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Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160798, 4 November 1920, Page 10

when he pas^lVQ9H^HBHH|^H| and afterwards ing star, rising shortly before* ther Sun. He Is in perihelion on the; 20 th, and Is again stationary amongst the stars on the 25 th. VENUS Is now the brilliant planet of our evening sky. She cannot he missed by the most casual observer, shining, as she does, so brilliantly in the west. She is in Aphelion on the 11th, and in lunar conjunction on the 14th, when the western sky will present an attractive picture. MARS is an evening star in Sagittarius at the beginning of the month, and may be found in Capricornus at the end of November. He is .in lunar conjunction on the 16th and in perihelion on. the 26th. His distance, at this time, between two and three times the interval which divided us at opposition, makes tele? scopic, work of little or no avail, and he may now be considered as,, out of range for all but the largest tel# scopes. JUPITER is a morning star, in the constellation Leo, moving towards the east. He will be in lunar conjunction on the 6th and may be well observed in the early morning. SATURN is a morning star on the borders of Leo and Virgo, and just moving into the latter. He will be in lunar conjunction on the evenihg of the 6th. Telescopic observers must rise early to get a good view of his rapidly vanishing ring system, which is now very sensibly narrowing - URANUS is an evening star during the month, in the constellation Aquarius. He .is retrograding amongst the stars till the 11th, when he becomes stationary, after which he again moves forward towards the, east. He will be in conjunction with the moon on the evening of the 19th, and in quadrature on the evening of the 24th. ■NEPTUNE is an evening star, rising late. He will be found in the border of Cancer, nearest Leo. , Heis in conjunction .with the moon oh the morning of the 4th. METEORS- November is the month for meteors. They may be looked for in the constellations Andromeda and Leo during the middle and latter portions of the month, respectively, and more particularly in the early morning hours. THE CONSTELLATIONS may be seen as described below at 8 p.m. for the middle of the month; for 9 p.m. at the beginning and for 7 p.m. on the 30th: —Looking towards the north we see the Great Square of Pegasus and' part of Andromedk on the meridian, low down; and Aries, Pisces and Cetus to - the north-east. Taurus is rising, under Cetus, and Orion in the eastern quadrant is just rising with Eridanus reaching down from near the zenith, the bright stars of which are' now well above the horizan. Canis Major is on the eastern horizon rather more to the south its fine star Sirius, just clear, while Argo and the brilliant Canopus are rather more away to the south. The Cross is now nearly due south followed by the Pointers, Alpha and Beta of the Centaur, with the Southern Triangle a little to the west. The Clouds of Magellan are high up in tlie south-east with Hydrus, and the Toucan, Pavo and Indus, with Ara being to the west. Scorpio is now near its setting in the south - west, and Sagittarius rather to the west and above the Scorpion. Capricornus and Aquarius are along the ecliptic over Sagittarius and nearly due west. Aquila is seen near the horizon with the Dolphin east of him- The h|ilky Way at this season lies like a girdle round the horizon,' extending from a point near the north-east round through north, west and south to a point rather past the south-east. The Hon. Director, Wanganui Observatory. ‘ 30th Oct., 1920.