The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-16
Planets Will Be in Conjunction
and Will Present Beautiful
Spectacle in Heavens.
MOON WILL BE REFEREE
Phenomena Visible to Naked Eve.
but Telescope Will Be Use
full Instrument.

Tonight, Salt Lake folks Will have
something else to look at. Last night
they looked at the Elks' parade and
were satisfied. Brilliant as that ex-
traordinarily brilliant event mas, how
ever; tonight's Offering will be no less
brilliant
Tonight Is the time set by astronomers
with the moon as referee. Saturn will
be more than three quarters OF a bill
lion miles away from Mars. but that
pie on this old earth will think they are
as close as two lovers on the front
porch,
The phenomenon will be the cuI-
the two planets Both Mars and Saturn
have been trying to get together for
about week. During the last two. or
to Salt Lake people that they were going
TO make n go of IT, and tonjghts func-
tion will be the climax of the maneuver-
ing.
a beautiful thing about the phe-
nomenon that will hold forth tonight is
the fact that one doesn't have to have
a telescope to see IT. 1t will be perfectly
sD Il that me the ese is ye with
tears or other beclouding influences. A
telescope Will be powerful! help, nat
ing essential only that the glass be
taken outside before II is upended for
observation purposes
VIII Be In Conjunction.
Mars and Saturn will be in conjuuc-
tion tonight Apparently they will pass
very close together and Will appear as
say the distance between the two Will
be only tweUty-one minutes Of arc. or
about two-thirds Of the apparent width
OF the moon. Mars will pass north of
Saturn. To the east of the planets. but
quite near. the moon will be OH the
Job to see that the crossing is made ac-
cording to planetary, ethics, Mars trav-
along rather wcarily. like an alligator
on land, Both planets move eastward
among the other stars.
Roth Mars and Saturn will be cx-
tremely bright and Will be the most
gorgeous things In the heavens with the
exception of the moon. AS early as $50
be right ,frisky but the best time TO
observe the phenomenon with an un-
prejudiced eye viii be about 1 o'clock,
when all of the other stars will be above
the horizon.
,Astrologcrs say that tonight should be
highly propitiouf for lads and lassics who
believe in spending good deal of time
holding hands. For a long time now
love making has been conducted with
only the aid Of the moon This has
served the purpose well enough but the
poor old moon shows the effects of over
work. and Saturn and Mars have come
to tho rescue, The crop of moonflowers.
thriving right nicely under the influence
of the moon alone, should, under the
combined potency OF the moon, Saturn
and Mars. bring forth such yield as
never was.
Should Watch Saturn.
Those gallant swans and their fair
ladies whose affairs have progressed suf-
| flcicDtly TO demand consideration OF the
architecture OF the cIrclct which shall
adorn the ladys finger arc urged To
have good long look AT Saturn
through n telescope. for in Salurn's sur
lroundings Will be found any number OF
rings OF the most exquisite quality and
of any desired hue.
| In torlghts demonstration, Saturn
Will appear smaller than Mars. but this
Will lie only an Illusion. for Saturn IS
many many times bigger, This Is clearly
shown In n table carefully prepared by
Prof. r.. f. Barnard OF the Yerkes OBJ
servatory. Professor Barnard, after hav-
| Ing visited Mars and Saturn and trav-
c.ed extensively about their surfaces on
sightseeing cars offers tho following:
Miles.
Diameter of Mars ......,.,. 1890
Diameter OF the globe OF Saturn 100
| Diameter of the ring of Saturn 1T3 900
Distance OF Mars. rs............. So, rs 900
Distance Of Saturn ...-...... .S41 020 900
/ Dif1erence ....s.s,........ IH5, 902. 600
After tonigbt's performance Mars and
Saturn VIII part company. The reces-
sion Will be quite as interesting to star
isazcrs-as the approach. so that for many