El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-28
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EvENING 81 We ZOE NOvEMBER.


wonderful variable Mira This differs
entirely from Algol in It's variability.
its period Of change occupying about
eleven months. When brightest IL is
sometimes brilliant. exceeding the sec
Ond magnitude. while. when faintest.
il is far beyond the range OF the naked
eye. sinking 70 the ninth magnitude
Irregularities in its period render pre-
dictions OF its maXlma somewhat IN
certain The middle OF the eastern sky
is rendered glorious by the advance OF
Taurus and Auriga- closely followed
by Orion and Gemini The Pleiades IN
Taurus are well UP in the sky at the
hours represented by the chart The
two first magnitude stars. Aldebaran in
Taurus. the N-shaped cluster called the
Hyades. and Capella. further north, IN
Auriga, form q good counterpart in
the eastern heavens to Vega in Lvra
and Altar in Aquila. which. at the
same hour. are seen declining in the
west Far down in the southwest gilt
tiers the lone brilliant Fomalhaut in
the Southern Fish. The Great Dipper
is under the pole, skimrning the hori-
zon in the north
The Month OF sIeteOrs.
November has long been famous Tor
its meteOrs The celebrated LeOnid
meteOrs. thus called because they "a
date from the constellation Leo. made
their most recorded brilliant display on
the night Of Nov. 13. 1888. In 1856 and
1857 they We're again abundant about
November i. but when looked for in
November, 1898. their next calculated
period Of maximum. they We're con-
spicuous by absence Calculations
showed that the great meteOric swarm
had been drawn wide from its orbit
BY the attraction OF the planets Jupiter
and Saturn. and they VIII never Re
seen again in similar numbers, re
sembling a mountain Of fire" But
every year from the 14th 70 the 18th
Of November more or less OF these me
teors are 10 be seen. Their radiant
point in Leo does not rise until about
midnight. so that they can best be seen
in the early morning hours Those
visible IN the evening viii be seen
rising from the eastern horizon
Identify Him by His Color.
Recent studies have shown that me-
teors OF different swarms are char
acteriZed by peculiarities OF movement
and sometimes Of color. The Leonlds
are remarkable for their swiftness
The small ones resemble streaks drawn
a--ic-y1v across the BACKGROUND Of the
sky The moon, which is at Last quar-
an November It. VIII not much in
terfere by its light with the visibility
of these meteOrs- Those who watch
them should note carefully their paths,
and count the humble seen In given
time From the 18th TO the zSrd OF
November the AndrOmeda meteors are
seen. thus named because they radiate
from the constellation Andromeda-
Some Of these have been supposed TO
be fragments OF the lost comet OF
Biela- They made brilliant displays in
1872. 1855. and 1898. These meteors
are characterized by their relatively
slow motion. and by the fiery trains
that they leave behind them The
moon will be entirely out Of the way
on November o3. so that. rs far as its
light is concerned. the opportunity will
be good for seeing the AndrOmeda me-
teors They can be observed early in
the evening since Andromeda rises be-
fore sunset
The Planets for November.
Mercury will be in the eastern morn
Ing sky the first OF the month It is
gradually approaching the sun and on
November % will pass superior con-
junction with the sun.
Venus viii continue finely in view
in the eastern morning sky through
out the month. It viii be al the west
ern end of Virgo the first OF the month
and on the goth will be near Spica in
that constellation It rises at 4 a m
on the LIST and at a m on the 30th-
At this time about three-fourths OF its
entire disk is visible.
Mars Is too low in the western even
ing sky to be favOrably observed II
is in ScOrpio near Antares on the 1st
and near Sagittarius on the 30th-
Jupiter is finely placed for observa-
ton throughout the month I'm the even
ing sky directly below Aries It's mo-
ton is retrOgade this month. being at
opposition. and IL moves about two de
grees westward during the month It
will be due sOuth-On the meriden-
a bout 1890 o. m. It rises IN the east
east shortly after sunset and its great
hrilliancy makes ii conspicuous OBJ
ject
Saturn rises about II p. m. on the 1st
and at 9 D. m. on the 5Nth- It IS IN
the constellation Cancer a little south
and east OF a line drawn through Pol
lux and Castor Its rings are still well
placed for telescope observation
Uranus is still in the constellation
Capricornus and well placed for OBJ
servatiOn.
Neptune is in the constellation Can
Ger and is a telescope object only.
Planetary COnfiguratfO1-
Nov .. 11-14 An. Uranus and moon
in conjunction.
Uranus south
degrees So min
Nov. s, 200 AN Uranus at Quadra-
ture with sun.
Nov. S. 1871 AN. Jupiter and moon
in conjunction
Jupiter south
degrees SIS min
Nov. Il. 200 AN Venus in perihelion
nearest point TO
sun
Nov. u. 800 AN Saturn stationary.
Nov. 10. 1922 PM Saturn and moon
in conjunction.
saturn north Sc
min.
Nov. 10. 1893 PM Neptune and moon
in conjunction.
Neptune north de-
gree
,-ov- 1e. s:OoPM Mercury in de-
scending node.