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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCh. 



ASTRONOMY. 



ASTRONOMICAL NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER, 



BY W. W. ALEXANDER, KANSAS CITY, MO. 



On the 22nd at 4 P. M. its center will pass the celestial equator and autumn 

 commence. The apparent diameter is slowly increasing. 



THE MOON. 



On the 15th at 5 A. M. it will be 51' south of Mars. The best time for 

 telescopic observations will be from the 12 th to the i6th, and from the 28th to 

 the end of the month. 



Date. 



I St, 



5th, 

 loth, 

 15th, 

 20th, 

 25th, 

 30th, 



Right Ascension, 

 loh. 51m. 

 II 18 



II 

 12 

 12 

 13 

 13 



50 

 20 



49 



43 



MERCURY. 

 Declination North. 

 9° 8' 

 6 2 

 2 6 

 S. I 45 

 5 27 

 8 56 

 12 10 



M. T. of Meridian Passage, 

 oh. 7m. p. m. 

 o 18 

 o 31 

 o 42 



o 51 

 o 58 



I 05 



The most favora- 



It will be to the east of the Sun during the entire month 

 ble time for seeing it will be about the 29th when it will set in ih after the sun, 

 at a point 10° south of west. On the 24th it is 3° 25' south of the moon. 



