El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-28

! debsran. as well as with that OF It's bril-
OF the three stars OF ths Belt-Betsigeu1e.
Bete.geuse Is led. but Of dlefereat tone
from the red o. Aide1arau- These stars
are all Ike great living Jewels and thc
charm becomes. Rgel Is Interesting as
one CT two stars tine ether being Campus
in the SO 1theru hemisphere. and not glEi-
bic from the ucrthen middle i1urrdeSls
which. according to the estimates OF pro
fessor New comb. probably exceed cur sun
in brllllancy rot less than $4,000 tirues-
Il Is their unmeasurabl distance which
makes them appear 20 our eyes as neru
Elittering points In space
The Brightest star.
Next- turning the eye eastward ard .
est star in the heavens. sirius. the Dug
star IN the constellation CAMS Miner.
This star Is % great historic interest. a.
Z has been Observed and admired IN AL
ages ana was connected VITA tbs an
Client worship in scme % the Egyptian
. temples Although Sirius Is spparentiy
I the brightest star IN the whole ky q
I Is in realty much less frllliart sun
/ than RiEei- being very much nearer 70
- Its distance does not exceed 50 O. 50
billions Of miles j. has a smaller star
revolving around L IN period q about
! 80 years but this ccuranlou star can
only be seen with telescopes o. ccnsid-
I cradle power.
the great HeIaEon- Now. lifting the
Z eyes toward the northeast We see ProcyUn.
the brightest star IN CAMS Minor. sand
ing a The eastern angle, and above that
again appear the twin stars. Castor and
PolluE- in Gemlni. which marx the north
I eastern angle Between Castor and Pol
lux and Orion sloUs jupiter, supreme IN
! his splendo- and adding By his presencs
70 the beauty OF the starry Hex1Eon. in
the midst OF which he appears
Not So Brilliant.
The southern portion OF The SKY = not
T. especially Brilliant this : lrI-
dauus and Cerus are hrcsd scattered con-
stellarions utth 10 very brilliant stars
The star Mi-a IN Cetus IS very fsucua-
however Tor the wonderful changes in
brightness which 10 undersogs In regu-
lar period Of about nine months
II the northern hair q the SKY Cassie
peia VIII b found with its peculiar "
shaped outline. buried in the 1fnky Way.
above ard 70 the west o. the Pole star.
While. as 7 PLAYING A. balance board With
u. lrsa Major the Great Bears appears
on the other side. below and % the east
Of the Pole star Ursa Major Is ulriiE-
taxable on account u the very Derfsct fig-
ure OF q huge long handed dippef. formed
BY its seven principal stars
At the beginning o. January the earta
Is In 1erlheiion. OF at It's point o. zear-
est approach 20 the Sun We are now
5.0oe.e00 miles nearer the Sun than We
were in July and yet u Is winter for
Us. simply because the northern hsr1is-
its rays fan siopinsiy upon Us here. and
are corsesuently spread over 50 much
greater AREA that their heating power
Is less In the southern kenisphers the
case is exactly reversed. fer there tbs
sun s rays fali more perpendicuiariy. and
proportionately greater number OF them
are spread over gtsen ara q The
earth's surface Perpetual night nov
rsisns a. the North Pole and perpssual
Day at the south Pole
The Planets Tor January.
Mercury viii be a morning star during
January. rising about an hour before the
sun on the lst- Il Is approaching the sun
and is 50 far south that Il VIII not Be
Venus is nov steadily drawing away
from the sun in the western evening sky.
and BY the last OF the month VIII SET
about an hour later. and VIII thea Be
Mars sets about two hours aste- ne
sun on the 1st and about an hour 1rd a
haf later On the 1lst- Uranus. Venus
the last day o. the month. and IN the
order namet-Uranus east. Venus 1exr
and Mars vest
Jupiter comes into view on the north
eastern horizon shortly after sunset 5
on Tire meridian about midnight. and
sets about sunrise -ha fIrst week In Jan
uary, and viii consequently be In view all
night throughout the month It's Inotion
i retrusrade during January rnov-nE
about degrees westward
saturn rises about D. m On the Ist.
S p on the 15tE. p m On the Slst
and VIII Be IN view al night Z e west
OF the handle % the sickle In Leo,
lus- Its molten - also rctroErade this
month. moving about degree westward
Uranus Is al the easterly end o. Cap
ricornus and sets shortly AFTER the sun
Neptune IS in Cancer. II = tsis-
fIaaetaly oonfiSurstion-
Jan l. II p m--Jupiter ~ sTpoIi.ioe
Jan :. 1884 p. Menus and moon IN
eoniasiction- Venus south degrees, Is
minutes
Jan 3 a n.-Esrth IN psriAslloa-
nearest % SUE
Jan. 4. 1873 p. Mars and zooa IN
conjunction Mars souih degrees. s.
Jan, 5. 1881 p. z,--Uraaus azs moon
IN conjunction uraaus south s desresr.
minutes
jan s. II a m-venus IN apheroa.
Jan 2. p m.-Hcrcury greatest eiou-
cation west g degrees. II minutes.
jan "A. $50 p m.-iupiter and noes
IN conjunction Jupiter north degrees.
Jan II. SOS ,. u.-Neptuns ard moon
IA conjunction Neptune ncrth degrees.
Jsi- IS. s:s7 ?. =l-sasu=- and ,usea
in conjunction saturn neFth s degrees.
90 minutes
Jan. IL. ? m--Nsreury IN descend
Jan. .. 8 a. MARS ard Uranus IN
conjunction Mars south - minutes
jar. IS, p. 1--Neptune Al opposi-
Jan % l a m.-venus greatest hello
centric latitude south
jan -. D. m.-Mercury IN apheiion.
jan 80. 1895 A. m--Afsrcury and nocn
in conjunction Mercury south degrees
IS minutes
Jan So p MENUS and Uranus n
conjunction Venus south Sc minutes.
January Noon Phases.
Jan 2, 1=2f a. INV r1cor-
Jan 9. 1-5S a. m-Flrst quarter.
Jan Is. 1-ff a. u--Fuu moon.
Jan. .. e-ee p. m--L.ast quarter.
Jan. 81. Tse7 ,. New moon
The moon viii be az pcrigee on January
II, and az zpcEes Jannz-y IL