THE HEAVENS IN JUNE 



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The Heavens in June. 



BY PROF. ERIC DOOLITTLE OF THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



The planet Saturn, which for so 

 many weeks has been sinking in the 

 west, will definitely withdraw from 

 the evening sky during the present 

 month and become a morning star. 

 Among the brilliant constellations and 

 planets which fill the western heavens 

 it will hardly be missed, however, ex- 



it, has now become the most conspicu- 

 ous object of the entire heavens. 



Toward the third week of the month 

 the planet Mercury will attain its 

 greatest distance east of the sun and 

 will be in such a favorable position for 

 observations that everyone who has 

 not hitherto seen this little world will 

 have an opportunity of easily viewing 

 it. At this time it will be no less than 

 one and one-half hours east of the sun 



H QgTH 



SOUTH 



Figure 1. The Constellations June 1, 9 P. M. (If facing south, hold the map upright. If facing 

 east, hold East below. If facing west, hold West below. If facing north, hold the map inverted.) 



cept by the possessor of a small tele- 

 scope who is accustomed to watching 

 the appearance and changes of its 

 wonderful ring system and the mo- 

 tions of its satellites, especially as the 

 very brilliant Venus, which replaces 



and so far north of the celestial equa- 

 tor that it enters the borders of our 

 evening map. The observer should not 

 fail to look for this most interesting 

 little world at this time. 



Another most interesting planet, 



