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SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



CONDUCTED BY F. C. DENNETT. 











Position at Noon. 





190: 



Rises. 



Sets. 



R.A. 



Dec. 





ilar 



h.m. 



h.m. 



h.m.s. 



/ (/ 



Sun .. 



1 



. 6.49 a.m. 



.. 5.37 p.m. . 



22.47. 4 .. 



7.43.41 S. 





11 



. 6.28 a.m. 



. . 5.55 p.m. . 



23.24.12 .. 



3.51.40 S. 





21 



. . 6. 6 a.m. 



,. 6.1-2 p.m. . 



0. 0.46 .. 



0. 4,59 N. 





31 



. . 5.42 a.m. 



. . 6.29 p.m. . 



0.37. 8 . 



4. 0.10 N. 







Jiises. 



Souths. 



Sets. 



Aae at Noon. 





Mar 



h.m. 



h.m. 



h.m. 



d. h.m. 



Moon . 



. 1 



. U.31 a.m. 



. . 6. 6 a.m. . . 



9.36 a.m. 



.. 20.2-2.39 





11 



. 6.43 a.m. 



.. 1.16 p.m. .. 



8. 1 p.m. 



.. 1. 9.10 





n 



. 3.37 p.m. 



..10.23 p.m. . 



4.30 a.m. 



.. 11. 9.10 





31 



. 0.59 a.m. 



.. 5.?1 a.m. . 



9.44 a.m. 



.. 21. 9.10 











Position at Noon. 







South 



s. Semi- 



R.A. 



Dec. 







Mar. h.m. 



diameter, h.m.s. 



O > II 



Mercur 



v.. 



1 ..10.5G-5 



a.m. .. 4-8" . 



.21.29.41 . 



12.23.35 S. 







11 ..10.29-5 



a.m. .. 4-0" . 



.21.42.17 . 



.13.40.36 S. 







21 ..10.28-3 



a.m. .. 3-4" . 



.22.20.38 . 



.11.56.34 S. 







31 .,10.39-6 



a.m. .. 3-0" . 



.23.11.25 . 



. 7.44.59 S. 



Venus 





1 ..10.39-8 



a.m. ..27-4" . 



.21.12.56 . 



. 7.46.10 S. 



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11 ..10. 0-5 



a.m. ..23-6" 



.21.13. 4 . 



. 9.18.27 S. 







21 .. 9.35-4 



a.m. ..20-0" . 



.21.27.29 . 



. 9.58.52 S. 



Iqn 





31 .. 9.20.5 



a.m. ..17-1'' . 



.:1.52. 4 . 



. 9.38. 1 S. 



Mars 





21 .. 0.15-5 



p.m. .. 2-0" 



. 0. 7.49 . 



. 0. O.IH N. 



Jupiter 





21 .. 8.54-8 



a.m. ..16-0" . 



.20.46.38 . 



.18.23.37 S. 



Saturn 





21 .. 8. 0-3 



a.m. .. 7-4" . 



.19.51.57 . 



.20.52.35 S. 



Uranus 





21 .. 5.30-8 



a.m. .. 1-8"' . 



.17.22. . 



23.13.37 S. 



Neptune ., 



21 .. 6. 12 



p.m. .. 1-2" 



. 5.54.26 . 



.22.17.55 N. 







Moon's Phases. 









h 



m. 





h.m. 



Zrcl Qr. 





Mar. 2 .. 10.39 a.m. New 



.. Mar. 10 



. . 2.50 a.m. 



Ist Qr. 





„ 16 .. 10.13 p.m. Full 



• . » 24 



.. 3.21a.m. 



In apogee on March 1st, at 9 p.m. ; in perigee 

 on 13th, at 9 p.m. ; and in apogee again on 29th, 

 at 4 p.m. 



Meteors, 



h.m. ° 



Mar. .. j3 Leonids .. Radiant K.A. 11.40 Dee. ION. 



„ 24 .. /3Ursids .. „ „ 10.44 „ 58 N. 



Conjunctions op Planets with the Moon. 



Mar 



4 .. 



. . Vesta* . . 10 a.m. . . Planet 0.35 S. 





6 .. 



.. Saturnt .. 3 a.m. .. „ 5. 1 S. 





7 .. 



. . Jupiterf . . 2 a.m. . . „ 5.41 S. 





7 



.. Veuusf .. 7 p.m. .. „ 2.11 N. 





8 .. 



. . Mercury . . 6 a.m. . . „ 4.20 S. 





10 , .. 



.. Mars* .. 2 p.m. „ 4.33 S. 





* Daylight. f Below English horizon. 





OCCULTATIONS AND NeAR APPROACH. 







Angle Angtt 







Magni- Dis- from Re- from 



Mar 



Star. 



lude. appears. Vertex, appears. Vertex, 

 h.m. ° h.m. ° 



16 . 



i Tauri 



5-1 ,.1,8 a.m. , , 328 . . Near approach. 



17 .. 



26 aeminorum 5-1 .. 9.19 p.m. .. 104 ..10.16 p.m. .. 209 



18.. 



68 „ 



5-0.. 5.48p.m. ., 197 .. 6.14pm. .. 234 



20 .. 



0) Leonis 



5-6 .. 8.27 p.m. .. 120 .. 9.43 p.m. . 297 



22 .. 



P^ „ 



5-5 ..11.19 p.m. .. 146 .. 0.24 a.m. .. 251 



29.. 



V Scorpii 



4-5 ., 1.41a.m. .. 138 .. 3. a.m. .. 272 



The Sun should be watched for disturbances, 

 although now usually very quiescent. It crosses 

 the equator at 1 p.m. on March 21st, entering the 

 sign Aries, and Spring is said to commence. 



Mercury is a morning star all the month, reacli- 

 ing its greatest elongation west 17° -11' at 2 p.m. on 



March 17th. From its southern declination it only 

 rises about three-quarters of an hour before the 

 Sun at this time, the interval decreasing to less 

 than half an hour by the end of the month. 



Venus is a morning star all the month, attain- 

 ing her greatest brilliancy at 7 a.m. on March 21st. 

 She rises during the whole of March a little more 

 than an liour and a half before the Sun. 



Mars is too close to the Sun for observation, 

 being in conjunction with him at 1 a.m. on 

 the 30th. 



Juno is in opposition to the Sun on March 14th, 

 appearing as a star of 9th magnitude, passing on 

 the 6th almost close to /3 Virginis, 3"7 magnitude, 

 as is shown on the accompanying diagram. 



Jupiter is a morning star in Capricornus, rising 

 about an hour and a half before the Sun during the 

 last few days of March. 



Saturn is a morning star in Sagittarius, rising 

 about thirty-five minutes before Jupiter. 



Uranus traverses a short path a little to the 

 north of the 3'4 magnitude star 6 in the southern 

 part of Ophiuchus. 



Neptune is situated in the portion of the 

 heavens a little west of t? Geminoi-um, where the 



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Course of Jl'N{_>. 



constellations Taurus, Gemini, and Orion are con- 

 terminous. He is an evening star visible until 

 midnight. 



The Zodiacal Light may be looked for in the 

 evenings as soon as it is dark during the first eleven 

 days above the western horizon, and following the 

 course of the ecliptic. 



Nova Persei is still decreasing in brightness. 

 At midnight on January 28tli its magnitude was 

 estimated at 7'8, whilst on the 31st it appeared 

 about 8"5. Its light seems less sparkling than that 

 of tlie stars of similar size in the same field of 

 view, and when a prism or diffraction grating is 

 held between the eye and the eye-piece of the 

 3-inch Wray " Science-Gossip " telescope it is seen 

 as a green star, whilst all other stars are trans- 

 formed into lines of light. In other words, the 

 light of tlie Nova grasped by tlie little instrument 

 appears to be mono-chromatic, probably about 

 light wave 433-5 An ajiparently probable theory 



