STRONOMICAL NOTES FOR JUNE

Evening Star, Issue 15817, 31 May 1915, Page 2

STRONOMICAL NOTES FOR JUNE

» [Br iat Ho\ ttihttrot, OBSEFivvroin.} —The Simis in the con-dtßation faunis till the 20th, ■ when he enters Gemini H"is. northern d> - clination increases till the 22nd, when itreaches its maximum, at which time he is in his winter solstice, for the Southern Hemisphere and we liavo our shortestday ; after which he begiiLs, slowly at frret, to i'w higher at middav in our southern fck\ SunsnoU weu v pionnnent m the northern solai h u mi>.pheie, a fine ''stieam ' being us.ble at the begimnna of "\la\. aid ln« just, letmned on the solar lotation at unit ot wnting Tci about 10 days the Sim was qiutc without spots on all occasions >lv"»ivel —The Moon—will ho nearest Uranus on the morning of the 3id, Jupifu on the morning of fho 6th Mai- on the morning of the 10th, Venn-, on the morning of the 11th, f-'atmii on the morning of the 14th, Jfefctm m th° eve'imsr of th ■ mhi" date Her path evening <-kio duruu (tie eailr evening is as follows -TLsmg late "aftei the hi'l ' fion .ho fn-t n the 13th after which <=!]*» ijf _tn.iv and appeals m Cancel oi the lab. a a ciostem. I/ 0 on the 18th 19th and 2011. , Vngo on th21sf 22nd ,„? 23rd and ne.nest the !i' S nLr fH,r Vc * "" t,w 22n! *•»»'* ""■ the Z4fh F- oipu, on the 25th and 26th and m ~-si t(„ fhe k! -tai \utaie s op tlv AMI • Sig.tt inns on the 27th 28lh, and 29th and (a]nu i mis o.i the last di\ ill ilu monib -Th - fo ot fi Uon mi Xew Zealand A b HI ill! e , . B H Al qiwitc- 5 4 lam ,; Vv \ ,n »" 1 • •• 13 6 27 Tm V" ~,oon • • 27 3 57 p m >°« u • •11 11 54 am len « c 26 1 36 pm -Mjru \ - k -n -i-iiin. -t i duupfr th,. m in.h fiom the 1-t till the 27th. v hen hj« ent-i. into infeini tcnjnnctifn He wat his 'nat (■-.t ea»tein mi the Ist if the month vl.cn h- w it an an.-tl.n dwtitic Tjom the s, uiv (l| , r)o of 23nin 25N , He is s t tn, im an , fl,r {als „ n t ,' e evn r „no 0 f h- 14th m umpir.ct'. i with on the 20th a.«! „, „ i«, 0l tMlJ „„ c t, nn aN stated abov —Tonus—i- a iroinnu -tai cltninj June n, th" c stelht-on Vus, l!() , Mn , the meilfl ,_ n Y>ith lUtlOam it the h - K inmn P or the month. S!,e w.,1 ~e m lunai . con tion on the 11th. —"\fi.s—is a mrnim* st u „, the con.t.llatn.i Aims no \ M f 10!11 y c ,, u , <!„,„_, tll „ month He n ; a coniuncum v ith thMoon on tne muniiig of the 10th —Jupiter— is a moimiii: -t ir dui mg th/- mo ith in the tonsil i« „n Pi-rt nsmg ,W,nt 1 am tud oi the meiidian tt ibnut 7a m thus offorni' fin- fa i\d ?, rm rt-CTMlion _ t'ni inn the eaih moimu!: hcuis H» ,s ,„ jys, u onjunctinn ( ,n the mciniiic of the 6th uiri m ,?„ idntme with lhe on the event of th° - , 9tb —Saturn is still m rieaniff st,i hi,( Ti-tKi clo-e to the Sun's pl-m f oi te ; c , OT) ,, o }, seu , lion He mar he -aujdH fm a shmt fine in tli" twihghf -.ml mm o ai h evconir bit his iu.i imitr to (ho hmi/on makes tor but -.blip defin-tion He i t « lunai tonjmction up the 14th mcl into solai umjimcMc n on (he 29th dtei vlich In l«{r","s a moininp; st-i, —Uranus— is an evcr-inc star in Capriconiiis. He makes tiro hirar conjunctions during this month—viz . on the 3rd nnd attain oh + he. 3Cth ; in oaeh rase the plai'iet is seen close to the south of the Moon's limb. —Xeptune—is an evening star at.this time, in Cancer mnvin.ee easterly. Tfe is in coniunctioi; with the Moon on the 16th. • —Aletsors—n;ay be looked for /rom S-orpio dnrino- fhe month, especiaJly after the 18th or 19th. --Tiie Constellations—for the middle nf the month, at about 8 p.m., are placed in tli.i foliowinir ]iosi-iitn-.s:— To the nof.fli and nearest, the meridian is Bootes, v.-ith the fine .star Aivturus and the Crown s!i;;htly to the east, ami llerenles ; , 'utile more'to the same.' Cum'a Berenice's is oil the opposite side of the meridian, with Vir\»-o and'the fine star Spica above. Libra and the Scorpion arc . high n]) i'i the eastern quarter, with Serpens and Ophiuehus underneath. .Sac't-t-arius and '."ayiricornus are under Seorpir. Aehernar is to the east, of the southern' meridian. low- down, with Toucan above it Grits to the hit. and Pavo. Indus, and Hydnis in i iose proximity. The. .Southern Cross aml the Pointers are high overhead, the former having passed its highest- point [ and novy beginiiin;; tr- decline, towards the west. The great constellation of Argo {khr. Ship! covers the sky from the Cross well down to the snutli-v/estwn horizon, the fine ftar Canopus being more towards the"south. Hydra, w : ith Corvus and Crater, are getting down from their position over fho zenith. Leo is partly fet in the north. west._ but its bright star Seirulus is still well in evidence over the same quarter. —Cornets.— 'lliC'ie. are. two visible in our liemisjiliere f at this time—D'elavan'.s and .Alellisb's cometti. both American discoveries. Me'lish's is easily seen hv the naked eve. and will be a fine object'by. about- the'middle of fho month Its position is south-east o: Sjagiitarins at timo of writing, and it will he in Pavo (to tlie south-east I l.iy the middle of June, when it will lie at, about its brightest. Delavan's comet is a- telescopic, object, and will be in Norma, and it a line is taken, from Alpha and Gamma Triangulum as n. base and produced through Alpha to. double its' distance it will pass very close to the comet, which may be fevnd casilr in this case br .sweeping" May 30.' -ib