| Show I EVENING J PHASES QUARTER OCT 10 rt 8 r HEW 17 QUARTER l 0 t r Jr t tf f 1 1 S M s I 9 I dj NA i I S S 4 a t tF 11 t t F JT IF l 0 rI frI f 4 k t ff r c t io n V I CJ JJ en C Ii 11 ii 4 I t f ft f e j I Ij I ij C 2 i 0 j I ii I s L r 9 L LI I I I e S V Nc lW 1 i LII d f I f If I 1 I 1 f MAP OVER s THE g YOUR OUR BEAD TOP TWO WO IN THE BOWL OF Dr THE YOU WILL SEE SEF SEETHE BIG DIPPER POINTS TO THE THE n STARS STAR AND PLANETS PLANET NORTH STAR THE STAR AT Ai ATTHE AiU ATS Ct S U T A APPEAR TilE THE END OF or THE HANDLE HEAVENS SOUTH LITTLE LITLE DIPPER R iJ 1 i HE r with Its It TUB Till Int Oll t fHI is III moving wc HN from i t our will Hi to bo Ill It ItilIA iy the Cygnus C our northern ilIA 4 if cros cron and Pegasus taro fore forerunners 5 runners of ot wl gorgeous Mtr II tar groups Orion Gemini and tid Loo Joo i aro up from Crom the thel caI l Into Inlo our evening sky sk Theo Th JOo two 0 y 1 constellations and n lu ua form torm a group not unlike tho the Dig lug Dip Dipper Dipper N per for tor thich they hey the ore sometimes mistaken n ces and Aquarius now i In hi Iwo vino In the Iho east cast n l have 1110 no large largo stars rind and are dim dini Cult to pick out near by W WI byj j j IH IM I also composed of ot small stars but they are more mor happily groups sud nd tire lire lilly recognized The Th bright Jim first t star AltaIr In the con will wll be Le found due duet t north nf of the two Mars at nt the extreme t t westerly end lid of oC while two tun at Ihl th e it nd end of nf this thin group IOUP point P the WilY way s s to the ihl mag rong magnitude star 8 Ses in map p are art spoke of oC by h a a all RN of the tho Unit H ond third c m mag magI R I lude The popular n Is III that ihL this flits retCh refers to 10 the size ize e of ot the star which Is I It to tt brilliancy tho th ib and cy r C of ot but few Cew stars Ur nr are arp known kno only I about In tin the most mont mo I po pow poWerful erful tel co e a 0 tar Is III I only it II j point of or light It Is III not magnified n a 1 particle H Its brightness ahon bing nr nl o The fhe stars are ars all runs like hie our own p Mt U which If It viewed from tram a I star would also nl appear ns as II a 1 mere inert of ot lightn scintillating nar itar and ami the oarth and ami our nur entire planetary bo be completely lost to view So to It Is not Improbable to up sup suppo po that theio distinct suns MInI have hava their own planetary systems that we W cannot s see e o oTI TI I 1 Tm SITUATION SITU TIO Venus will attain Its lis greatest brillian brilliancy cy 7 on Oct K fl Z In the th plo and only ani a Ii few Cn decree 11 north Of ot the bright red star filAr AnUt J and nn 1 n II Ill III then Ihn set flet about t 7 i II p in III i ta u turn Ju Ia I now wiry very finely In vio If In tho thoe e east t by It S 8 p 1 m in in 11 the th Aquarius and will vili in Iii view 11 near nearly ly I all night Almost directly lOuth of S SAturn urn near n the tiia horizon In I the first t star stor which should hould not be he confounded with It Sa Sn turns ring is ts now tn so near nAr the sumo AmO plane ns that of the earth that It II ap pears ns nil a streak of nt Il ht from either cither side Ride of or tho the planet planeL Saturn Is II now nos in opposition that is In a I straight line with tho the earth and the sun Saturn Is III consequently nearer the earth than nt lit any allY other time and more clearly In view 1011 from the earth The earth moving faster t r In Its Iti It orbit than Saturn Sturn 81 turn gives 1111 the latter the appearance of ot moving backward retrograding It ItU ItIs U Is termed It Is 18 Just as u a If it two trains one ne an nn express and the other a 1 local were moving In the same sama mo direction An As the this express tho tim local lorol the tho latter appears to move backward both bolh however arc are moving In n the tame same direr diree dirt lion don and at Itt their rate of speed This is ts the interesting tI i situation we have with at this time Saturn S turn began bean ti to 11 retrograde on Sept 4 I and will continue Its III westward course until Nov 0 IS 13 3 when It will again start on lt its ill eastward Journey It will retrograde about three o degrees degres for tor six full tull moon disks dicks Uranus lost loft to view except by b tho the aid of ot a telescope still holds Its lie posh position lion tion in lit the tho evening sky above the bow of oC Uranus requires r M U 4 years earll to complete Its Journey journe around tho the sun moving on tho the average only four tour de degrees degree grees gree a 1 year tar or eight full fill moon disks dl takes years to complete Its orbit moving nt et an average of only on I Ito two to degress R II year nr Jupiter rises about midnight In the cor Gemini the twin stars Pollux and Castor Caslor are ft Ii few tow degrees de rees north The planet Neptune Is III one de dl degree greo gree gre east of ot Jupiter hut but Is I only visible by b the aid of ot the most powerful tele telescopes telescopes scopes In using u the tha star and planet finder flader maps out of doors nt at night a small pocket electric el light will bo be found very tr convenient and helpful |
