El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

between the component stars. But they
are much nearer together than those
in AlbIreo. Gamma, the smallest of the
three stars in Aries, shown in our chart,
is a beautiful double, interesting as
being the first double star ever dis
covered. Its duplicity was discovered
accidentally by Robert Hooke in 1864
while he was following a comet with
his telescope. Now thousands of double
stars are known. The "double-double"
star Epsilon in Lyra, the northernmost
of the two little stars making a tri-
angle with Vega, is always an inter-
esting object to view with a telescope
capable of magnifying $50 diameters.
The star Gamma in Delphinus, Jobs
Coffin, which will be seen below Cyg-
nus and, east Of Aquila, is also a beauti-
full double Gamma is the easternmost
of the four stars of Delphinus shown
on the chart
There are many meteor showers Vis-
ible in October. Mr.. DeDning has iden-
titled no less than nine One of them
occurring on the nights of the 18th to
the goth inclusive. is usually quite
bright, the meteors moving swiftly and
leaving streaks behind them. They
radiate from point in the feet OF
Gemini, the twins, and the radiant focus
Is well up in the east before midnight
When several meteors are seen in sue
cession an effort should be made to
trace their path backward to a point
Of intersection In this way the
shower to which they belong may be
determined The study Of meteor5 is
one Of the branches Of observationaI
astronomy which requires the use OF
true eyes.
The Planets for October.
Mercury will be in the western even
ing SKY this month but it is so far
south Of the equator that il will not
be visible until the last of the month.
On the Slst it will be in Scorpio. set
ting about an hour after the sun and
Tor few days before and after this
cate may be seen il you have a low
Venus is still finely in view in the
morning sky rising about 4 a. m. on
the lst and a m. on the 3Ist.
mars Is now coming into, the evening
SKY rising about II p. m. on the first
and an hour earlier on the 31st Mars
VIII be in conjunction with the moon
at I:59 D m on the 2Ist. Mars being
8 degrees. So minutes south of the
moon.
Jupiter will be at the ouadrature
win the sun at 8 p. m. on Oct. 2. and
VIII be found due south Immediately
a. a. tL sunset 1t viii set about IL p. m.
on the 1irst and at D. m on the 3ist
Saturn will rise at 8: 40 n. m in Tan
rus on the first and at 1850 D. m. on
the SIst, and will be in view All night
- Is splendldly situated for observa-
ton AID its rings are opened so as TO
pc most adyanTaseOusIy seen at this
Uranus is still Interestingly in view
in Capricornus. III VIC"
Neptune rises at midnight on the
III 81 ana ~ p m. on the 31st.
Planetary COnfiguration.
Oct 2 500 a. m. Mercury in descend
Oct: ?, 500 a. m. Mars and sun at
Oct St ?; ZOO p m. Jupiter and sun at
Oct g. 1913 a. m. Jupiter and moon
III III conjunction. Jupiter north four de-
oct 8, S:29 a m. Uranus and moon
IN conjunction. Uranus north three de-
- Oct y. 1900 a m. Mercury in aphe-
oct - 600 p. m. Uranus stationary.
helion. p III peri
Oct. 10, 2:1O p. m. Saturn and moon
grees Sc min.
Oct p, 5:59 p. m. Mars and moon In
90 INJUNCTION. Mars south three degrees
Oct. p. 1000 p. m. Neptune and sun
at ouadrature
Oct. p. 1916 p. m. Neptune and