Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-02-04 | Page 7 | Two Planets in Illusion Tonight

fl I j Jupiter and Venus to Be Seen in Apparent Stellar Stellar Stel- Stel lar Conjunction GO Feb 4 AP Jupiter a d Venus will be in approximate stellar conjunction again aJain this even even- g. g providing a brilliant spectacle spectacled d recalling the alarm caused in me countries In 1916 during the thear tear ar when the two heavenly bodies d westward to their setting ere rc reported as head and tail of giant dIrigible The eyes of those interested In astronomical phenomena were di- di b by Professor Philip Fox of observatory Northwest Northwest- r e t 1 university to the western sk sky tel ter sunSEt for a view vie of the ap- ap rEnt near approach of two o the othe the planets in Ute the solar s sept s 's ept eItt The show will be reproduced evening Tile THe near approach Is only apprent ap- ap prent for in reality at this time Jupiter Is neall nearly four times as far farm m the earth arth a as is Venus the two d ances ances hem and mIlEs said Professor Fox If though Jupiter has a diameter t ven yen timEs timE's that b Venus and ugh both shine by reflected sung sun sun- g t Venus will appear the because of Its lesser ds- ds ls ta ce from the sun and from us We e cannot See the planets at the ment of nearest approach S Sa ss s a central standard time February Feb Feb- 5 5 when hEn Venus will ill be but butI I of an arc south of Jupi- Jupi but must take our views on ont t j evenings before and after en nearest they will be but little littlee e than the moons moon's diameter a rt Conjunctions of the planets k oce oc- oc e c frequently but but the tI il ns of these thee two brilliant ones onest t located as to place and are comparatively infrequent lIUe Q spectacle is interesting but butter g ter importance lies in the fact j rt such an event calls attention t heir motions Perhaps even greater Interest be centered on the of Jupiter and Mercury on 13 when Mercury will be beo o y s 8 minu minutes tes of an arc a dis- dis I ce of quartet one of the moons moon's I t d pIeter teter south of Jupiter Mery Mer- Mer y r. r is the most illusive of the ets It newer never gets far from the thes s p and because it may be seen seenI seen o r in the dusk and dawn escapes to m I t eyes s