SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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CONDUCTED BY FRANK C. DENNETT. 



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Oct. 



- 4 •• 



14 •• 



Oct. 



iiOOH 4 .. 



14 .. 

 24 .. 



Rises. 



h.m. 

 ... 6.S a.m 

 ... 6J5 

 ... 6.42 

 Risa. 

 h.m. 



Sits, 

 h.m. 

 ... 5.30 p.m 

 ... 5.8 

 — 4-17 

 Souths, 

 h.m. 



3.9 p.m. 

 6.16 



440 a.m. 



... 7.22 p.m. 

 ... 2.10 a.m. 

 ...10.16 



h.m 



.12.42 



...13-19 



...13-57 

 Sets, 

 h.m. 

 ..11.46 p.m 



..10.4S a.m 

 .. 3.36 p.m 



1 at Noon. 



R.A. 



Dec. 



4° 34' S. 



II" 57 



Oct. 

 Mercury... 4 . 



14 ■ 

 24 • 



■ 4 • 

 14 . 

 24 • 



. 14 . 

 - M • 



■ 14 ■ 

 . 14 ■ 

 . •-* . 



Venus 



Mars 



Jupiter . 

 Saturn . 



Ummms . 

 Neptune . 



Souths, 

 h. m. 

 io-(7 a.m. 

 10.50 

 11. 10 



9-52 



9-5S 

 IO-4 



0.30 p.m 

 10.19 a.m 



2.13 p.m. ... T 2 



2.6 ... I" S 



3.56 a.m. ... i" 2 



Semi 

 Diameter. 

 ... 3' 9 

 ... 2-g 

 ... 2-5 

 ...6" 3 

 ... 6' I 

 ... 5" 9 

 ... I- 9 



14" 4 



Ageat Won. 



d. h.m. 



7 22 14 



17 22 14 



27 22 14 



Position at Noon. 



R.A. 



h.m. 



11.41 ... 



12.23 ... 



13.23 ... 



IO.46 ... 



II.32 ... 



12.17 ••• 



14.3 ... 



II.52 ... 



15-47 ... 



15-39 - 



5.27 ... 



Dec. 



3° 2' N. 



o° 19' S. 



7° 2' S. 



9° i'N. 

 4°35'N. 

 0° S' S. 



I2 C 21' S. 



2= s'N. 



iS° 7' s. 



19° 20' S. 



21° 51' N. 



istQr. 

 V* <?r. 



.Oct. 



3 .. 



18 ... 



Full 

 New 



. Oct. 10 



4-4- 



p.m. 



Moon's Phases. 



h.m. 

 5.32 a.m. 

 9.9 p.m. 



In apogee. October 14th. 10 p.m., 



miles: and in perigee on 27th, at 3 a.m., when 



its distance is 223.300 miles. 



25 ...11.28 p.m. 

 1 distant 252,100 



Conjunctions of Planets with the Moon : 



Oct. 23 





Jupiter' ... 9 p.m ... planet 5 55' N. 

 Venus; ... 4 a.m. ... ,, b° 39^ 



24 





25 





Mercury* ... 1 p.m. ... „ 6° 5/ 



26 





Mars 4 ... 3 p.m. ... „ 5 12' 



27 





Saturn* ... 9 pm. ... ,. 6° 14' 



' Below English horizon. t Daylight. : Planet rising. 



OcccltatI'.ns and Near Approach : 







Dis- Angle Re- Angle 







iSagni- appears. from appears, from 

 tuJe. h.m. Vertex. A.m. Vertex. 



Oct. 



Star. 



B A Pisclum... 47 ... 9.31 p.m. . 

 :.\ ... 46... 3 47 a.m. . 

 - Taurl ... 3 - 8 ...11.59 p.m. 



14 23 4 2 ... 041 a.m. . 



14 1 ., ... jo ... 1 25 a.m. . 



it 27 38 ... 2.41 a.m. . 



. ; ... 5-47 »m . 



. 32 ...10.35 p.m. ... 264 

 131 ... Near approach. 



. 73 ... 1.6 a.m. ... 302° 

 129° ... 1.51 a.m. ... 228° 

 101° ... 2.47 a.m. ... 251 

 118 ... 3.35a.m. ... 182 



. 99 ... 6.51a.m. ... 203° 



The Sun seems to be showing increased activity, 

 several spots of considerable size being on the disc 

 in the earlier part of August. 



Mercury is a morning star, reaching its greatest 

 I at 10 p m on October 7th, 

 about • ■ . near ih 15m. before the 



sun. and so can well be observed. On the 6th he 

 is in conjunction with Jupiter at H a.m., J ipitcr 

 being 12' S 



Vexus U also a morning star torn. 



:be sun or. 

 on 31st It is : 



Jopiter at 9 p m. on yh, unfortunately l*:l 

 horizon. 



:er is a morning star, rhing at 4-;'- 1 in. on 

 October 1st , and at ; 1 



Mars is too close to the sun for observation. 



Saturn can only be seen directly after sunset, as 

 it sets at 7.29 on the evening of October 1st, and 

 at 5.3S on the 31st. 



Uranus has passed from our view. 



Neptune is a morning star closely south-west of 

 the Crab Nebula in Taurus. 



Meteors may be looked for on October 13th, 

 15th, 17th, iSth, 22nd, 24th and 29th. 



Red Stars in position during October : 



R.A 

 h. 



S. Cassiopeia? 

 (Mira) Ceti 

 — Piscium 

 S. 



HI. 



I. II 

 2.14 



1. 10 



1. 11 



Dec. Magnitude. 

 ~i° 59' N. 6'7<I3 Variable 

 9'5 

 7'5 



Variable 

 Brilliant ruby 

 Variable 



3° 27 1 S. 



25 5' N.± 

 S°I0' N.+ 

 ... 1. 15 6=30' N.± 



Amidst the great double cluster in the sword- 

 hand of Perseus, R.A. 2I1. 10m. Dec. N. 56 34', 

 there are, according to the late Rev. T. W. Webb, 

 no less than five red stars to be seen with a fair- 

 sized telescope. 



The coming total eclipse, on January 22nd, 189S, 

 will be best seen in India. On the coast near 

 Bombay totality will last over two minutes. In 

 the North-West Provinces, however, 100 seconds 

 is all the time for observation. Sir J. Norman 

 Lockyer%nd Mr. Fowler will be stationed near the 

 Bombay coast. The Astronomer Royal (Professor 

 Turner) and Dr. A. A. Common will be where the 

 shadow track crosses either the southern Mahratta, 

 or the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. Mr. 

 Newall will go to Wardha by the railway from 

 Bombay to Nagpur, and, using a large slit spectro- 

 scope, will endeavour to discover the rate of 

 rotation of the corona, by the relative displacement 

 of the lines of the spectrum east and west of the 

 sun. The shadow path across India has a length 

 of about 1,000 miles, and a width of 50 miles. 



The Cape Observatory. — Mr. Joseph Lunt, 

 B.Sc, Director of the Photographic Section of 

 the British Astronomical Association, has been 

 appointed Assistant at the above observatory, to 

 take charge of the telescope and spectroscope 

 recently presented by Mr. McClean, for the 

 purposes of stellar spectroscopy. 



The Yerkes Observatory. — According to the 

 " Observatory," the opening ceremonies arc to 

 occupy five days, October i.Sth to 22nd. On the 

 22nd, Mr. Yerkes will formally present, and the 

 President of Chicago University accept, the 

 Observatory. 



Gresham College Lectures. — Courses of 

 Lectures on Astronomy and other subjects, free to 

 all, and frequently illustrated by limelight, are 

 given autumn, winter and spring, at the 1 College in 

 am Street, E.C., and are much appreciated 

 The lectures were first given in 1597, so that this 



year i 1 enary. This being so, on 



■ 1 .1, jrd, jili and 5th, .-a C p m., Rev. 

 Ledger will lecture on " The Vstro 

 I the time of Queen Elizabeth, com] 

 with thai <>f tin.- time • >! 1 Jueen Vi< toria." 



Mar . and Va • '■ , 1 he mea lure 1 <.i Mara 



; 1 ith the |G Ini h 



. .ope in [894, give the equatorial 



the polar diami ti 1 1 g 



lite . in [89 ,, with Hi'- Insti 1, 



Venn mlle». 



