The daily Republican., 1902-11-08

Andromedes, which fall about the
eth Of November. These are as.
sociated Biela's comet, which has
been lost for many years. They
have their radiant in the constella-
tion Andromeda, which at that tune
is almost directly overhead during
the evening hours. The Andre.
medes are bright, of a reddish or
orange tint. and have short, but
luminous trails. The other showers
are I: Nov IA to IS, in UrSa Major;
November l9 to %, in Taurus. and
November 30, in Canes Venatici.
near the star called Cor Carroll.
The above mentioned star can easily
be found when above the horizon,
as it is most of the time, by the fact
that it is the one conspicuous star
opposite the hollow iu the bend OF
the handle of the Big Dlpper. 1t was
named Cor Carroll. "Charlcs Heart" "
ia honor Of King Charles l, by an
astronomer of The Restoration days.
AS stated, it is in the constella-
ton of tie Hunting Dogs, and ad-
mirers of Oliver Cromwell, may get
what consolation they can from the
fact that in pictorial charts of thesky
Charles Hart is placed in the
breast of a hound. During N0vem-
bcr it is not well observed until after
midnight.
Jupiter is monarch of the even
ing skies and will maintain his regal
state, throughout the month. One
or two of the five moons Of the great
planet may be detected by means of
good opera glass. Jupiter is due
south at 6 O'Clock, setting little
earlier each evening duri ng the
month. He is by far the brightest
object on the southern sky, and
needs no other identiticati IN. Sat
urn is an hour nearer the western
horizon and may be recognized as
the second brightest star in that
part of the sky.
Venus is in conjunction with the
sun on November 2S and passes from
the morning to the evening sky.
During this month and next she
will be too near the sun to be seen
to advantage, but after that we
shall have this most beautiful planet
with us for long time. Mars is in
the morning sky somewhat in adj
vance Of the bright.
The Big Dipper is now at it's low
est in the northern sky, rising to
the east of the celestial pole as the
honrs of the evening go by, the two
pointers always indicating the
North Star. Winding all about the
Little Dipper, in the end of whose
handle is fixed the North Star, are
the folds of the Dragon, celebrated
in the story of Cadmus. Declining
toward the west is the beautiful
Lyre, on which Orpheus played his
melting strains. 1t is marked by
the brilliant white star Vega, west
of the Milky Way, but near it.
Cassiopoeia, shown by the irreg-
ular W-shaped figure of six
bright stars, lin the Milky Way,
on the opposite side of the North
Star from the Big Dipper and at
about the same distance Perseus
can be discovered by following the
Milky Way down toward tho horizon
until we come to a bending row of
three bright stars Andromeda
streaches away thence, long row
of bright stars ending in the Great
Square of Pegasus.
Still farther toward the northeast
glows the brilliant star Cap ella, in
the constellation Aurgia. This con-
stellation can be further identified
by its brighter stars, forming a
large five sided figure. One of these
stars belongs to the constellation
Taurus hard by, Taurus has two of
the most celebrated groups in the
sky--the Pleiales and Hyades. The
former group sometimes called the
Seven Sisters, is known to almost
everyone but the latter, scarcely loss
beautiful, is not generally recogniz,
ed. It's stars form a Vsh aped fig.
ure at one end Of which is the red,
first magnitude star Aldebaran.
The bright star seen low in the
southern sky is Fomalhaut, in the
Southern Fish.