El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-01
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1 ems AlzoI, this star, whose position
/ is clearly indicated on the chart. va
ries, in a period OF less than three
days 10 such a degree that IL is al
certain periods several times brighter
than at others. The changes take
I place in regular order. giving TO the
I star the look, as has been some what
fancifully said OF "a slowly winkins
eye" The word "AlgoI' in Arabic
means The Demon and Il is Al least
I a curious coincidence that so strange
an object should be attached 20 the
7 constellation o. Ferseus, when we re-
call the story OF that constellation. as
just given.
Jobs Cofnne in View.
DelphfnuS. sometimes called Jobs
CofLne,' is pretty little group of
stars just north OF Aquilla- which VIII
be found very lureres-l1E when
viewed through an opera glass To
those who cannot afford or who do
not have access o. a large telescope.
rre heavens VIII take on new charm
when examined with an opera glass.
Try l- on me moon some evening and
You ~ --- be sEr-ean-y surprised. or on
the Fl-tades. that Wnud-ous cluster OF
stars sle fact is -n-- low uowe-
te.s=a--C- with = two 20 five inch
object E-1Ss-W.l- afford more actual
pleasure and interest 20 the layman
than the higher power telescopes
-T-aaa7H laa ~ e-Alr AaAA4 r IAN. r
known as the Northern Cross; Hercu-
les Corona Foote's and AquiIla. Of
the consultations, are most clearly in
view in the evening this month VEGA.
the second brightest star in the north
eru sky. gives 100 times more light
zenith this month Deneb, the star a.
the upper end OF CyEuUs, IS very
beautiful white star. and lis so dis
tant that IL takes SIS years for its
light TO reach US.
Autumn Commences.
At ; o. M sunday September IS.
the sun crosses the equator on its
journey south and autumn with its
charming days viii be inauEu-ated.
on this date the sun rises due east
and sets due west, and day and night
are OF equal length-12 hours, over
the whole earth.
The sun crosses the equator in the
constellation Libra. astrouomically
speaking. but actually so degrees
back in Virgo. This backward move
ment OF the equlnoXes is called pre-
cession." and is caused by the une-
qual attraction Of the sun and moon
upon the earth at the equator.
amounting 20 so seconds a year. some
1000 years ago, when We may say ce-
lestial map making began. the sun
crossed the equator at the spring
equinox at the first point in Aries
nAl.A 4AA -4AE 4lA.Aa the All pom
Libra Astronomers still speak OF
these consultations as the points OF
the suns crossing and allow in their
calculations for the difference in time.
The Planets for September.
Mercury viii be an evening star the
first OF September, setting about half
sd hour after the sun. To those hay
iuE a low. clear horizon IL may be
visible II passes TO the morning sky
Ia nH the nTT~hz vrnnwa
be visible just before sunrise
Venus VIII be finely in view
throughout September in the western
evening sky, setting about two hours
after the sun IT passes from Virgo
into LIBRA during the month
Mars is the morning star this
month, rising about . a. m. To viii
he found south OF PolluE in Gemini on
the first and two degrees east OF Sat
urn in Cancer, the 30th.
Jupiter IS IN the evening sky I'm
Tarsus, rising at II p m. on rhe lst|
and ~ -. ~ on the 50th. and Is fins
ly placed for observation.
Saturn is now well in view in the
morning skv in Cancer. rising at & a.
m. on the LIST and at a m. on the
30th.
Uranus VIII be found in the eastern
end OF Capricornus during September.
II viii be on the meridian-due south
about II % n. on September LIST and
1T o. m on the 30th.
Neptune is a little west OF Saturn
IN the morning sky during September.
Comets Old and New.
A new comet, 1917. was discoov.
cred by Schaumasse at Nice, April 25.
According TO the elements computed
at the Students observatory, Berkeley. I
Cal, il passed perihelion and also its
nearest distance from the earth dur
ing the middle OF May II is no longer
visible in smaller telescopes
Comet q 1917 lMeIlish ) discovered
March 90 became visible to the naked
eve during the first days IN April, but
was soon lost between us and the sun
as u passed perilhellOn april ID.
On June I II was only one-tenth as
bright IS when discovered.
Wolf comet % 1870, passed perihe-
lion June IS and viii reach its maxi I
mum brightness about the first OF
August. Seagraye computes its near
est distance from the earth Of O1456
of an astronomical unit, on August q. Z
He also points out that it will ap-
preach within 1850 miles Of the
AsterOld NestO on November 4. Its
position on August 1 will be about %
hours % minutes right ascension and
declination north % degrees 10 min
utes. But It is not expected to quite
reach naked eye brightness.
To Set Clocks Forward
Beginning January /, 1918. and per-
haps sooner, all American clocks may
be set forward one hour in order to
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