El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-01


within It's limits. The first OF these Is
the shower OF the Leonids. so called
because the meteors radiate from the
head Of the lion In the constellation
Leo. They are due on the 18th or 18Th.
and 20 see them one must get up In
the early morning hours. as Leo does
not rise before midnight
These meteOrs were wonderfully
numerous In 1888 and 1866. but since
then they have rot been seen In sucn
vast numbers II has been shown that
the planets Jupiter and saturn have
drawn most OF them aside from the
iorut which they formerly pursued
The other meteor shower Is that OF
the Andromedes. due on the night Of
1.-THE 25rd- They radiate from the con-
'srellauon Andromeda, and are asso-
ciated with Biela's comet. which u.s.
appeared In the first half OF the
nineteenth century
Planets On One Side OF sun.
From the fact that all the planets
except Uranus win be on one SIDE OF
the sun in December. 1873. some
ialarnist Is running a series Of
articles IN the provincial press OF
{ this country. claiming from this fact.
3 that there VIII appear upon the sun
[ at thar time an enormous sun SPOT
3 that win be plainly ia view TO the
I naked eye, produced BY the combined
I pull OF Gu these planets upon the
sun, and that the effect upon the earth
VIII be calamitousi Frightful storms
Z VIII fairly tear Il asunder. As We
3 have received numerous injuries from
subscribers regarding the matter. we
wiz give such reply TO them a. time
and space VIII permit
In December, 1917, all the planets.
except Mercury and Uranus. were on
one side Of the sun The earth seems
to have Weathered the storms Of that
Z 10 a.
essary Tor any one TO take passage
{ IN q living machine for some other
planet In December OF this year to
escape the dire disaster prophesied
BY this humhug. whoever he NAV be-
Prof ~. W Campbell, OF the Lick
Observatory. one OF the most dis
Llngulsned astronomers In the world
says IN an article on the sun: 1T has
been suggested that the spots are
formed when two or more planets are
In the same straight line with the
sun, but the fact Is that there are
Just as many spots visible when the
planets are equally distributed around
the sun, with no two OF them In OF
near straight line With the sun"
Eclipse Of Sun. NOV. -
The annular eclipse OF the sun on
Nov p. viii be visible as q partial
eclipse in the United States, excepting
the Pacific coast states, in Canada.
Mexico. Central America, the north-
ern TWO thirds OF South Ameriea. In
narthWestern Africa. and IN Great
Britain. Francs and Spain. The an
nular phase begins al sunrise IN vest
ern Texas, passes through that state
and across the southwestern corner
OF Louisiana, thence across the Gulf
OF Mexico. including the Islands OF
Cloa ana santo Domingo. and by a
vide curve sweeps over the Atlantic
ocean and ends in the French Sudan
near Iimbucroo- The greatest width
Of the shadow path Is go miles. and
the duration eight 20 70 minutes
Mnen the sun, moon and earth are
In straight line there viii be an
eclipse Of the sun either total or an
nuiar. according TO the distance OF the
moon from the earth. The moons an
parent size Increases as % approaches
the earth and decreases as it reredes.
II the moon Is at ltH nearest noluf 10
the earth the eclipse viii be total AZ
Its disc then covers the sun com
pletely. but ~ at its greatest distance.
as on this date. it viii be annuiar.
as the moons disc at that time does
not cover the sun completely. leaving
a narrow rim Of sunlight shining en-
tirely around t.
The eclipse viii be partially visible
in Arizona az Tar west as Phoenix
Big Spring, Texas, Is the first town
east OF FL Paso where Il win be seen
well
The Planets For November.
Mercury is an evening star Tor a
few days before and after the 18th.
on which date q viii be at It's great
est elongation east or the sun-22
degrees So min II Is so far south OF
the sun al this time that unless there
be visible
Venus Is stiu finely IN view In the
eastern morning sky. and viii be at
its greatest distance from the sun on
the lSth-4e degrees A min. Il win
them be SO million miles from the
earth, and viii appear In the telescope
at its quarter base
Mars Is also a morning star this I
month On the 18th Il viii be l17 mill +
lion miles from US Il IS IN Leo on the I
LIST and by the last OF the month win ]
nave moved into Virgo. Il rises about 1
ESQ during the month.
Jupiter rises shortly after midnight /
during November and VIII be Ia view /
the rest Of the night Il Is below
south OF the Sickle tn Leo and a few
degrees west Of Regulus.
Saturn Is east OF Regulus IN Leo /
and VIII be approximately on the |
meridian at sunrise on the 18th.
Uranus n Is Aouarius midway be-
tween the meridian and the horizon
a. the hours given on the Evening
Sky Map.
Neptune win be found a few degrees
west OF Jupiter IN Cancer. It Is q
telescope object only.
Piunetury ConfiEurnfion.
Nov. 3, l.O9 a. m-Uranus and
Moon In conjunction Uranus south 6
degrees IS min.
Nov 4. $500 p. m.-Neptune at quad
nature with sun.
Nov 6. 800 a. MENUS IN ascend
ing node.
Nov Partial eclipse Of moon.
Nov. z 1900 .. m.-Uranus station