Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-31
STARS OF THE AUTUMN SKIES.
Three Planets to Be Seen-How to
Find Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.

Find Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.
opportunities for the star-gazer. As
soon as the sun has set there glows in
the southwest the brightest and most
beautiful of planets, Venus. Second
only to her, Jupiter shines farther east
and higher up, while still farther to the
left ana yet nearer tho zenith is Saturn.
Now the three are some distance apart,
but each night they draw close together.
until Venus passes Jupiter on the evening
of the 18th of November and Saturn on
the following. night. on the 9th of
November Jupiter and Saturn are in con-
junction. Thus from now until the close
OF next month these three form II con-
spicious group in the evening SKY. 1t Is
impossible to mistake them. They are
ranged in order of brilliancy fron wcst
to east; first Venus, then Jupiter, IN N
Saturn. They differ from the stars about
them, not only in being brighter. but in
being steadier in light, the twinkling of
the stars being noticcably absent in the
planets. 1t may be noticed also thai a
straight line through Saturn and Jupiter
prolonged reaches Venus
A SCENE or BEAUTY.
Whcn the crescent moon adds hcr
beauty to that of the trio the scene is
one rarely equalled III our northern
heavens. This happens on the II and
l1th OF next month, the moon being IN
conjunction with Venus on the first ana
with Jupiter and Saturn on the second
date. Look for the planets i'll the fading
twilight of these October days, and then
watch them from night to night as they
progress, Jupiter and Saturn toward the
sun and Venus in the opposite direction.
By the new year the two Will have beel
lcst IN the sun 5 rays, nut venus Will
urul early ir. 1872 The latter is farthest
n m the sun ON the ith Of Decemp"r'
ANA then begins to retrace her steps
but III SO doing comes nearer 10 the
eafth ana rapidly increases III brishthcss
linen If one Knows just where to iook'
shc may be seen at noontimc, or II III the
country, lar away from the smoke ana
electric lights OF the city, may be found
10 cast dlStlnct shadow on cIear even
inss'
MARS AND .NTARES
An amor, o,,s. .,,ou,. to tbo vost of
Venus just now two bright rci stat-ikc
objects. one lower than the planet and
one higher The latter Is not star at
all, hut the planet Mars. Inc lormer Is
Antarcs III S,orpo. Antares Is hedre'
to Venus than is Mars. Both ar OF
about the same briliancy, and both Will
nave been lost i'll the rays OF the sun
within Il teW weeks.
But the eiories of the autumn skies are
by no means confined TO the planets NJ
p. m. during the last week Oh OctoDor
ana the iIrst OF November, Vega IN
Stocl-Dluc brilliant OF the constellation
j-yra. is over in the northwest 1t may
be recognized by the two small stars
"hlch make with 1t triangle. Inc
mole hOrtherly OF the two is double with
an opera glass ana quadtupie with tel
cstope. Low down IN the south is
tomalhaut, like Vega classed as hrst
magnitude star, but not nearly as briLn-
as its northern rival. Over II The cast
the Pleiddes are we'll up in the Sky, fo.-
lowed close down to the horizon by the
red AldeDaran in Taurus. That very
bright star in the extreme northwest is
capella. The Great Bear Is lev in the
north. NO one should have trouble in
hnding any of these stars or cons ella
tons even without much previous knowl-
edge of the heavens.
r.tII, NEW crApr,- prpcrr-c
The new star in Perseus hrst seen last
glass. Popular interest however. is con
Alcu TO thr explanations adNHhcei oy the
astronomers u account IoF Srch suu-
uci anu e"oIinous l'lC' 4l oiI"iaiey
as 'h'' Manifested DE tnIs sun WHeh IL
tupeu from lilNisioi'I,E INTO uIlze oi
.EhO colnP'rapIe win the hrSt mag NJ
'uue 9t"i9' III '"'9 PdTtCuIar IL iiuSt oe
""','''cu Hou "'u'n ProilcSs mas pt,'i
n'"ue' l. Sc'ih9 "'IloS' Cerl"lh 'i'II IL 'n-
ihS Silptt ol c"tas'roPhe occurred sure
~ II theie were planets reNo!Nlhs 'lo"hu
that stdI 'heN were burned up
SOM observers nave reported that the
ne" S'al - nov Surouiluen WIN Acp-
uIous aurcoIe, tNe appearance pelhs sad
10 reSefnpIe Ine uhprd ana penumbra OF
Suhspot' Iherc seems however, % he
some uo'pt "he'her thlS erect may not
~ uue 10 i u'I'vt III the hstfun eiltS
used mere Is aIso evidence or lalnt
pUt eNtehued henuIa surrounding the
star II Is interesting 20 note IN thls con-
htcNoh that tle new star ot 1879 app
pearcu Almost III the center OF the Great