The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-14
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The starry heavens OF February are
the finest of the year. Orion, the
hunter, now stands erect In the south
ern sky at the greatest | altitude he
ever attainB IN this latitude. He is
closely followed by his faithful dog,
CAMS Major, with its blazing sun Sir
ius Nearly overhead we find Auriga,
with its fine star, Capella. Taurus,
containing the seven sisters, the Plei-
ades, and Saturn, and Gemini, contain
ing Castor and Pollux, and Mars to
the west OF them, ore now In their best
positions. The great square of Pc
gasus is low in the west and the sickle
OF Leo and the great dipper ascend in
glory in the east,
Seven OF the ten brightest stars
ever visible In this latitude now adorn
the evening sky. In. order they are
Sirius, Capeila. Rigel, Procyon, Betel-
geuxI 81 aAldebaran and ,Pollut. The
planets Mars and Saturn increa6e this
array and Vega and Archtrus are Just
below the horizon The milky way
stretches : from the southeast overa,
head to the northwest. .'All Of these
Mercury, the smallest planet, ~ cafi-
not Elsually!;bs seen because It is 80
ulose to the sun that 1t is lost In the
suns rays. Once In each four months
it reaches its greatest distance from
the sun aud can be seen in the early
evening. For q few evenings near.
February 1s Mercury can be seen very
near the western horizon soon after
sunset. At other more favorable
times 1t can be seen considerably far
Ither from the sun.
Venub passes the sun on February
IL and is too close ITO the sun to he
seen this month. It will emerge
from the. suns rays toward the close
lof March aGd be seen thereafter.
Mari Is in the constellation Gemini
and ts readily found by its reddish hue
and its ghtnesss 10 The planet has
been moYiug westward 9Fnqng the
stars win nipye west tlaFa until ~
February when IT. tIirpsS and viii
move eastHAra !. the fieeet1afth IN Nhiehi
the nptsrj L, pl5net saiu qSyaIyi i:;s Gml9ye ~
teES,1si ogs Sns Ese aEg 81 d n9S ap.S
alss iaeee rSta s4,e0V, ,OoS 81
ok 80 6GTSs, ca ii t6 be come faint
fsliJHpHef slSg TOO ,CtOSes 10 ing sur 10 tD0
L | ssssseR. Saf1rh Ii ID 4 auras and well
stsssss..ate Tor vet Ion 8. 8. = = The he rings
are nov widely opened and 4 In good
| post ltion for 0bserVa atio1A Gdfc, Mars
the planet moves westward until Feb
fuary III, and Then elistysar Until Oct
ober. Uranus and Neptune cannot be
tseen with the naked eye Uranus Is
close to the sun and Neptune is in
Gemini. L.
Ar annnlsE e6llnse oe the eaa ccenss
on February "a, hut it is not visible
here.
pelavan's s comet moves .ss!!cgesiSs ss!cgeS a.E- a..E-
| ing tine month from q position near
ldelta Ceti 90 one near gamma Cett It
remains OF nearly uniform bTii55htn5ss.
It can be seen only with telescopes.
| It will be close to the sun during the
summer, but Sas 1t is approaching the
tsun, promises TO be q much brighter
object in the fall. H 4
The magnificent star sirins. the. ane
I5tar, is the brightest star, in. the heay:-
! ens,ajf It. gives out thirty times rs
t1uell u light ss our sun. and Is thgee
isimes % massive, We see it as II was
nine years ago, for II has taken lts
Plight that time to reach us. However,
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Iehres stars which are. nearer. or theHe
two are too faint 70 be seen with kise
| naked eye, and the third 81 not yIsi6le
in this latitude, when leaves Sirius
ithe nearest star that we see. Viewed,
IIfOiEt E1IrIII5 utrTUU1I
/ about as hs1eht sss the North - sssss t.ssssss
to us. Sirius Is q double star It's
leompanion is 10 third as massive go
/ Sirius, yet Sirius gives ont II. 600 times
/ as much light, which shows that this
cenapanion must be q dhzk star. Per.
haps there are many in the sky which
we 40 not know ab0at. This dark
stsr can only be seen IN large tele-
1 scopes. Althodgh Sirius seems SO
| bright, it would require 10, ,O0G. 900 .06I
such stars to give Us as much light Is
/ our sun 6oes - ~ <
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