Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-18
MAY BE CARRIED ON MOST EN-
JOYABLY NOW.
VENUS JUST VISIBLE
Peeps up ShyIy Above Western ~
lion for a Short Time-Jupiter
Near the Earth and In Fine Posi-
ton to be Observed--The Various
Consultations.

Is in the western sky, but so near the
sun that only feeble point of light
gives promise of the beauty that shall
be seen when autumn comes.
Turn to the east There near the
horizon glows single star, strong
and steady in its light, though as yet
not companion shows in the sky
This is Jupiter. giant of the planetary
system, fourteen hundred times as
great In volume as the earth, three
hundred times its weight, greater, In
deed, than twice the mass Of all the
other planets put together. Jupiter is
now at about her nearest approach to
the earth, but the abyss that stretches
between is still of o width OF more
than four hundred million miles. The
light which this planet receives from
the sun is only one-twenty-fifth that
received upon the earth, yet his vast
disk, more than eighty thousand miles
across, reflects enough light to make
Il, after Venus, the bright est object in
our sky.
AS the shadows of evening deepen
another star shines forth near Jupiter,
only few moon-breaths away. This
is Saturn, the ringed planet, and great
est Of all after Jupiter. After you
have found Jupiter, and you cannot
fail, the Identification of Saturn is
absolutely certain. A number of rather
bright stars, about the third magni-
thde will be seen in the immediate
vicinity of these planets, after they
are we'll up in the sky. These all be-
long to the constellation Sagittarius,
the Archer or Bowman, and beginners
in the study of the sky will do well to
learn to recognize the group when 1t
shall appear a year hense, it's present
planetary tenants having moved on.
The figure called the milk dipper is
easily found and remembered. 1t
gets its name from its dipperlike
shape, and its approxirnity to the
milky way. 1t is a very short-handIed
dipper, and, viewed from this northern
latitude, seems constantly in danger
of spilling all the milk.
Now It has become dark and you
may bring out your opera glass and
look at the many clusters with which
this region is rich. When you have
had your fill of these beauties, look at
Jupiter with the glass and see IL very
near him you cannot detect one or two
minute points of light. These are
the moons of Jupiter. and II you look
three clear evenings in succession
you can hardly fail to discover one of
them. These satellites are really
quite bright little stars, being not far
from the fifth magnitude, and only the
overpowering brilliance of the primary
prevents their being readily visible to
the naked eye. 1t Is known that Jupi-
ter has not so far progressed in the
matter of cooling down as to permit
the existence of life on his surface,
but IL has been suggested that these
moons, which approach Mars in size,
may be well suited for habitation. The
satellite Ganymede, named for the
cupbearer of Jove, is the brightest and
oftenest seen.
Looking to the west of Saglttarius
We see the Scorpion stretching along
the southern sky. In this constellation
glows red Antares, a star which we'll
repays looking at. 1t can be at once
distinguished by its color and superior
brightness. Look upward along the
milky way, turning your face to the
north. At the point where the two
branches of the milky way are Joined
again together we see the figure of the
northern cross. On either side of the
milky way in this vicinity, we see a
bright, first magnitude star. To the
east is Affair, one of a row of three
stars and very easily recognized To
the west is Vega. in the constellation
of the Tyre. A little further along
the galaxy Casseopeia, a figure some,
what like an irregular w, after being
several months obscure by being toe
near the horizon, now begins to be a
notable object.
Still may We not forget the ever
faithful big dipper of the northern
sky, the pointers of whose bow
show the northern star. and the handle
of w ich prolonged points out the yer,
bright star Arcturus. Near Arcturui
is the semi-circlet of stars known a.
the northern crown. This is one o
the most beautiful of celestial objects
and II 1t is not known should be sougn
for and found.
Between the Tyre and the northern
crown is the great constellation. Her
cules, not easy TO describe. but cas-,
to locate in the manner given. II con
tains q large number of stars and /,
we'll overhead shortly after 9 O'Clock
1t Is of especial interest in one way
because within its boundaries is tn,
point toward which our entire sola
system--sun, planets, earth and all. in
Guiding our important selves--is rush
Ing at a speed at least $4,000 times a
fast as the swiftest railway train o
earth. In the west the Lion is jus
going down. The three stars whic
form triangle and mark the wester
- ~ 4tn Nvr,rp have inst now nea