Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-12

ON New Years day the sun rose about
7.i5 and set about ago o'clock making
the length of the day a little more than
nine hours. says the Sew York Times.
The days are now adding to their length
some four or five minutes. which win be
increased some dfty minutes before the
month closes. The suns declIuauon rs
sim far down in the southern section OF
Tho heayeus but his speed Is an accpleI-
ated one. being more than three tunes
as rapId when February opens as u
now is.
new year Is that OF The fun, when oc-
ours on the ith. The last quarttrlhg
comes ON the l2th. and the hIst new
moon FOR the year we shall find ON the
2Oth. on the 9th we have this moon M
its first uuartpring From TINS we seq
that last years moon has to- do MS uhlli
The month D. well alOng on MS secoh1
half.
The phenomena IN which the moon
and planets play part begin on the sra
with a meeting between Mercury ana
Luna, and close on the 1lth. win an
other similar meeting the tWo heavenly
bodies being almost as near one another
ON the second occasion as they are at
their closest for the month on the sth,
the meeting being "a very distant one.
ON the nth Uranus is In conjunction
with our satellite, followed the succeed
ing DAY By Jupiter and a few hours lat
er by Venus Saturn's opportunity for
meeting the moon comes quite late on
the 18th. while Mercury has a somewhat
distant Interview on the 2)th.
No celestial picture that contained the
glorious constellation Of Orion could be
lacking in beauty and from twilight
until dawn we can watch him sweeping
maiestically across the heavenly vault
I'm pursuit Of the Bull % which ne is
destined never To get nearer. His belt
OF stars. FURNISHED by the frosty glitter
twinkle most brilliantly. his sword Is
fairly studded with diamonds, while the
brilliant stars that mark the dimensions
OF his body are IN themselves quite "or-
thy OF attention,
BEYOND Orion Is the Charloteer and
Tho starry Gemini; a line from the
North Star between the latter inds
procyon, while further south shines sir
ius. the gem Of an the stars, the most
glorious twlnkler OF the heavens, Look
ing south we find the mighty river Erid-
anus occupying nearly the whole space
between the equator and the southern
horizon. This classification Is one OF
the most ancient Of the star groups
while the plelades that is on the oppo-
site side OF the heavens Is about the
most interesting. The bright and rudy
star AldebaTan Is In the eye OF Taurus
the Bull This group is called tht
Hyades, from Greek word signifylnl
rain, the influence Of these stars beint
considered showery Besides the Gem.
mi In the Fast. we have the Crab an1
the Lion. The Dipper Is also prominent
with the end star IN the handle so Close
10 the horizon that Il Is difficult % nnt
Il. In the West We find the inconsplcu
Gus zodiacal constellation Of the Pts
ces below which is visible a part OF
Auuarius. and above Il the Ram.
Andromeda and Pegasus are how
ever. the leading consultations IN ih'
West. while more to the northWard II
Casslopela. In which. with the aid Of
telescope. hundreds and thousands o
stars can be seen.
Neptune begins the planetary con
functions. In which the moon also hg
ures. by being quite close TO the latte
on the Srd on the S0th there Is a verl
similar meeting between these tW'
heavenly bodies Neptune Is at presen
10 be found In the constellation OF TN
Twins. Just now the planet comes 4
our meridian shortly after IL o'clock
Morg and our satellite are in conjunc
ton on the 9th. but the distance De