Show EVENING SKY FOR JUNE NORTH JUNE I AS EAST sr MOON JUNEIO S NEW FIRST bi fUll I I ri S iN d p c 4 o J I L Co PA I c ju 4 I T 1 Q i oA T lb 1 i 1 p s V I j b k Li Co IY X t 7 l T p pJ J 1 r f 1 Da I 7 Jf AT 1 cO 9 t S I J i 7 0 0 c cL n L o N R Rt Re e t A u I of 4 Q t I POSITION OF f 1 14 MARS e 0 it T ThE E ARROW THROUGH DURING MONTH OF JUNE 1 V IIi T ii ran a THE fHE TWO STARS IN THE 1 Ih CENTAUR BOWL OF THE BIG DIPPER l Q f U POINTS TO THE NORTH STAR PLANET is NOW k S THE STAR TR ATTHE END OF THE HANDLE OP THE TH E LITTLE LE DIPPER criar Special Correspondence Ill chart represent as a s usual 0 U the aspect of JC the tIo sk and till this tillI position I ot of the tho planets visible nt tit 7 j at the beginning of o tho the month S 8 in Ia tho middle and i 9 at tit tho end cad With the thc aid of ot U the star sta tur I and mu planet tinder tIndel the teats read reader er f r can set tt the chart charI for tor any other oilier hour that maY nuy be desired placing the th plan us Ik ami tho moon in their proper po position by means of ot o the tables The two ts particularly n Interesting In r ore lIre re Ju and WU Mars especially the tho latter on 01 O accounts of ot Its Hs approach to an import important ant flat opposition to the sun lIun Jupiter now flow tt so o early that the time phenomena of oC Ha It satellites cannot be bo well observed aC ne Ur tr the thu middle of ot June JUlie Jupiter will VilI willlie lie le In conjunction with tho the sun one ottE month later on July UY 15 16 1 utter alter which date it IL will Ill become a ii morning star str jn the meantime Mars will wm continue to torIse torIse riso rIse earlier and earlier advancing to toward toward ward tho the wc we vest t l with the tho general cueral revolution lion tion of ot the heavens until It comes In Into into n to tl opposition on Cli July 7 when It will be 10 seen exactly on the thu meridian In tb houth at midnight At the samo same time It vill draw dra nearer to the tho earth carth shin ShIll shinIng ShIllIng Ing irig brighter and as am the 1155 Already It Is 15 the Iho most conspicuous ous object In the tile eastern part of ot the tho sky I during tho first halt half or ot the tho night Its Ita decided red tint It a ix glaring Blaring appearance which immediately intention like a Il read lead signal The cause caUso of ot Its I ts ruddy rudd color Is found toun In the tho characterIstic hue huc ot of Its sur our surface lace face which may be bo likened to tho the red soil prevalent In northern New Jer Jersey Jersey sey H and other parts of ot the tho country the ground round Is composed ot of tnt orated red sandstone sands lone It Is III Ih t all the land on on Marx Mars Is II of ot character Some oine astronomers have I 1110 supposed that the vegetation on Mars tan may also bo be red Instead of ot green as 1111 upon tho th earth But hut there theral are uro like likewise wise clie Ise broad dusky or neutral tinted regions legions on all Mars some Bome of ot which occa ocea occasionally exhibit a II greenish or bluish hue line These were not lIot many years IKO believed to be seas and oceon mit the prevailing opinion at mit time the pres present present ent emit time lime Is s that no considerable bodies of oC water wat r exist on Mars lars and that the tb dark colored districts possibly represent sent ent expanses of oC v vegetation ol of a t color resembling that of ot our Holds fields Around round ouch each polo ot of Mars there IB Is Invisible visible a broad ton toun round ml 1 patch of ot brilliant white while supposed to be he snow SilO It 11 Is the southern polo 1010 or ot which leans Joana to toward toward toward ward the earth carth now the tIle northern pole not being visible to us IlL With Hh a n tele telescope tel telescope scope of at three or four tour Inches aperture and a magnifying power POOI or Of one or 01 two hundred diameters It Is easy to sen se the south polar snow cap unit anti thos who watch latch It attentively during the summer will wll observe that It gradually diminishes In extent This Thin in Itself seems scorns to prove proe that tho the white sub suh substance substance stance Is snow sallow which melts as the th sun Bun week by b week rises higher In that hemisphere of ot Mats Mais and pours lIours I ours down more heat upon It It Ilia Is a a iwo pio cess coss precisely analogous to that which takes takei place upon the earth carth where we weHe Wesee see He first the tho northern find then tIP the southern polar disappear ing In with the tho alternate altern ale advance ot of sum stint flier iner In Iii one or tho tim other of ot tho the two hemispheres With a n of ot tho thu fame power one may lIla see NeD n 0 1 few tOI Ow of or tho the dark regions above mentioned some somo of Qt have characteristic shapes that remain unchanged lInchan 1 front year to year roar resembling tho the of ot seas and continents upon u a chart chant oC or tho earth carth The famous camilli for tor which search will bu be In lit all the tho largo tories lories during this opposition are ob oh too III eu It to bo be seen glimpsed with a n small telescope There is one unfortunate circum stance connected with tho time present op Os position petition of ot Mars Nars timid tind that is ii that the thc Planet in is situated BO so far tar south louth III In de that It will not rise to n it very vcr mat great elevation the southern horizon nut Dut for or ordinary or observe lion tion this Is no great groat disadvantage and tIn m lii tact Met for or tho the observer It i Is s even an nn advantage since Inco time the planet not being high bight overhead will 1111 bo be nil till the hite more readily seen neon for those who do not possess telescopes MurK Mars mut alway bo ho an nn object of ot tho tito high pitt it tit Interest when III In opposition to limo tho un because of or tho the intensely Interest ing In speculations In n which BO eo many m 11 I have hove engaged concerning Us itEm It II Wo Vo 0 do not mint know that Mills Main js Is Inhabited 1 but bul It presents so iO many m p to tho time earth that in pi t 0 of oC thu Ihu I hi ii many nia ci 08 which shii liso ilio mo the tho possibility that It con Intelligent Inhabitant cannot he be denied Th Tho observations marie made du dUll dus i g K time tho present summer may mil throw ad lul limit upon this Ihla Interesting question lost Mm Mi Is IK III In tho the Bagit uH tin shown In limo tho th small marginal rIll JP which on account of or tho Ihl great clouds or of his HIB hI Milky Wiy Wy stir mir It Ills J In is one omie of itt o the region t gon in the Inc heavens heaven Tim Till In which thin tho oIlier othor planets nn nm during June may ho mentioned for the tho SEmite Haka nt CIC it those who may nun mer wl h In P l look 01 hem lip 1111 nt at other oilier hours hont than thanin hn n fI r for toc which which limo Iho in f lo Is i g drawn au Pit ot r jj is 11 I In iii Gemini us liS tho the chart Neptuno I li also I In hut but to 0 the tho naked nau aye oye Ie Illco hiko Marti III K s in Jn In 18 1 In his Ihl P ot Of r con eon linn or Ot Venus In Is In Aries rINI nies St III time the of or the tho 10 month into thin tho end Mercury Im S II In III at al ho tho beginning or of tho limo month in Gemini lomb during dunIn tho Urn and In i nt at the hum Mercury wl will he In with mi on the tho th Iho ho two ito wo pInel will ho bl less leu leuI I than th an two degrees apart Mercury being the tim e further urther During Duming the Use latter half ha lt of Ut o tho the month Mercury will be bo vl vi sible as an ern evening star It reaches iton Its Ita it s greatest elongation east cast of ot the tIlo sun I un on the Tho The Sun Bun the tho I n Cancer C ancer and anel the astronomical n summer begins be gins on tho the 2nd The most mo l beautiful constellations In Inu tho th u southern SOUl hem part Jart of ot the tho sky in the tho I I Juno JUlIO TUII aro are Leo Loo Corvus and Virgo The Tho Sickle Sickla of or o Loo teo Is in seen neon west t of the tho meridian thin then much lower In n tho tha south Routh appears thu striking of Corvus and directly south Fouth nt Ut a n convenient elevation for fall observation li I Virgo o with tho Silica hIca its brightest star glowing like i diamond I of ot the tho purest water pia which up pears as a a single star stac In the limo most pow lOW erful telescopes Is s nevertheless s a dou double ble belonging to the class clas known as binaries because the tho companion body bod IB IR It dark and HM JIll enco ence Is IB revealed le J only by b tint tho shifting lines In tho the spectrum the motion mollon of ot the lines being belli caused by b the alternate approach and recession of ot tile the bright brightstar brightstar ht star tar I os as It swings round roun l with Its In m Invisible invIsible visible companion Out But the ordinary h tin till ami no at 1 nil II iii I Ill neer H he hI h In lii the thir r of ot n a point of or tha thi whitt light H JI brilliancy combined with in It gloat lint Hint t It Is I 1110 ot of tilL thu In 11 t In Iii th In lit a t I hn 11 till the dou dOli ble uk 11 Mm whirl hn hiP seen noeh with I Ith any tele tete U Il I l 10 in Ir relA t of uC Api final Id Is exactly on time the n 1 of ot our AWAy Awny AWI over In limb tho Southeast one Olle of ot the lie mo mauL t of or this the con marked by the time of a 1 red star of at tho the tint rub also aim Is a he be sepia tI with Si fI nt or t four aperture U 1 The rho mull hush stem AIO I In If l ot of a 1 rich cri green en I color with WhIm ho red IM hue or of Its neighbor hut But It U ran Olin be he better wen in tn July when hlll It Il Is lit nearer floar tho time mid and fat ther re ms 1 moved nov 1 from th time t the unsteady un toad stir nIl of tho thIn JUgh fligl oV follow Ins the Itie handle of nt huE thi Orent Is in I this splendid l constellation In some Of or the old aid charts of the lbs heaven In the Ihl form of nC 11 n man hold Ins Ing I ng by h I y a tenth 1st sh a n r of hunting it nil I I ma m dons dogs and apparently dinning rr i Ii ithe I rr n 1 Hear Ihl lie ha pole this tills rea reason on Is often culled the Ih Dr er fOr Tho brightest miter In the thO ima lotion anti and one oils of If the In ill the whole Ilk Is III to which special RI reference has haa ban beon made de In n it former article Time The PI notice mini ice Iho huge v who 1 rumors err mark an f by hy anti P or r Beta ilota Leonis In to leo Tho Thin oIl 1 he tween anal nn l IK Is I somewhat moie than tho II 30 iO O degroes of If hine the Ihl of or Ito tho th Northern Crown slid In tho time nAI with resplendent rays rl R glitters the Ihli Vega In III the ton eon OIl Lyra The Dipper li is high o with handle 10 n the east onet mid i is low tow upon the horizon In the north |