Celestial Phenomena from July 1. to Oct. 1. 18S3. 187 



SEPTEMBER— conrtmitfd. 



The MooMT will be Eclipsed, July 1. and 2, Visible to all Europe — The 

 following are the times for the Edinburgh Observatory : 



The Eclipse begins, . . . July 1. 22 52 17,6 



Middle, 2. 30 21,2 



End of the Eclipse, 2 8 24,8 



Digits Eclipsed, lO^g- 18' 45",4 on the South part of the Moon*s Disc. 



There will be a great Eclipse of the Sun * on I7th July, Visible to all Eu- 

 rope The following are the times for the Observatories of Edinburgh, 



Greenwich, and Aberdeen : 



Edinburgh. 



The Eclipse begins, . . July 17. 4 57 7,8 



Greatest Obscuration, 6 49 17,9 



Visible Conjunction, 5 51 15,1 



End of the Eclipse, 6 44 38,9 



Digits Eclipsed at Greatest Obscu- \^^ 



ration, f ^" 



The Moon will enter the Sun's j^ 



Limb at J 



from his Vertex, towards the right hand, as seen with a Telescope which 



does not invert 



31,9 

 46M1 18 



Aberdeen. 



H- / // 



5 2 42,1 



5 55 21,5 



5 57 11,0 



6 51 2,2 

 dig. 



10 9 29,9 



48° 19 4 



On 20th August, at'O'' 37" 44*, it is probable that the Planet Venus may 

 come in contact with C n ; but the Pldnet and Star will not be risen at the 

 time of nearest approach. 



* An account of this eclipse waa formerly Inserted in this Journal fbr October->December 1898« 

 the reader will also find a Projection of it for Edinburgh Observatory. 



