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Sun 



1895. 

 Oct. 



Mercury. 



Jupiter 



Uranus ... , 

 Neptune ... „ 



Full ... Oct. 3 

 New ... ,, 18 



Sun 



Moon 



1895. 

 Nov. 



Mercury. 



Venus 



Mars 



Jupiter . 



Saturn 

 Uranus . 



Neptune 



Full ... 

 New ... 



Nov. 2 



„ 16 



Rises. 



Ii.m. 



A.M. 



6.2 

 11 ... G.19 



21 ... 6.36 



Souths. 



P.M. 

 I ... IO.28 



Rises. 



P.M. 



8 ... 6.46 



A.M. 



15 •» 3-50 

 Souths 



P.M. 



22 ... 3.41 



8 ... 1. 16 



18 ... 0.39 



Rises. 



A.M. 



28 ... 6.8 



8 ... 3-5+ 



18 ... 3-15 



28 ... 2.57 



8 ... 6.15 



18 ... 6.14 



28 ... 6.13 



P.M. 



8 ... 11.34 



28 ... 10.27 



Souths, 



p M. 



8 ... 1. 14 



28 ... 0.4 



28 ... 0.41 



Rises. 



P.M. 

 28 ... 6.35 



Moon's 

 10.47 p.m. 



6.10 a.m. 



Rises, 

 h.m. 



A.M. 



1 ... 6.55 



:i ... 7-13 



:i ... 7-3° 



Souths 



P.M. 



1 ... 11.8 

 Rises. 



P.M. 



8 ... 9.6 



A.M. 



5 ... 7.22 

 Souths. 



P.M. 



!2 ... 4^8 



Rises. 



A.M. 



5.12 . 



5-36 , 



C.27 , 



2.52 



2.56 



3-9 

 6.13 

 6.12 

 6.12 



P.M. 



... 9-15 



A.M. 



... 5-58 

 ... O.18 , 



P.M. 

 ... 6.35 

 Moon's 

 3.18 p.m. 



5.11 p.m. 



Sets, 

 h.m. 



P.M. 



... 5.38 . 



... 5-15 • 



... 4-54 • 



Sets. 



A.M. 

 ... 4.16 



Souths. 



A.M. 



■ •• 3 44 



A.M. 

 ... IO.9 



Sets. 



P.M. 

 ... 6.53 

 ... 546 • 



... 5-io . 



Souths. 



A.M. 

 ... II. 14 

 ... 9-56 . 

 ... 9.25 . 



... 9-6 . 



... 11.50 . 



... 11.36 . 



... 11.22 . 



A.M. 

 ... 7.22 . 

 ... 6.12 . 



Sets. 



P.M. 

 ... 6.17 . 



... 5-3 . 



... 5.13 . 



Souths. 



A.M. 

 ... 2.38 . 



Phases, 

 Last Qr... 

 1st Qr. ... 



Sets. 



h.m. 



P.M. 



... 4-32 . 



... 4-15 .. 



... 4.2 . 



, Sets. 



A.M. 

 .. 6.51 



Soutlis. 



A.M. 

 ... 5.29 



A.M. 

 ,.. 11.27 



Sets. 



P.M. 



... 9.25 



Soutlis. 



A.M. 



.. IO.34 •• 



... IO.38 .. 



.. IO.58 .. 



... 8.55 ., 



,.. 8.48 .. 



... 8.46 .. 



... 11.8 ., 

 ... 10.55 •■ 

 ... 10.43 •• 



A.M. 

 ... 4-58 .. 



A.M. 

 ... 10.52 .. 

 .. IO.47 .. 



A.M. 

 ... 2.3S .. 



Phases. 

 LastQr... 

 istQr. ... 



Position at Noon. 



R.A. 

 h.m. 

 11.30 .. 



13.6 .. 

 1343 •• 



Dec. 



3 



7° 2' 

 io° 43 



12' S. 



14-23 

 14.26 



17° 44' S. 

 17 29' 



11.7 ... 



11. 15 ... 



11.34 •■■ 



12.59 - 



13.24 ... 



o° 30' S 



i° 3' 

 i° 4' 

 5° 41' S. 

 8° 17' 



13.49 ■•• I0 47 



8.32 ... 19 13' N. 

 8.42 ... i& 42' 



14.22 ... n° 48' S. 

 14.30 ... 12° 35' 

 15.8 ... 17 i s. 



.. 5.7 ... 21° 25' N 



Oct. 11 ... 2.34 p m. 

 ,, 25 ... 11.4 a.m. 



Position at Noon. 



R.A. Dec. 



h.m. 

 .. 14.26 ... 14° 27' S. 

 . 15.6 ... 17° 27' 

 • 15-47 ■•• 19 56' 



13.41 



14-23 



15-21 



12 1 



12.34 



13-10 



14-15 



14.42 



15.9 



8.46 



8° 11' S. 



12° 5' 



17° 25' 

 o° 13' S. 



2° 8' 



5° 24' 

 13° 11' S. 

 15= 27' 

 17° 31' 



t8° 27' N. 



1440 ... 13° 19' S. 

 15.8 ... 17° 17' S. 



5-7 ■•• 21° 25' N. 



Nov, 9 ... 11. 7 p.m. 



,, 24 ... 7.19 a.m. 



Meteors. — The two important November 

 showers will occur on the 13th and from the 23rd 

 to the 27th. The radiant point of the former is 

 a 150 8 + 22°, and of the latter a 25" 5 + 44 . 



Professor C. L. Doolittle has been appointed 

 director of the new observatory at the University 

 of Pennsylvania. The observatory has an eighteen- 

 inch equatorial, a four-inch zenith telescope, and a 

 three-inch prism transit. 



Dr. Berberich has deduced some elliptical 

 elements of Swift's comet from observations on 

 August 21st, 24th, 25th and 28th. The period is 

 still doubtful, but Dr. Berberich thinks we may 

 expect a return of the comet in about five years. 



Mr. W. W. Campbell has made a careful 

 deduction of the diameter of Mars from observations 

 made at Mount Hamilton in 1894 an d 1895. He 

 used the thirty-six-inch equatorial. The equatorial 

 diameter resulting from the Lick measures is g"30. 



We notice from the report issued by the Mersey 

 Board, that at the Bidston Observatory on the 

 Cheshire side, opposite Liverpool, a re-determina- 

 tion of the latitude of the observatory has been 

 made, the result of which is 53 24' 4"-8 N. 



Mercury, Venus and Neptune are well situated 

 for observation. Mercury is a morning star, and 

 attains his greatest elongation west on November 

 10th. Venus is also a morning star, and is at her 

 greatest elongation west on the 29th. Jupiter will 

 be in a good position by the end of the month. 



Colonel A. Burton-Brown recently read before 

 the Royal Astronomical Society an important 

 paper which is printed in the Society's " Monthly 

 Notices," in defence of the selection of Norway 

 for the observation of the total solar eclipse on 

 August 8th next. It is accompanied by a map 

 illustrating the path of the moon's shadow. 



M. Camille Flammarian writes in the "Bulletin 

 of the Astronomical Society of France " for Octo- 

 ber, upon observations of the dark side of Venus, 

 made at Juvisy, during August and September last. 

 The planet was frequently observed in full sunshine 

 by the writer and his assistants, the results being 

 of a novel character. The colour of the unillu- 

 minated area was slightly violet in all conditions of 

 observations. This tint he supposes to be due to 

 the considerable refraction of the sun's rays by the 

 atmosphere of the planet. 



The Return of Faye's Comet. — M. Faye 

 discovered the comet which bears his name on 

 November 22nd, 1843, a,t Paris. Its periodic time 

 is J^Jifjj years, and the time for its appearance 

 has come round this year. On September 26th this 

 comet was seen at Kiel. At the time of its dis- 

 covery by M. Faye, it was suggested by M. Leverier 

 that it had been revolving in an orbit since 1747, at 

 which time it passed so near Jupiter that its orbit 

 was completely changed. This is the eighth visit 

 of the comet since its discovery. 



Mr. C. J. Caswell communicates to the "Journal 

 of the Royal Astronomical Association " that on 

 September 29th, he distinctly saw the appearance 

 of a female figure on the edge of Sinus Iridum. 

 He says, " I saw it first at 6.30 p.m. ; age of moon 

 11 d. 1 h. 30 m., in a 4-inch Wray refractor, powers 

 30 to 90, and continued the observation until after 

 the occultation of 5 Capricorni at S.48 p.m." He 

 states that it was like a silver statuette of a grace- 

 ful female figure with flowing hair, and formed the 

 promontory of Cape Heraclides, seeming to be 

 intently gazing across the Mare Imbrium, at the 

 two craters Le Verrier and Helicon. 



