ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 6916, 1 June 1885, Page 4

ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.

June, 1885,

The .Sun's meridian altitude, and the New Zealand mean time of meridian passage, rising and setting at Dunedin :

Thu sun is at his greatest northing, and winter begins, on the 21st at 7 p.m.

TUB MOON’S PIIAKKS. Last quarter— 6d llli .i.'jm a.m. New moon—l3d 10b 12m a.m. Vi>at- quarter—2o:l lb 13m a.m. Full moon—27d lOh 48m p in. TUB MOON’S POSITION. Apogee—!d llh a.m. Greatest northing—l3d lOh p.m. Perigee—l4d 4h a.m. Greatest southing—27d Uni a w, Apogee—’2Bd Oh p.m.

The Aloou will be in conjunction with Alars on the 11th, with Mercury on the l*2th, with Saturn on the Kith, with Venus on the 14th, and with Jupiter on the 18th. Conjunction of Neptune and Mercury on the 6th, Venus and Saturn on the Sth, Mars and Neptune on the 11th, the Sun and Saturn on the Kith, Mercury and Saturn on the 24th, and the Sun and Mercury (superior) on the 28th.

Bay. Mcrid. Alt. On Merid. Rises. Sets. h. m. s. ti. m. h. m. 7 21" 2a' 0 0 27 7 49 4 24 U 20' 52' 0 7 61 7 53 4 23 21 20° 41’ 0 9 2! 7 55 4 24 23 20’ 50' 0 10 50 7 50 4 20

T.t'NAR OCGHiTATIONS, Day. Star. Mag. Disappears. Re-appears. h. m. Ii. in. 1 KlSagitarii .. 6 13 9 S. 85° E. 14 34 S. 08° W. 1 R 2 Sattitaril .. 5 14 28 N. 72° E. 15 57 S. 84° W. 27 B AG 0267 6 7 25 S. 89° E. S 35 N. S'i° IV. 29 B'ta Capricorni 3 16 45 S 62° E. 17 36 S. 27° W. 30 8 Aquarii 0 10 24 S. 25° R 10 42 S. 4° W.

ECLIPSES OF JUPITER’S SATELLITES ci. h. m. g. Ill Satellite disappears .. 4 (J 40 3 1 „ rc-appeard .. .. 4 7 14 £3 111 i» n .. .. 4 10 0 03 I _ n 9 9 37 I . 5J0 5 33 28 II »» i> .. 2fi G 28 39 1 ,, ,, .. 27 7 23 34