Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-04-26
ASTRO ONO MI Cal.
OBSER a TIONS
Intr cling the Stars
BY Levi q. johnson

about the constitution and functions
of the heavenly bodies and the physi-
cal laws that govern their motions
we will endeavOr to get acquainted
with some OF the foremost objects
that iihabit the sky. IL you belong
to those who never made personal,
friends with the stars, then you. are
missing one OF the most delightful
diversions of evenings In the open.
Wathin 10 minutes after sunset the
giant Jupiter is brought into vision
in an East Southeasterly direction,
nearly half ways ton zenith, later in
the evening it will be seen shining
with a yellowish white light, out
shining several times any stellar OBJ
ject-seen at present will be in meridi-3
an 1885 May LIST, shining nearly all
night. About 10 degrees above Jupiter
and little to the right Saturn will
come into vision about 40 minutes Af-
ter sunset, shining with a whittier
light but much fainter. Gin mer 8 :55) ].
simultaneously Venus will be seen in
west n. w direction about 20 degrees
above horizon, shining; like an electric
lamp and increasing in brilliancy till
Oct. 21st, sets about 20. The planet
Mars will aise shortly after IL o'clock
i'll a southeasterly direction, and
shines with "a rudy light Mars is
at present the nearest planet. About
s 80 we may look for the fixed stars
of which Sirius will capture our at
tention, being the brightest Of all fixed
stars, low in a S. w. direction, shining
like diamond; it is the 3rd fixed
star in nearness to us, its light being
-
directly above is Procyon, which with
Betelgeuse to the west forms a great
triangle, the latter reddish star be-
ing. a: giant having diameter Of 26O
million miles or 800. times that of the
sun; below Betelgeuse is the belt Of
Orion (32nd mag. stars below which
and near the horizon is the white star
Rigel, SO hot that we would roast
alive if we were as near iteas our
sun. Further north and well up in
the sky is a big red star, Aldebaran,
which is approaching us at the APP
palling speed of 1000 miles a minute.
In aN N. w. direction and over half
ways to zenith the eye will pick Ca
pella, a white star Outshining all
others In its neighbOr but so dis
tant that our sun could barely be
seen if as remote. The great Dipper
will need no introduction being at
this time nearly overhead, its point
ers showing the way to POlaris (the
North Star), a white 2nd magnitude
star. Not one star. but three triple
SUMS Polaris. Following the curve
OF the handle of the great clipper will
lead us to Arcturus, of deep orange
color, giant making our sun pale
beside it, radiating about 500 times
as much light. Below Jupiter we see
white Spica, while red Regulus is 81,
4 NEST in meridian and as high in the
sky as the sun in May. About II
O'Clock Antares, fiery red star, is
leading the planet Mars: this blazing
sun gives off 200 times as much light
as the orb of our day. In the north
east Vega outshines every other stal
with blueish-white light, and is s
million times as far from us as our
sun. To the right and a trifle higher
is the point toward which our sur
with its family Of planets and moons
is headed in great migration across
y the sky, at terrifying pace p times
faster than an artillery shell or y
miles per second. 81.
Astronomical Table for Week.