The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-02
The STARS TN NOVEMBER.
Interesting Astronomical Features
Of the Current Month.
The Four Brightest Of the Planets in
the STme ConstsIIatiOn-an Annu-
lar Eclipse Of the Suu-The Posi-
bIE5t, OF "a NctrOriC shower.

/ During the month of November the
moon Will pass through her phases as fol
( lows Last quarter ON the 81, new uu the
! nth. first quarter ON the 18th. and fun ON
/ On, 18th ON the nth she Will be- ia apo
/ gee. and on the 18th in periEee. At the
/ beginning Of the month the sun is nearly
/ "a degrees Is minutes south of the equator
! and ON the last 4 degrees - minutes
( that is. within ] degree - minutes from
! its southern limit
I The planet Mercury will be IN Libra
; during the entire month. Before the last
I glimmering IF the evening twilight has
( vanished from the sky an object VIII toe
seen down in the southwest, which will
| at once be recognized as the planet We
( nus by the hrilliancy OF its appearance
I At first this beautiful planet viii hover
/ for q short time on the boundary line that
/ separates the constellation Scorpio and
| Sagittarius. and she will unger in the lat
ter constellation for the remainder Of the
: month.
Il is an interesting coincidence that the
| four brightest of the whole family Of
] planets viii he I'm the same constellation.
Sagittarius. during the month Of Novem-
her. Venus will set about 7.l5. Mars one
/ hour and Jupiter TO more than five min
| utes before Venus. and Saturn about
/ quarter of an hour before Jupiter. The
/ four planets will lie almost in a line with
i'm an are of not more than y degrees. If
at the time of the first appearance or the
stars in the evening Mars. Jupiter ana
Saturn were not so close to the horizon,
their propinquity would present a splen-
did appearance. that at once would en-
/ gage attention of even those who are
not wont to contemplate the beauty OF
the starry regions.
As to the planets. il is worthy OF hoie
that they gave rise to the week Of seven
days. a division Of time confined to all
those peoples who have recogniz-
ed the seven planets Mercury.
Venus, Mars. Jupiter. Saturn, the
Sun. and the Moon. Accord
ing 10 the Ptolemaic system. the earth
was the central body. and the sun occu-
pied only the subordinate position Of a
planet Sunday was the day OF the sun.
l Monday that Of the Moon. Tuesday Of
/ Mrs Wednesday Of Mercury. Thursday
Of Jupiter FRIDAY Of Venus. and Satur-
day of Saturn. The Incas Of Peru never
detected more than one planet. Venus.
and their week had nine days, which is
about cne-third of the period of the
moons revolution about the earth, while
the Aztecs Of Mexico who also knew but
one planet. Venus. had week u thir-
teen days. for reasons not explained
ON the 10th OF November an aunular
eclipse Of the sun viii occur. which, how
I ever. viii not be visible IN this latitude
The aunulus will start al the centre OF
the Mediterranean Sea move in a south
eaSterIy direction through Arabia and the
Indian Ocean. out through CeylOn the
Malay Peninsula and Siam. and terminate
at the eastern coast OF Luzou in the Phil
ippnc Islands.
IN November year ago il was men
toned that on the 18th Of that month
the mctcoric showers Of the Lconides
might be expected. AS matter OF fact. a
! great shower OF this meJeOric swarm
took place in 1888. and again In ls65, and
{ ! consequently iJ was reasonable 20 sup
: pose that another would occur in 1873
= | Though the number Of shooting stars was
greater II that time Of the month that
year. II did not come I'd 10 expectations
nor were the predictions Of an eXtraordi-
nary shower fulfilled IN 1880 There IS. Of
course, possibility that the expected
swarm met with some impeachment that
. prevented or delayed its appearance
and for this reason the expected shower
may make its appearance on the 18th Of
Z / November this year
Z The principal consultations that about
Z / . o'clock In the November evenings will
Z eliminate IN this latitude are AndrOneda
: ! Pisces. and the two circumpoIar cousteI-
5 | lations CassIopeia and Cepheus. Androm-
5 | eda begins with the northeastern corner
) Of the Great Square Of Pegasus and ex-
tends in nOrtheasterly direction. The
star in the north. astern corner is Alpha
or AIpneratz. though il is sometimes let
, / tered Delta Pegasi. The Great Square
| | with it's Audromeda handle. has a certain
| reI 7mblance TO the Great Dipper in Drsa
/ MAJOR. only ou larger scale This han.
die. beginning with AIpheratz contains
D / Reta. or MeraCh- and Gamma, or Al
:, | udSCh- Extending the nearly straight
! line Of these three stars the line will pass
/ through [iphI Pcrsei. but If is Is bent at
| Gamma In "A manner similar to the han
/ die Of the Great Dipper the star Beta
/ Persei. or AlgOl Will loo noticed.
Algol, Almasch, Merach and the Grea
- | Square present "A picture not unlike tn
! Great DiDDeT. a line drawn northwest
:. ] erly from Beta. nearly at right angles q
n the line connecting Beta aud Gamma. vii
Z pass through Mu NJ diStduc. Of > de
q I gresS. and produced another degree
. I VIII strike the great u"bulJ' which 4
{. I visible TO the upaSEistcd sy. like a littI
. ( cloud Of light and Of all uebulae tn
! Z brightest. Due south OF AuirpmeGa g
: the constellation Pisces. OF the Fishes
! { which the sun enters i'm spring, and which
+ corresponds 20 The sign Of Aries and con
: . ScQueUtlg the first Of the constellation
: I Of the Zodiac This constellation is who'll
= devoid Of conspicuous stars and is u0ta bi
= / only for containing at pre- sent the Nerua
: I Equinox. which is situated near N
: southern boundary Of the constellation
: I'm a peculiarly staTless region. Tn
= l northern Fish is connected with the south
= Cru Fish by q long ribbon" at thu mid
/ die Of which is Alpha PiSciUm. OF FL Rie
4 cha the southern Fish may hD recognize
= by n pentagou of five small stars LYNN
= below tho back Of Pegasus.
. On the other side Of the Pole star from
Z IrSa Major is the remarkable cirrumpola
nstellati0u CassioDcJ, so easily recOg
uizabIc by five stars that resemble tn
I I letter ". Beta. or Caph. marks the no
. per extremity Of the last stroke Of a.
IN letter. and Alpha. or Scheiir. the lower
," A line drawn from SChedir through Cap
p, and extended % degrees will pass nea
IN Alpha Cephii. Alpha and the other star
/ Of the constellation Cephcus form some
: what distorted Is. by which 10 can b
easily recognized. While CieuuS an
, Aquila are half way between the merida
y and the western horizon. and Vega quit
close To IT, PerseUs and Aries are uea
the meridian. The eautiful star Cap-l
- Ia. Aldcbaran and the Pieiadeg and al
- magnificent Orion are rapidly approach
4 ing the meridian. heralding the coming q
i the winter season
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