Evening journal., 1899-04-07
FAIR APRII'S STARS.
The Skies as They VIII APP
pear During This Month.
PLANETS aLIMLY REPRESENTED
a BRACE or COMETCt-ANiONG
THE 1IEIIEsCOPES-NEW DIS
COVERlES- sum SPOT NOTES.
VARIABLE STARS.

Fabric II seemed OF diamond and Of
gold, with alabaster dotnes and sill
And blazing terrace upon terrace, high
Upllfted; here serene pavilions bright,
In avenues disposed, there towers begirt
With battlements that on their restless
Bore stars-llluminatlon OF all gems"
WoRDsWORTH'S CLOUD BUILT
CITY"
Proud pied April" stands at the
parting of the ways, serving us with
the simmer OF the Summer stars along
the eastern horizon CT the nocturnal
sky. while the greater glory Of The
Winter brilliants tardi,y fingers in tine
wake OF the sunset.
chapman's translation OF the Had
has It,
THE never wearied sun. the moon ex-
actly round,
And all those stars with which the brows
Of ample heaven are crowned.
Orioni all the Pleiades, ana those seven
Atlas got
The close beamed Hyades, the Bear. sur
nam'd the Chariot.
That turns about heavens axle tree
holds ope a cons,en- .'e
Upon orion and Of all tie sseis IN the
sky
His golden forehead never bows to tn
ocean emperys
But the golden forehead" is bowing
to the advance OF the seasons, though
the impressive outlines OF the mlghty
hurter ere still seen in the southwest,
fanked TO the eastward by the flaming
Sirius in its setting of CAMS Majors
minor siars.
In the south Canis Minor is stAl con-
spicnous, the bright Prccyon leading.
In the southeast are seem the Crater
al fIan ffl INT q
Pisces is setting. with Aries following
Taurus next behind Gncluding the Pc
iade and the Hyades). GeminE just
past the meridian. Cancer on St, Leo.
,the akie') midway from the eastern
horizon and Virgo rising.
In ;he cast BOotes is observed about
the horizon, the ruddy Arcturus skin
ing brilliantly
North of the ecllptic in the north
east, limmers Coma Berentces, attend
Cd by Cor Carroll; Auriga surmounts
Gomini and Taurus, and Andro is
about sinking in the rcrthwes'.
The figure of the cl!pper (Ursa Ma
jcr) Is in FUN view above and 10 the
east Of Polaris, while Perseus is cp-
Dosite on the west Ursa Minor ana
Draco are to the east and below; Csph-
Gus below and to the west. arl Cassi-
Opeia west.
CUR SISTER SPHERES.
The planets are still. SHINY repre-
scented i'm the evening Sky. Red
Mars" sensib,y diminished in angular
diameter, Us almost in line with Cas-
tor and Pcilux, and Win be n quad
rature with the sun en- the 2Sd.
On the 14th the moon WIFI sweep
near Neptune. which is now en- the
borders of Gemini.
The planetary list, however, will be
reinforced this month by the prince Of
the planets, Jupiter, which will be in
opposition to the sun on the 25th. This
entertaining celestial object should be
studied with as capac!ous Instruments
as maybe obtained even very mOder-
ate ones displaying four of his live
moons, his equatorial behts and the
striking fiattering of his poles
Mercury will be at inferior conjunc-
tton with the sun on the 18th. and is
therefore. unavailable for observation
until early in May.
Venus is close to the sun and ccntin-
nes TO be classed with the morning
stas.
On the morning of the 2Sth the moon
will be in conjunction with Uranus.
and on the following morning it will
he similarly close TO Saturn. The lat
ter planet is Invested with renewed
Interest to star-gazers ais wei as RIO as
tnCnCmers, In view CT w. H. p 'clxer.
ings discovery of its ninth safeAite.
The Photographic discovery by Mrs
Fleming, at Harvard Observatory, oi
a new star in Sagittarius has a'sc
been made the subject OF a recent arti-
Gle. Some plates taken at 'Arequ'pa
but net yet received at Cambridge. are
expected to furnish Additional light
upon the rate of declension IN brill
hancy OF this temporary star. 1t II
significant that almost all Of the few
Novae thus far observed are situated
near the central line cf the MILKY Way
COMETS
On March 3. the veteran discoyere
Of comtRs, Professor Lewis Swift, o
Lowe Observatory, found a new come
in the comparatively unfmportant con
stellation Eridanus. 1t has been oh
served elsewhere, but the o1oucrness o
the skies during an unusually prctract
ed spell OF stormy weather has prcba
bly prevented general observations o
II I'm this qAaIiter while the moon wa
absent, white the succeeding br2h
moonlight has been unfavoralcle c.
Clnef CNCdSlCLs. ne NOutl 3 NJuIo
has been northward in declension an
westward. and It Will pass pefihe-ic
about the 18th.
On March 5 Wolf sighted fain
comet in Trianguum, whlh proved {
be the expected comet clf Tuttle.
was first discovered by Mechain. a
Paris, in 1890. Only a few obselvs
tons were made, however, and IT wa
Tediscovered in 1853 at the Harvar
College Observatory by Horace p. Tut
tie. Rahts. Of Koerisgturg, mrde h
cRcst complete Discussion Of its orhi
combining the observations Of 49,
with those of 1912. and assigned ID
period Of 1871 thirteen and sever
tenthsl years. The comet was see
a'gain in 1885, and was therefore. In
the present year. Dr. Wolf doub.e,
searched for " I'M concordance VI.
Rshts ephsMeris.
The two comets. msrs spscks uco
the >frmanentsi wsste. have BEEN fat
" unar neihghors f1 arfylf'ar -rfa atfo,