ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.
September, 1891
The Sun's meridian altitude, and the New Zealand mean time of his meridian passage, rising and setting at Dunedin : Day. Merid. Alt. On Mcrid. Rises. Sots, hj. m. g. hj. m. hj. m. 8 37" 30' 0 6 21 6 31 5 39 13 40" 8' 0 4 0 6 21 5 47 20 42° W 0 1 31 6 7 5 66 27 45* 31' 11 59 6 5 53 6 5 The Sun is on the Equator, and spring begins, on the 23rd, at 8 p.m. PLUSES OP TUB MOON. Now moon—3d 7h 4em p.m. First quatter—lW 10h 37m p in. Full moon—Jßd 4b S4ra p.m. Last quutor-25d lOh 37m a.m. la apoicco—sd 8h a.m. la perigee -18 d 7h p.m. The Moon will be in conjunction with Mars on the 2nd, with Venus on the 3rd, with Saturn and Mercury on the 4th, and with Jupiter on the 17th. ECLITBES OP JUPITHR'B SATELLITES. d. hj. m. b. I S&tcllito disappears ~ 4 7 1 27 111 „ reappears .. 7 8 47 23 I „ „ .. 11 11 10 58 II „ „ .. 21 8 44 3 I „ „ .. 27 9 30 18
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Evening Star, Issue 8609, 1 September 1891, Page 4
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