Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-08
THE HEAVENS IN JUNE.
summer SoIstice to Arrive In Two
weoks-Two Eolipses this Month.
(From the New Yorl, Times

an astronomical point CT view. Ever since
a few days previous to last Christmas 1t
has been journeying in this direction. This
movement is, Of course, apparent only
To tho average thoughtless person, though
1t Is the sun, and not the earth, that
seems to do tho moving, and this notion
is deferred to In all popular references to
phenomena of this kind So Arm a hold
had this idea on the mind Of colored
preacher down South that he assured his
congregation that the sun do move,' and
We have not been Informed of his having
changed his opinion.
old Sol dasheS across the line in March,
when the noon mark was exactly over
head to residents at the equator, and.
speeding northward, he will Just Craze the
Tropic of Cancer, and Will thun turn and
begin his six months journey to the
southwark, leaving the long days to be
shortened, and strike an average length
with the shorter nights.
THE PROMINENCEs ON THE sun.
We have heard more or less about the
promnenceS on tho sun, and astronomers
tell us that the solar globe is entirely
covered with an ocean of fire on which
constantly rise rose Colored flames of q
gigantic height, and from which tremen-
dous cruptions proceed. There such per
pctual fireworks exist that the true figure
of the sun should be represented by a
The substances which produce the pho
numenon of the promnences are generally
lncandescent gases raised toward the up
per regions by forces of which the origin
Is still unkn own These substances are
not simply shot up in straight line; they
are also animated with the NogteX motions
which give to the luminous Jets the ap-
pearance of spirals, of which the axes take
all positions, from the vertical to the hor-
izontal Reaching a certain height, the
luminous masses change their aspect and
become nebuous. like smoke which van
ishes in the air They continue to ascend.
but they are diffused by degrees, and end
by fading away.
The phenomenon which strikes us most
when we observe an eclipse of the sun
with the naked eye is the brilliant halo
of light which surrounds the moon, and
which has received the name of coCona
The ancients had noticed it, and they con-
Cluded in Consequence that the eclipse was
never total. Three well defined regions are
generally distinguished in the corona al
though the lines of separation are not
sharply marked. The first and the most
vivid of these regions is the brilliant ring
which is found Immediately in contact
with the sun. Round this first layer, and
in immediate contact with it. is found an
other cesion, where the light is still rath-
er vivid. Above this begins the halo prop
ery so-caled. On June there is par
tial eclipse of the sun. but this year We
are not destined TO Sc these solar eclipses
in this portion Of the world, and SO for the
present are denied a view of the corona.
our possessions are now SO much more
extensive than they were that while posi-
bly, We may not be able 10 say that the
sun never sets on them all we can say in
this instance that we are to be counted
in. or away off in Alaska they are proms-
ed fine view of this interesting spectacle
: n
something new. although totally is gen
orally looked for to develop the new fea-
lures.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
On June 90 there is a total eclipse of the
moon, but we here are again excluded
from the spectators. The beginn!ng is TO
he seen in the eastern portions of Asia
and throughout the Pacific ocean and the
western portions Of North America; and
the end in Asia, the eastern portion of
Africa, and the Middle and Western Pa
the full, a now moon happening on the
Sth first Quartoring on the 18th, and last
quartering on the 18th There are seven
planetary conjunctions with the moon on
tie 9Th conjunction with Venus, on the
9TH. one with Mercury; on the Sth with
Neptune. which is the closest for the
month. On the 14th the growing crescent
comes up with Mars on the 18TH with
Jupiter; on the 2lst with Uranus, closing
on the I'D for the month with meeting
III WhlcH saturn Is tne sar performer.
me moon at the nun l. 50 low Gown IN
SouthcrIF Gechhatl'n that on rlSlh6 II
VIII sccm very near ann IaFB-' ana
throughout inc warm summer evenings
WIZ ne peautItul slght IN tNe SKY
= Venus Is now ABOUT Two hours ah'ad 81
the sun at the hour or rSinS' Tut ms H.
terVal is reduced by haIt an hour before
the month closes as the fair planet Is or
ties way toW9Vd superior conjunction WIFI
the sun, Whlch phenomenon VIII occur 1t
september. After than We snail nave u
bcgln 10 Watch Tor the queen 10 appear
In the western sky as soon as the sun
brightness fades away sufficiently to brine
out the planets disk on the p!ue SKY
The revolution or Venus around the sur
Is performed ian period or 22i days i
hours ~ minutes and seconds; or about
seven and one half OF our months. Whh'
we count leo years the inhabitants Of We
nus gockon 1852, and those of Mercury 10
ca! such worlds tho years pass still NOR
quickly that here, so that those VINO IRE
at the rapidly OF our calendar woulC
, there be dscoGsolate.
utr>,r rr ,>-r,r 1,v,Er,upc rt,1>1,
'-A->"i NV iN ~
Mercury is sun a morning star ana WI.
remain IN thdt category uhth the lf'h
Nhth IL Will De III superior cohluhc'l"l
Win the SUM- ana we shall nave
as an evening" staT nhtil after the middI
OF AUGUST me ihnahlantS or Mercury SCI
Us sn,n,"e ~ ',eI, HNs az 'i'lun!tn. AZ
nus and the Garth arc tho Two mos, bril
liant objects in +. cir starry nights Tn
earth and moon form to them a doubl