New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

Vega, little north of westward. is the coasteI;-
ton of Hercules. which has no stars Of nor
than the third magnitude, but is famous for in
Guiding the most remarkable cluster in tn
northern heavens. 1t has been estimated thai
this globuiar clump contains nearly or quite fvc
thousand suns. each perhaps as large rs ou-
own On photograph taken at the Yer--5
Observatory last year it was possible to count
upward of three thousand. \ powerful! tele-
scope is needed to resolve this cluster into its
component bodies, but with a small glass
it is easily picked out and its differeHc, from
neighhoring objects readily detected.
The Big Dipper is now TO be seen betv- On tn
Pole Star and the northern horizon. and is pretty
nearly right side up. Thirty degrees south Of
the zenith. at about O'Clock, one SEES A!taic,
or Alpha Aquilse. almost as bright and tedUt-
full Vega Affair lies a little further east
than Vega. Mucn further down in tn south
east-prettty close 10 the horizon in facts
Fomahaut, which rises at about 5 ocIocE and
thereafter for hours is the most conspicuous
star in that region.
About an hour after the Tyre is in the zenith
it is succeeded by the swan. which mas many
features repaying careful scrutiny. 1t is il
the latter constellation, by the way that one
finds the star which is the nearest Of all 10 Us
in the northern heavens. 81 Cyghi" Down Le-
tween the Swan and Fumalhaut stretches the
great Square OF Pegasus. Of the most easily
recognizable Iandmarks-if one may u-e tn
term-of the heavens. The northeas t-rrmosr
star Of this figure really belongs to And ONEIDA.
which carries the gaze northeastward /, Per
seus. The Andromeda nebula. hardly to te seen
with an opera glass, is one of the most sus,ges-
tive things now visible. Although So large
as the Orion nebua, il is nevertheless. supposed
to have expanse hundreds of times greater
than the orbit of Neptune; and in the concen-
trio circles of that colossal whirl astronomers
find striking corroboratiOn OF the nebular by
pcthesis Of Kant and Laprace.
Perseus, long famous on account of the snort
period variable star in it (AleoD. derived fresh
Importance last spring when entirely new
star famed out there. The Nova has now prac-
ticaIly disappeared, it expected 10 DO.
Algol is probably the easiest variable in tn.
whole heavens for al amateur To observe. Ordi-
narily between tn second and third magnitude.
it fades in brightness every three days - about
the fourth magnitude, and then RECEIVERS its
brilHanCy. The dmnution and restoration to-
gether occur within interval Of aboIt five
hours. \ minimum should lee disccrniule to-
night at about 1910 O'Clock The next two q
conve nient hours for observation are promised
for October = and g. few minutes after midi
night. and October :, at ?.12 p. III. In som,
respects Mira or Omicrou Ceti is a more r..
markahle star. 1t represents a different typ
OF variable. Its period is about eleven months.
Most Of this time it remains invisible I hc riss
To maximum requires nifty days. and thr fail
thcrefrum consumes fifty days more. Tn
latest maximum was due in July. when Mir.
was not visible in the evening. 1t now rises in
the southeast. about hour after Fomalhaut.
but has subsidized in brightness rs T. posses
Htt" interest for the amateur
Late in the evening CapelIa. particularly
brilliant star. comes up in the far northeast
just To the eastward Of the Dpper In October
this lovely object. together with Aldebaran the
Plciades and orion, will be we'll situated for OBJ
scIVatioE.