i Or AIaoono ~ whjoh
Madlsr thougb nrronso,,slv assorted
tbat "A wns tbn rentrpi am uLnut
Witch opr wbnio solsr svstsrn rsy'IvoJ
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than ig AInba Tanri ar a Idebs,aM tho
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