ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 5041, 1 May 1879, Page 4

ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.

-- . May, 1879. The Sun’s meridian altitude and the New Zealand meantime of his meridian rising ahd setting, at Dunedin :

A spot of considerable size appeared on the Sun in April.' On tho 17th it was near the middle of the disc, on the south side of the Sun’s equator, and it disappeared at the westem.limb on the 24th, and may be expected again at the eastern limb on or about the Bth of May, should it continue till then. It appeared to be about 4,000 miles in djameter, by a bridge, and the penumbra 1 about 11,000 miles in diameter. <f ;. ;; v , THE MOON. PIIAUBS. .Ejjll Moon—6d. 6h. 4ita. p.»a. '■ ' ’ Last quarter—l3d. 2h. fioi.v ;n. New Moon—2ld. sb. 20m. First quarter—29d. lib. 7i:>. c,.m. POSITION’ IN HUH Oil.'UT. In perigee, 6d. 9h. a.m. In apogee, 19d. 10b. ft.m. Greatest south declination, 9d. 3h. a,in. Greatest north declination, 23d. llh. a.m. The-Moon will be in conjunction with Jnv;ter and Mars on tho loth, with Saturn or die 17th, with Mercury on the 19th, and wdit Venus on the 25th. Jupiter and Mars will be in conjunction on the 10th. Mercury \yill be at'his greatest elongation, 25deg, 40min. west, on tho, 15th, which is the best time during tire - year- for a good morning view of him, : Venus is now conspicuous in the evening. The othQX* plqnets arc morning stars,. OCCtJLTATIONS, ETC. ; On the 10th, B. A. C. 6,60“, 6 mag’. Disappears at Bh. 36m.,, moon juKl'rising-. He-appears at 9h. 21m., 71° west of north point : ’ "* On the 11th, Pi Capricorn!, 5 mag-. ■ Disappears at 13h. 17m., 57° east of north point Ee-appoars at llh. 26m., 89° west of south point ' Go the 27th, I’i l and Pi 2 Cancri, 6 mag. Pi 1.- Disappears at 6h. ISm., 28* east of south point Ee-appears at 7h. 23m., 89° west 'of north point. Pi 2.—Disappears at Bh. om., 64° east of north point, Ee-appears at Bh. 36m., 2° west of north point ECLIPSES OP JUrtTßa’a satbllitbs, d. hj. m. a.

Day. Mend, _Alv._ On Merid.Kise*. Seta. - — . h. m. 8. h. m. h. m. 4 23° 20' . 0 4 36 7 13 4 57 11 20’ 25' 0 4 5 7 21 4 47 18 24’ 43’ 0 4 3 7 80 4 38 25 23’ 17' 0 4 SO 7 33 4 SI

Ill: Satellite Re-appeara .. 6 4 39 59 I Disappears .. 8 6 23 7 i III .Disappears .. 13 5 8 20 II Disappears .. 14 1 22 9 1 Disappears . .. 17 2-45 30 II Disappears 21 3 67 28 ■' I Disappears -. ..-24 4 39 23 II ‘ Disappears .. 28. 0 32 36 : I Disappears 31 6 33 17 . Jupiter rises at midni ght: ibout the 20th,