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Show I Mars and Saturn Aid j True Lovers Tonight ...''?T'' '."l "' ' , mmm . . ' 1IYA-DE8, . , y. Bpl l 111 " " ' ' 111 V'' jQ ORION 1. CHART OP EXSTERN SKY, SHOW- 2. 'MARS WILL PASS SATURN AND. 3. SATURN AND HIS RINGS AS SBBN I NO POSITION OF -MARS AND SAT- MOVE FARTHER TO THE .LEFT IN A POWERFUL TELESCOPE. URN AND THE-MOON, FOR MID- EACH NIGHT AFTER THE 16TH. 4. FOUR VIEWS OF MARS IN A POW, NIGHT ON AUG'. 18, 1911. ERFTL TELESCOPE. ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENON REVIEWED BY PROF. BARNARD. IN CHART THE CROSS NEAR THE PLANETS MARKS TttJ . POSITION OF H00N FOR AUG. 16: SECOND CROSS, TO THE LEFT, MARKS ITS POSITION ON AUG. 17. IDlntMB aad Tly H Mini nd fituni by Prof, g. g. Binurd, WlllUai BirJ Planets Will Be in Conjunction and Will Present Beautiful Spectacle in Heavens. MOON WILL BE' REFEREE Phenomena Visible to Naked Eye, but Telescope Will Be Useful Use-ful Instrument. Tonight, Salt Lakft -folks -will have something else to look at. Last night they looked at the .Elks' parade and were satisfied. Brilliant as that extraordinarily ex-traordinarily brilliant event was, however, how-ever, tonight's offering will be no less brilliant. Tonight Is the time set by astronomers for a set-to between Mars and Saturn, with the moon as referee. Saturn will bo more than three-quarters of a billion bil-lion miles away from Mars, but that won't make any dlfferoncc. for the people peo-ple on this old earth -will think they are as close as two lovers on tho front porch. The phenomenon will be the culmination cul-mination of a lot of sparring between the two planetc Both "Mars and Saturn have been trying to get together for about a week. During the Inst two or three nights It haB been perfectly plain to Salt Lake people that they were going to make a go of It. and tonight's function func-tion will be the climax of the maneuvering. maneuver-ing. A beautiful thing about the phenomenon phe-nomenon that will hold forth tonight Is the fact that one doesn't have- to have a telescope to see it. It will be perfectly visible to the " nude eye, provided, of course, that the eye is -undlmmed with tears or other beclouding Influences. A telescope will be a powerful help, naturally, nat-urally, but any old glass will do. It being be-ing essential only that the glass be taken outside before It is upended for observation purposes. Will Bo in Conjunction. Mara and Saturn will be in conjunction conjunc-tion tonight. Apparently they will pass very close together, and will appear as a bright double star. The astronomers flay the distance between the two' will be only twenty-one ninutes of arc. or ahout two-thirds of the apparent width of the moon. Mars will pass north of Saturn. To the cast of the planets, but quite near, the moon will be on the Job to see that the crossing is made according ac-cording to planetary ethics. Mars travels trav-els rapidly and Saturn drags Its way along rather wearily, like an alligator on land. Roth planets move eastward among the othrr stars. Roth Mars and Saturn will be extremely ex-tremely bright and will be the most gorgeous things In tho heavens with the exception of the moon. As early as 9:30 o'clock the moon, Saturn and Mars will be right frisky, but the best time to observe the phenomenon with an unprejudiced un-prejudiced eye will be about 1 o'clock, when all of the other stars will be above the horizon. Astrologers say that tonight should be highly propitious for lads and lassies who believe In spending a good deal of time holding hands. For a long time now love-making has betn conducted with only the aid of- the moon. This ha.- served the purpose well enough, but the poor old moon shows the effects of overwork, over-work, and Saturn and Mars have come to the rcBi'ije, The crop of moonflowers. thriving right nicely under the influence of the moon alone, should, under the combined potency of the moon. Saturn and Mars, bring forth such yield as never was. Should Watch Saturn. Tho?e gallant swains and their fair ladles whose affairs have progressed, sufficiently suf-ficiently to demand consideration of the architecture of the circlet which Hhull adorn the lady's finger are urged to have a good, long look nt Saturn through a telescope, for In Saturn's surroundings sur-roundings will be found any number of rings of the most exquisite quality and of any desired hue. In tonight's demonstration, Saturn will appear smaller than Mars, hut this will be only an Illusion, for Saturn Is many, many times bigger. This Is clearly shown In a table carefully prepared by Prof. K. E. Barnard of the Ycrkes observatory. ob-servatory. Professor Barnard, after having hav-ing visited Mars and Saturn and traveled trav-eled extensively about their surfaces on sightseeing car. offers tho following: Miles. Dlnmeter of Mars 4,330 Dlnmcter of tho globe of 8aturn 73.100 Diameter of the ring of Snturn 173,000 Distance of Mars S.ri. 118,000 Distance of Saturn m 1,020.000 Difference , 7n5.a02.000 After tonight's performance Mars and Saturn will part company. The recession reces-sion wjll be quite us Interesting to star gnzcraas the approach, so that for many nights yet to come the heavens will present pre-sent a spectacle well -worthy attention. It Is pointed nut by eminent astronomical astro-nomical sharps that the fact of the moon being half full tonight will not In the least Interfere with her ability lo ho promptly on hand. |
