Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-04
TIE FEBRUARY SKIES

The sun will continue it's northward journey this mohtn, passing from Cap TicoFitt;S f-4fo AqGariue and inti;ug the month about degrees south of the eduatot- As .s result tha day will gain l hour, 5 minutes iii length il our lat itudt
 The moon will be in .ho first Quarter on the 7t2l st 1.S2 D. IT,, fuli on the 14th at e.53 D, 1n. and the last quarter on the 22rd ai s.4s D. fn. There is nc no
 new moon ttIis month something i'm possible in any rnenth s;tve F'ehruary. The moon will ftln hisil on 9tn and low on the 24th, crossing the equator or the 3rd and 18th. It NiH be in per igee d,n the 5th and in aboeee on the 20th. Tn ifs iouthay around the zodi5c 1t will pass the planets in tile follow ing order Trantis and Venus on the Snd. Jupiter nn the 11th, Neptune on the 18th and Saturn on lie fifth. Mercury is too naaf the aun to ha visihia tfsis month. It begins tine month ii Caprieornus and moves eastward and northWard into Aquarit1s. On the 23fd it will Je In superior conjunction with the sur and hence change to the
 evening sky.
 Venus is HOW conspicuous. low in Inc southwest at sunset north of the sunset point. On tte 1st il sets at GEO p m. otl the 2stli al 7.3o r. 5nnear1y two hours after surset. During the month the planet will travel eastward and 1iorthward from Aquarius into pf- eos. On the 18th af a. ln Venus and Mars will ba only s degrees apart. Tn l fact, these planets will be quite close 1 together throughout tl1a month but | Mars will bs faint and ineonspicuous
 in comparison with it's nelabhor. Jupiter is now In fna position for evening observation, setting at 5.10 Q n. on the Isl and 3.15 q. IT, on the SStE. On theft 1tth at 2t4 a. m. the
 rooon will ..'ss degrees % ,ninutes 1 south of the planet. JuDiter is ir
 Gefattli south and west cf Castor and polluX.
 Saturn is moving westward an6 potthward in Leo It rises at 6 D. in
 6n the 1st and is In oppcsition witf tho sun on the l4th, at which time ii will rise about sunset. On he 14th al 1 1902 p. m. tic moon will pass de- grees 45 minutes south or Saturn. l Uranus is in aquarius. too near the sun to he visible this riuntil It vii Ne in eonfunction with hs syn on in: 17th and hence change to the mornin: sky.
 Neptune is in Cancer, about niidwa,
 between Jupiter and Saturn, and henc'
 well placed for observation. It ma,
 be seen through g telescopa directed
 to right ascension &h. t1n and dec
 linatton 19 degrees B minutes.
 The brilliant constellatioEe of winte are now at their best. At 2 D. m 0:
 the 1st Or s D. m. On the 18th, tn i, bright star Capella in Aufi,a will b found nearly overhead. Northwest 0 it in the Milky Way, is the constella
 tion Persens. West of Pe7scus a lon
 row of scooni magnitude stars in An dromeda ends at enc Carn,'r of tn Great Square of Pegasus, now settin . in the northwest. Betwec,, Andromed
 and the Pole Star is the W-shaped fig
 ure Of Cassiopeia.
 \ Orion. the most brilliant Of all con : stellations, will be founi just sout . of tho zenith. Northwest of 1t is Tau rus, with the F-shaped Hyades an
 the group of the Pleiades. Norteas ! of Orion is Geirini with it's twin star of Castor and Pollux. The plane , Jupiter is now in this constellation : Southeast of Gemini is l'rocyon i
 Canis Minor. while Sirius, the mos , brilliant of All tho stars, glitter in tn : southeast. East. of Gefrini is Canoe with It's celebrated beehiva. Leo wit its sickle, is still farther east. IT planet Saturn is now in Leo. I'll , Great Dipper in Ursa Major will | l found in the northeast ith the boy upperrnost, while the Milk Wa 5 stretching across the sky from u T southeast to northwest adds to II