Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

under certain conditions. Mere objects
of no greater brillianoe quite a.oof from
such bright orb as one of thu great
planets, they would be easily d iscerred
without OPTICAL a. In the ordinary
language OF the astronomer, enc OF
Jupiter q satellites would be recKoned
as brightaH a star of the fourth magni.
Jude IL IL in place hera TO ment On
that on the 9th nj ptembeg, 1882, Mr..
Ba' nard the director OF the Lick Ub-
servatory, discovered fifth fatellite of
Jupiter, of which we shall have some
thing to say n sutdfe article
At about 0 n.oSk in the January
evenings the Two fine considerations,
Amiga ard Taurus, will be the priGci
pa ones on the merid an OF our lati
tude Looking up, it is iInpossib not
to perceive at once The sp end d white
star Cnpela 10 The conStellat on Of
Amiga or the Gharioteer. 1t is "a light
a. Vega, and thse two stars are the
hrightes5 in our latitude aftor Arcturus
and Sirius Although no exact measure
ment has yet bean made OF ! applla or
Of any 9th r fixed star, it is safo to say
that Ia bu k it eNcneds our own sun
many times Since it pertaia to the
few fixed stu -, the annual rara'ay has
been inoRsurGd, within certain limits of
IRE ision ard it is lossib to form a
rough esE ma Of its distance from US
/ This distance is M less than 2S light
ears The brightest stars in Amiga
form pentagon, the ext emit es of one
side Of whirh are masRsfl by apei'a ar
Alpha A igR and Menka inCn o" Beta
bright star on he second IN Gnitude
1t is not ditfcu 10 dist:ngu SD at once
| the nstoilRtinn taurus or tho Bull,
tor tne cor guration q Is constituent
stars is sufficiently plain, and. hesidos.
| il containa . flrss magnitude s,ar,
! Aldebaran o. Ali ha Tauri, and two Of
! the most remarkable stnr clusters in
| tie heavens the L eiades ard the
Hyades Or the V shaped Ilyads, A de-
ba an sonnet mes en- led the Bulls Eye,
forms onn Of the stu As to the
L o AIDES an ordinary eye can east y dis
Germ six stars-one little lie ner, four
or i've more. A mere opera g ass
inerea as the number to almost a
hundred, and with large ins rulnente
more than 400 are cata'oguei 10 TIE
group Aluyonee ia the largest ia the
group, and TO 1t the celebrated astrono
A mer Nader assigned the honor Of the
Central Sun arourd which be
I luuUguL, bubupu BlFuutbuS y, our 81 al
! sy1tem revo we'd lE is not the Plelades
towards which our gun il sailing. hui
the constellation l-yra T. he tips of the
horns Of Taurus are marked by Beta
laGri, or FL Nath, second magnitude
tar and Zeta Due snuth of the Bul
is the cons citation Eridanus, or the
River po, which extends, or rather
meanders, over so vast space in this
heavens as to have induced astronomers
for the sake Of SIMPLICITY, to divide il
into the uuthern Rud southern Streams
the latter being by far the greater ant
brighter, 6ut net sisible in our latitude
4 he latter contains Alrha Eridani o.
Ackernar. first magnitude star of thu
brightness OF Aldetaran, while Beta, o.
Cursa, a bird magnitude star, is in tn,
northern stream The star Lyra, Aquil,
with lrair, Delphinus and the Northern
Cross a'e low down in the west, som,
almost on tho point of setting, while il
the east the Twins and the two Dog
are rising up, aud magnificent Oriol
rapidly approaching the meridian. TIL
heavens are Displaying their wondrou
betuty, filling the gaaees Houl witt
that SOLEMN awe which nothing else cal
produce in an equal degree.