The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-09

greatest apparent distance from the
! sun and begins slowly to draw near
i the sun, at the came time diminishing
! in brightness. 1t will be conspicuous
| in the early morning for several
months
Mars is the brilliant red star near
the Pleiades and Hyades, and is seen
in the east each evening after the
twilight fades. 1t is nearest the
earth on the 18th and in opposition
Ito the sun on the oath With only
one-half as bright as in 1907. because
of its greater distance from the
earth, it is still brighter than any 9TH
er star in the evening sky, much
/ brighter than the star Aldebaran,
which it resembles in color, near
which it is now moving It's motion
from night to night among the stars
will be rapid this month. as it moves
westward between the V-shared group
Sof stars known as the Hyades and the
little bunch of stars known as the
Pleiades.
NooSui u 10 enG PiohSl, Quitc bouldIy
(; as far as neighboring stars is con-
cerned. % degrees farther west than
Mars, in the constellation Aries. On
the 10th it is in opposition to the
sun. 1t is moving slowly west
ward among the faint stars in that
part of the sky.
Jupiter cannot be seen this month;
lit is lost in the suns rays. 1t passes
behind the sun on the 18th. On the
30th it rises before the sun, at 6 a.
m.
Mercury in the west after sunset,
near the sun, and getting farther
away from its beams On the goth
it sets forty minutes after the sun,
but will be more readily found a
week later in December.
| The planet Uranus is In the con-
stellation Sagittarius. low in the
southwest after sunset, and therefore
not well placed for observation. Nep-
tune is in the opposite constellation
Gemini, and rises in the northeast in
the course of the evening. 1t is not
far from Castor and Pollux, in right
ascension seven hours forty-six min
utes, declination N. 20 degrees Al
minutes. Il rises On the first at $3.50
p. M. On the Seth at 7:3o p. m.
interesting Sky Events IN November.
Moonlight came this month in the
first ten evenings and again in the
! last week. The moon is full on the
9Th, when it is near Saturn. 1t pass
es near Mars on the Sth, is at last
quarter in the 18th, is near Venus
on the 10th. is new on the goth and
at first quarter on the 28th
Among the special characteristics
of November, repeated each year, is
the rising of those special winter
!; groups of stars in the evening which
are of exceptional brilliancy. Taurus,
Gemini, Auriga, Perseus, Orion, CAMS
Major, CAMS Minor, contain seven of
the twenty brightest stars in the
whole sky, with many Others only a
i little inferior in brill;ancy. This year
Mars and Saturn are bright additions
to a region already brightly illumina-
j ted
Another characteristic of November
| is the frequency Of shooting stars,
They may be seen any evening and
are more numerous in the early morn
! ings about the 14th and 18th when the
earth crosses the belt in which the
meteors known as Leoniis are NOV
ing.
/ A third characteristic of November.
unerringly pointing to the approaching
winter is the shortening of the days.
I especially noticeable in the afternoons.
At the end Of the month the days
are within seventeen minutes of their
shortest length, the afternoons are
within two minutes of their shortest,
and the sun is narly % degrees south
of the equator The corresponding
weather conditions of the winter fol-
low tardily.