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Semi-diameter on the ist, 15.5"; on the 30th, 15.7". 



It is visible as morning star in the constellation Taurus, and too near the 

 Sun for its satellites to be observed. 



M. T. of Transit. 

 I oh. 2 5ni. A. M. 



9 37 

 8 44 



SATURN. 



Declination N. 

 15° 29' 



15 55 



16 19 



Semi-diameter on the ist, 7.7", on the 30th 8". 



It is west of the Sun and will rise about 2h. before the dawn of morn. Ap- 

 parent elements of its ring: Outer Major Axis 37.3"; Minor Axis 14.3"; Inclin- 

 ation of northern Semi-Minor Axis to circle of declination from north to east, 1° 

 32'; elevation of the Earth above the plane of the ring, 22° 37'; elevation of the 

 Sun, 21° 40'; Earth's longitude from Saturn counted on plane of ring from the 

 ring's ascending node on Equator, 102° 31'; Ecliptic, 59° 26'. 



URANUS. 



Date. 



I St. 



30th. 



Right Ascension. 

 XI h. 03m. 

 II 06 



Declination N. 

 6° 50' 



6 35 



M. T. of Transit. 

 6h. 23m. P, M. 



4 33 



It is in the constellation Leo about 15° east of Regulus, the brightest star. 



LIVING ON MOUNT ^TNA. 



Hitherto the hospice of the great St. Bernard, which stands 8,200 feet above 

 the level of the sea, has enjoyed the distinction of being the most elevated inhab- 

 ited building in Europe. This honor it can now no longer claim. During the 

 past year the city authorities of Catania, in Sicily, have caused to be erected near 

 the summit of the great volcano. Mount ^tna, an astronomical observatory 

 which stands 2,943 meters above the sea level, or fully 1,000 feet higher than the 

 hospice of St. Bernard. The structure is nine meters in height, and covers an 



