ASTRONOMICAL NOTES FOR NOV.
Full Moon occurs on the Bth, last quarter begins on the 16th, New Moon is on the 23rd, and the first quarter ends on the 29th, The Moon is nearest the earth on the 22nd, and farthest away on the Bth; is near Jupiter on the 11th, Mars on the 18th, Venus and Meroury on the 22ad, and Saturn on the 24th. Mercury Is an evening star till the 23rd, and a morning star afterwards. Is near Venus on the 11th. Venus is a morning star, but too near the Sun to be visible. . Mars is a morning star, and may be seen in the north-eastern sky, near the bright star Regulus in Leo, from which it is moving eastward. Jupiter is now visible before midnight, In the constellation Taurus. Saturn is an evening star, and visible for a short time after Bunset, in the constellation Ophiuohus.
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Otago Witness, Issue 988, 5 November 1870, Page 12
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