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

tween the two IS fly too great FOR prop
cr scenic effect. About p o'clock ln the
evening the planet RISES when Wc SHAH
find him in the constellation OF the Lion.
Mars VIII rank among The morning
stars until Washington birthday. Wh m
he win Doe in opposition with The sun.
rising about ass "a latter leis. ana
thereafter throughout the roM1indPr n
the year bc classed among the evening
stars Just nj present aN Four OF The
PRINCIPAL planets-N Venus. Jupiter. Mars
and SaWrn-are morning stars
Uranus on the 18th. is In quite close
proximity with the moons i1dlrg cres-
cent. and As numbered among the morn
lng stars. on he 3rl there VIII be a
fairly close meeting between Venus ana
Uranus. which astronomers having
strong aids 90 vision may De- able 20
take Interest in. This planet ls moving
slowly along 90 The point ~ qu2draluie
with the sun, where 10 VIII arrive carly
I'm March. ON lbs way toward opposition
M the ordinary observer DranU. does
not present any very remarkable ape
pearance and would Boz passed over
merely as "a small star Notwithstanding
the fact Of IT'S being 90 deal larger than
mother earth. u required Herschel
determined 90 see everything ln the best
manner. 10 grasp the discovery mat
what everybody took to be star was
really n planet
Mercury. having swung 20 the FAR
western end Of The arc. is now morn
ing star moving In toward the sun
with which II Is I'm conjunction on the
2lst. After this date the planet VIII be
come an evening star, In which galaxy
Il viii continue 90 be classel unUl early
I'm March. Mercury Is frequently called
the elusive planet
Saturn ls a morning star until July
5 when he becomes am evening star ioi
the remaining months of the year. on
the 9TH he and Mercury are IN ciose
relationship being less than Two de-
grees apart, on the 18Th there ~ con-
Junction between the planet ana the
| moon. on the oath Saturn Is almost
blanketed by Venus, there being merely
| "a third Of a degree separating the two
Early rlsers who take an interest In the
astronomical phenomena viii find some
two hours or less before dawn very
pretty picture I'm the eastern sky, The
| two planets will approach and seeming
IN touch one another and then they
l viii separate as Venus draws In 90
| ward the sun and Saturn process on
! his way In the opposite direction
| Jupiter rises somewhere about .
! o'clock in the morning peeping above
| the eastern rim Of the horizon on the
/ 10Th al 5.l9 a. m on the 18th an eN-
! trpmcly interesting interview Is hell
! between the planet and Venus, when
! we should not fail 10 see. but which un-
fortunately takes place when we are
supposed TO be sleeping soundly. on the
! 18th Jupiter Is In conjunction win inc
fading moon. that only AZ That time
has four days ~ pass through before
being forced To- give place 10 the new
moon Jupiter IL slowly increasing H.
! size. and will continue so 20 do until
the latter part OF June hnds MN nan
as large again as he rs az present
Venus opens the year by RISING early
| and maintaining her supremacy az
! queen OF the twinklers. Her rival Jupi-
ter. rs very good second, and VIII CON
| tinue 90 improve, whereas venus y
| growing gradually smaller and beauu-
| fully legs which deterioration VIII con
| tinue until early in May from whicl
/ time She VIII Increase In dimension ano
ulster. The fair Venus plays quite an
/ important role this month, as she IL N
conjunction with Uranus, Jupiter tho
moon and saturn She passes the
planets as they move out from the sun
her movements being In toward thai
body. The moon. however. overtake'
her on the 18th. but passes at rathel
too great distance TO create much o.
"A sensation. At the end ~ April Venus
rs In conjunction with the sun, and 50
we shah see but little OF her from earl!
April TO late IN May.