El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06
APPARENT PATH OF sun FOR FEBRUARY. A

Of Orion with its twin companion Pol
lux.
To the northwest of Orion is Aide
baran, a star Of striking ruddy color.
It is the most CONSPICUOUS star in the
group known as the Hyades- Its light
is % times that Of our sun.
Beautiful Star.
The beautiful first magnitude star
RegulUs, now rising in the east is esti-
mated to have a light giving power
1000 times greater than our sun.
Due north Of Orion is Capellas one OF
the brightest stars in the sky with a
light giving. power Of $50 times that OF
An imaginary line drawn parallel
with the three stars in the belt OF Or
ion, and to the east, brings US to the
most brilliant Of the fixed stars-Sir-
ius. This is the nearest known star 10
the earth, and its tight giving power is
80 times greater than our sun IN
1862 Sirius was found to have dark
companion body Of about half its mass,
which revOlved about II in q period OF
50 years: their distance apart is p
times that Of the earth from the sun
It's magnitude is about nine, but II is
visible only in the largest telescopes
because Of its nearness to its primary.
The Planets.
With each passing night Venus be
comes more and more brilliant in the
western evening sky, and will reach It's
greatest eIOngatiOn east OF the sun on
the 18th.
Saturn is still finely in view over
head in the early evening and remains
in view nearly all night.
Neptune is a telescope object only,
but is well placed for observation in
Gemini. Its position is shown on the
maps
Planetary COnfiguratiOn.
February 10, 5-O5 a MENUS and
moon in conjunction Venus north 81
February 10, 1000 p. m--Mercury
greatest heliocentric latitude south
February u, ZOO a. MENUS great
est elongation east 46 degrees. 43 min
February y. 400 D m--Mercury in
superior conjunction with sun
February il, S:25 a m--Saturn and
moon in conjunction. Saturn south
degrees. 20 min
February 16, 1900 a m-Saturn at
Quadrature with sun
February Is, 5:O3 a m--Neptuue
and moon in conjunction. Neptune
south 5 degrees, 50 min.
February 25, 1000 p. m--Mars and
Uranus in conjunction Mars &c min
south
Moon Phases.
February 6, February ;, 1921 p. M,
new moon
February "A. 1:4s p. m, first quarter.
February 20, SOB p. m, full moon
February p, 4-25 p. m, last quarter.
The Planets For February.
February J., but a few days later viii
nave passed to the eastward Of the
( sun and at the last Of the month will
nave become an evening star but TOO
near the sun to be well SEEN The
illaiked eccentricity Of this planet IN
{ rs Inclination to the ecliptic IS shown
~ us position on the lower section
I map on February Is, when it is over
| degrees south The greatest incllna-
( uon OF Mercury TO the eCliptic IS de-
SreeSs Venus 1-2- Mars .. Jupiter
l-5' Saturn 10; Uranus %, and
Neptune 1 81 The moons inclination
I IS degrees. Venus viii reach its
: greatest elongatiOn east of the sun on
February y, and viii throughout the
month be magnificent object in the
I western evening sky.
Mars VIII be morning star during
! February, rising about two hours be-
fore the sun, and will be wen placed
for observation
Jupiter is also in the morning sky
this month and can be advantageo
seen