The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01

slightly below the bright star Regulus In the Lion, pass around the other half of the heavens and finally again enter l the evening sky and be found at the point on November 21 at p. m. IT will again be found in Taurus on De- eember 1. but careful observation will snow that it's conrse among the stars Is much more southerly one than that which it Allowed Il month earlier.
 When the moon is below the equator tas at N1 it sets very far toward the south; when above the equator (as at M. il sets far in the north and remains above tEe ground much longer than 1s hours. 1t is in the same way and for the same cause that the points Of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets are contln- ually altering. The sun is farthest below the equator and We have the shortest day on December 22 il Is highest in the heavens on June % The moon in simi- lar manner passes from It's lowest to it's highest position among he stars in less than two weeks. and this Is therefore the interval between the shortest and the longest moon day
 THE PLANETS IN NOVEMBER.
 Mercury at the beginning of the month is lost in the suns rays; on November il passes across the suns disc. thus en- tering the morning sky. where it reaches it's greatest western elongation on No- Vembcr 2S. For few days before and after this last date it will rise nearly two hours before sunrise and may be de tected low in the dawn in the southeast.
 Venus is also rapidly approaching the sun and will withdraw from the evening heavens on November 27 During the first part of the month it may be seen very low in the southwest after sunset and if the observer will persevere in the rather difficult task of following it with a small telescope he will be well rewarded for his trouble. He will see the brilliant crescent increasing rapidly in size. hut also growing ever narrower. IL is at this time. loo. that the crescent can be clearly seen to exceed a half circle in length, H fact which clearly proves that Venus is surrounded by a heavy atmosphere. Mars sets in the southwest less than one hour after sunset on November i. and this time decreases to only 2o minutes by November 20 The planet will not enter the morning sky, however until Dccem- Der 24
 Jupiter and saturn are both in excel lent position for observation. the former in the southwestern and the latter in the northeastern sky. Throughout the month Saturn will remain near the bright star at r. Figure i, and it will be easily pos sible, by carefully comparing therelative position of these two objects from time to time. to detect the motion among the stars of this very slowly moving world. Uranus is in Capricornus, a little to the right of Jupiter. and Nepture Is in Gemini beyond the borders of our even ing map.
 The interesting bright comet which has been easily visible 10 the eye in the north will. during November, follow the path A E. Figure ?. During this time it's dis tance from the earth will increase from 16i to 1S5 millions of miles, and it will consequently lose one-thrd of it's bright ness It will however, remain bright and interesting object in small tele- scope
 There are no less than three other comets now in the sky. but these are far fainter and can only be viewed in a large telescope.
 THE TRANSIT OF MERCURY. This most interesting phenomenon will occur on the morning of November [