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SCIENCE- G OSSIP. 





ASTRONOMY, 





COXDUCTED BY F. C. DEXXETT. 









/« at Xoon. 





1900 



Rii-? 



K.A. D-c. 





July 



h.m. 



h.m. h.m. 



8 



. 9 . 



. 3.55 



a.m. . . 8.15 p.m. . . 7.13 . . 22.24 X. 





19 . 



. 4.7 



.. 8.5 .. 7.53 .. 2".5i 





29 . 



. 4.20 



.. 7.52 .. 8.33 .. 18.49 







I 



ths. 6 Age at Soon. 





Joly 



h.m. 



h.m. h.m. d. h.m. 





9 .. 



5.34 



p.m. . . 9.38 p.m. . . 0.52 a.m. . . 12 10.33 





19 .. 



10.58 



. . 5.4G a.m. . . 1.17 p.m. . . 22 10.33 





29 .. 



7.39 



a.m. . . 2.11 p.m. . . 8.30 p.m. . . 2 22.17 



Position at Xoon, 

 Souths. - U.A. Dee. 







July 



h.m. Diameter, h.m. ° ' 



' 



? 



:- .. 



1.49 p.m. . . 4.4" . . 8.57 . . 16.6 X . 







13 .. 



1.19 .. 5.2" .. '.'.I .. 12.59 







29 .. 



0.2m .. 5.7" .. 8.47 .. 12.49 



■ 



. 



. 9 .. 



11.55a.m. .. 28.9" .. 7.4 ..IS 







19 .. 



10.53 .. 27.2'' .. 6.40 .. 17.12 







29 .. 



10.5 .. 23.9" .. 6.31 .. 16.57 



J fan 



. 



19 .. 



9.10 a.m. .. 2.2" .. 4.57 .. 22J I" 







19 .. 



8.8 p.m. . . 19.5 ' . . 15.57 . . 19.41 S. 



6 ' 



. 



19 .. 



10.11 p.m. .. 8.4" .. 18.0 .. 22.30 S. 



Uranus 



. 



19 .. 



8.40 p.m. .. 1.9" .. 16.28 .. 21.45 S. 



Septum 





19 .. 



10.4 a.m. .. 1.2" .. 5.51 .. S2.14 X. 



Moon's Phages. 



h.m. h.m. 





.. July 5 . 



. 0.14 a.ni. Full .. July 12 .. 1.22 p.m. 



3rd Qr. 



r 



. 19 



. 5.31a.m. Xeu .. .. 26 .. 1.43 p.m. 



In apogee July 3rd at 3 p.m. ; in perigee on 

 15th at 2 p.m.: and again in apogee on 31sl 

 9 a.m. 



Meteop-. 



h.m. 

 .1 une 13-Julv 7 

 Jolv 11-19 

 .. 12-17 



.. :• 27 



.. -S-Ang. 4 



.. 27-29 



. 3 -Ang. 11 



Coxjuxcnoxs of Plaxets with the Hook. 



Vulpecolid*.. Radiant R.A. 20.8 Dee. 24° X. 



. ni Is .. 



.. i .-' . .. £ " 



. 77 Hercali'ls 



_ 17.0 _ 37 X. 



.y Draconids 



.. 18.4 .. 47 X. 



:-;.-• • 



3.12 .. 43 X. 



.3 Aquarids. 



., 22.36 .. 12 S. 



.AAndromedes 



_ 23.20 .. 51 X. 



.'■.-;■■ 



Jupiter 



Satarn*t 



Mare 



Venosi - 



Mercnrv 5 



1 a.m. 



4 a.m. 

 1 a.m. 

 . .-_ . 

 7 a-m. 



Planet 1.35 X. 



.i- S. 

 .. ' '.44 X. 

 _ 3.50 S. 

 .. 0.16 S. 



* Daylight. 



Below English horizon. 



OCCULTATIOXS AND NEAR APPPOACH. 



'. 



Han ni- Dit- 

 tude. appear t. 

 h.m. 

 .11.24 p.m. 



8..aScorpii .. 2.5 .. 

 : -- . . c- Sagittarii. . 3.5 . . 0.19 a.m. 

 12.. | .. . . 5.0 . 0.53 a.m. 



li. ... Caprieorni.. 5.2 .. 9.43 p.m. 

 17..19 Pisciom .. 5.2 .. 5.1a.m. 

 22..53Tauri .. 5.5 .. L2 a.m. 



Angle Angle 



Be- 



° h.m. ° 



.. 136 .. 11.54 p.m. .. 180 



. 103 . . 1.18 a.m. . . 202 



. 332 . . Xear ADDroach. 



. W .. 10.17 p.nL .. 339 



.. 347 .. 5.35 a.m. .... 



.. 100 .. 1.52 a.m. .. 316 



The Srx .should be kefjt under observation, as 

 sting .groups are at times visible. I: :- in 

 apogee at 1 p.m. on Julv 2nd, when its distance is 

 about 94,560,000 miles. 



Mercury is an evening star all the month, 

 reaching its gre stern elongation, 26 c 2', at 



1 p.m. on July 4th. at which time it sets about 

 lh. 20m. after the sun. The best time for o* - - 

 vation will be early in the afternoon, when it i> 

 near the meridian. 



Venus at the commencement of the month is 

 very near the sun, being in inferior conjunction 

 with it at 11 a.m. on July 8th, afterwards be- 

 coming a morning star, rising nearly two hours- 

 before the sun at the end of the month, when it i- 

 near y Geminorum. 



Mars is a morning star, rising at 1.30 a.m. at 

 the commencement of the month, and 0.40 a.m. at 

 the end. Travelling through Taurus, its tiny disc 

 is too small for useful observation, except with 

 large apertures. 



Jupiter is still not far from Scorpii It is 

 due south on July 1st at 9.23 p.m. and at 7.20 on 

 31st, and should be looked for as soon as it is 

 sufficiently dark. 



Saturx, southing at 11.27 p.m. on 1st and at 

 9.21 on 31st. is as well placed as its great south 

 declination will permit. Its very widely open ring 

 makes it a most beautiful object. 



Craxus is on the meridian at 9.53 p.m. on 

 July 1st, and at 7.51 on 31st, and near to the 5th 

 magnitude star a Ophiuchi. 



Xeptuxe is too near the sun for observation. 



Three xew Mixor Plaxets. — Two were photo- 

 graphically discovered on March 6th at Tokio 

 Observatory, Japan, by S. Hirayama. A third was 

 found on a photograph taken by Professor Mas 

 Wolf on May 22nd. at Heidelberg. 



ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF WALES. — We have 

 received the quarterly journal "The Cambrian 

 Natural Observer," which contains some interest- 

 ing observations on the great meteor of January 

 4th. as well as on other phenomena. The notes on 

 the celebrated meteorologists G. J. Symons. F.B.S. 

 and E. J. Lowe, F.R.S.. who so recently died, are 

 useful reading. 



AI-TEP.atiox OF Address. — Mr. Dennett".- address 

 is now, as previouslv. 60 Lenthall Eoad. Dalston. 



X.E. 



Total Ecliise of the Sux. — Everywhere there 

 appears to have been good fortune with the ob- 

 servers along the line of totality. The party of the 

 A-trononier Royal at Ovar seem to have fared 

 worst, but not seriously, from the presence of a slight 

 haze. The form of the corona, as seen by the naked 

 eye. was very like the observations made in 1867, 

 l v 7^. and 1898, one ray being visible to a dis- 

 tance of from four to six lunar radii from the sun's 

 centre. The light at totality seems to have been con- 

 siderable ; more than that from the full moon. The 

 partial eclipse seen from England was very inter- 

 esting. The frequent passage of clouds caused 

 trouble to the scientific observer, but gave very 

 nice views of the phenomenon to the general public 

 without the use of troublesome smoked gla-- s. 

 The writer was observing with the 3-inch Wray 

 Science-Gossip Telescope, a solar diagonal, and 

 power of 75 diameters. The limb of the moon was 

 noted to be abnormally smooth, and other observers 

 make the same note. The occultation and re- 

 appearance of two groups of dark spots proved very 

 interesting. The mottled surface of the disc 

 was itself a beautiful object for study. N t 

 any phenomena traceable to a lunar atmosphere 

 seem to have been observed. At the time of 



