The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07

and Alpha of the third. its most charac- teristic feature Is a trapezoid formed by the stars Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Iota. us proximity to the brilliant constella- ton Scorpio renders it more prominent than 1t might otherwise be considered. south of Libra, and likewise on the me- rlo1an Is the constellation Lupus, or the Wolf, of the famous forty-eight of Pto- lemy and containing q considerable num- Der of third and fourth magnitude stars. though being too low for satisfactory study in our northern latitude.
 Ursa Minor, of which the Pole Star forms the most important and brightest member, is. also on the meridian This group, popularly known as the Little Bear. IS made up of seven or eight stars. oniy three of which are particularly wor- thy or our attention. Polaris, in the tip or the tail is chief of the crowd. The other two of the trio are known as the
 Guards, or Guardians of the Pole. While Leo Is rapidly descending toward the Western horizon. the beautiful con stellation Scorpio. with Antares as it's banner star, in the southeast and Her cules in the northeast are closely ap- preaching the meridian. Canis Minor. Perseus. Auriga. and the Gemini have either set or are on the point of setting as the man said who came down suddenly on a picket fence. Cygnus and Aquila are just disappearing over the western rim of the horizon.
 Ophluchus Is we'll up. and Lyra. with US gem vega. may be found climbing up Tn the northeastern section. Vega has been called Capellas understudy and would be ready to step into the place of Capella should that grand old twinkler De at any time snufred out, The vault of Heaven Is assuming that aspect which two pairs of eyes. that often see IS one. are apt to observe during the beautiful summer evenings.
 One of the chief things that distin- guishes June Is the arrival O. the sun at his furthest point north for the year. and the beginning of astronomical sum mer on that same date. The summer soistice. as it is called. occurs this year on the 22d. at which tune the sun will be rubbing the tropic of cancer in g de. grees H minutes north declination. The days will then be at their longest, or 15 hours l. minutes In length, which IS their length for a week.
 It will be on the 26th that the suns movement to the southward will first be felt. and when the month closes two min utes Of precious daylight will have been claimed from us. On the Ist of the month the sun rises at 4:l0 and sets at 7:I3 and on Nle last day 1t rises at the same hour, 4.lO, but sets at f;25, thereby giving us even longer day at the end of the month by twelve minutes over what t was at the beginning.
 The June moon does not come to us until the 18th. the other phases of the moon for the month belonging to the May moon. On the 9d there will be first quartering. and on the Sth we shall have full moon, at which time the moon will be well south of declination. The phase of last quarter will occur on the 18th. so that when the new moon comes 1t win be to find Old Sol once more on his long route to antarctic regions. The round of meetings between the moon and the plan cts begins on the 3d, when the half-fulI disk of our satellite gets even with Mars. This event is followed on the 10th by a somewhat distant meeting with Uranus.
 On the 14th Saturn has rather an un- successful meeting, which it bettered more or less on the 17th, when Jupiter's turn comes. Mercury. on the 2Sd. has an exceedingly close rub with cynthia's wan