El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-02
SOUTH

. littIe. green companion Of AnJares. but
when il is we'll seen there is hardly a
| more charming object TO be found in
/ the starry heavens sometimes when
AULares is Occulted by the moon the
: beautiful spectacle of the green star
| emerging alone from behind the moon
I q few seconds ahead of the red one
Z may be Witnessed These occasions,
I however, are very rare.
The Milky Way.
The Milky Way passes between ScOr-
Pic and Saglttarlus, which lies tarIner
I east, and in the absence OF the moon
/ resembles a row of faint silvery clouds
dipping beneath the southern horizon
I Up In the direction Of Aqulla the MILKY
/ Way attains its maximum briliancy in
a group of yeritable star clouds, the
same of which Barnard has made Won
derful photographs.
There are a number Of meteor show
ers in July, but none of them of much
bTilliaucy.
Among recent discoveries Of general
interest is another faint satellite OF
Jupiter, the eighth known. 1t is very
small and is situated at the astOnish-
ing distance Of about 22,OOO,OOO miles
from Jupiter. Jupiters nearest satel-
lite is only 112,500 miles away. More
over the new satellite revOlYes IN
retrOgrade direction, and the sugges-
ton has been made that it may be the
long lost comet OF LeXeu which was
close approach to Jupiter.
The earth is in apheliOn, or at its
point of greatestsdisUance from the sun
on July g. II VIII then be about
100000 miles farther from the sun
than IL was at the beginning Of Janu-
airy. But in January the northern hem
lsDhere leans away from the sun, and
the latter appears low in the south, so
that in spite Of its relative nearness at
that time It's rays are less effective
in heating our part of the earth, and
so We have winter, In July our hem
isphere leans toward the sun, and this
very much more than counter balances
the effect Of the increased distance.
The total amount of heat received by
the whole earth from the sun at the
beginning Of January is about Z per-
cent greater than at the beginning Of
July, but the extra heat is mainly ex-
pended on the vast oceanic surfaces Of
the southern hemisphere.
The New Comet.
The new comet announced last
month "l9l3 a. (Schaumasse) discOV-
cred at Nice on the morning of May
Z, a short distance east of Delphinus,
has thus Iar proved rather dlsappOlnt-
ing Prof j.. E Barnard states that
on Nay II the comet was observed by
him at the Nerkes observatory and that
il was between the 10th and 11th mag
nitude, very diffused and large, and had
an Ll-defined nucleus OF 18th maSnl-
tuOe, which was not central in the
ncDulOslty. No tail was visible.
In the first announcement Its course
was given as moving in a northeaster-
ly direction. this was an error as IL Is
now found to be moving in 2 north
westerly direction. 1t viii not be VlsI-
bic In telescope of probably less than
three or four inch aperture
During May il passed northwest
through DelphinUs, then southwest of
AlbierO in CySnus, thence TO a point
about five degrees south of Vega, then
made a rapid curve 10 the west June I
to the 30th through the northern part
of the consultations Hercules and
Bootes- on July to the 50th II VIII De
in or near the constellation Coma Ber-
nlces. The following is its ephemeriS
for the dates given July ?, Right As
cension ID hrs, p s. Defamation north
hrs, 80 m. 81 s. DeclinatiOn north 20
dog is min. % sec Computed by Miss
Myrtle l. Richmond from the elements
by Wilson and Gingrich.
Astronomical Notes.
Through the efforts of Miss Mary
Proctor, daughter Of the famous Eng
lish astronomer, Richard Proctor,
Thomas CaWthorn, of Nelson, New Zea-
land. has donated $4,000 for the estab-
fishing OF an observatory in New Yea
land which viii be largely devoted to
solar observations and will cooperate
in that branch Of astronomical work
with other ObservatOries throughout
the world. Miss Proctor went to Aus
tralia on a lecture tour over year
ago
Pho EmanuelI. Of Rome, Italy, has
determined from astronomical cOndi-
tons that the date Of the CruciflNlon
of Of Christ occurred on April z, 1880
years ago. and that Christ was then "a
years Of age.
Recent experiments with the 1OO-inch
reflector for the Mt Wilson obserYa-
tory, which has been in process Of /
grinding and polishing at that institu-
ton for some time past, lead them to I
believe that it can be used. At one
time IL was believed that there We're
defects in the glass that destroyed any |
possibility of using it,.
The Planets for July.
On July the earth will be in aphel- /
iCu-the greatest distance from the
Mercury will be at it's greatest /
elOnEatiOu east OF the sun on July Z,
and should be finely in view in the
western evening sky for several days
before and after this date, setting
about an hour and a half after the sun.
Venus viii be at its greatest elonga- |
ton west of the sun-4o deg, A min,
on July 3, and viii then be beautifully /
in view in the eastern morning sky, /
rising about three hours before the |
sun
Mars will he found a little west Of |
the PIeiades in the morning sky on
July I, and near Venus on that date. 1t |
viii move eastward only 8 degrees dur
ing July. 1t is now approaching the |
earth and consequently growing /
brighter
Jupiter comes into view in the east !
as the sun disappears in the west early !
in July and although far south of the
equator viii be finely placed for OBJ
scrVatiOn. 1t viii be in opposition on /
July e. At opposition the sun, the earth 1
and planet are in the same straight /
line and in the order named
Saturn is in the morning sky and far ]
enough from the sun to be observed. !
On the DIST Saturn and Venus viii be l
in conjunction That IS one viii be di-
reCtly over the other and in line with /
the North Star, having the same longi- |
tude.
the sun this month