SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



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CONDUCTED BY F. C. DENNETT. 



l*vsilio)i nt Xoon. 



1901 



Nov. 

 Sun .. 1 .. 

 11 .. 

 21 .. 



Rises, 

 h.m. 



G.55 a.m. . 

 7.12 a.m. . 

 7.29 a.m. . 



Rises. 

 Nov. h.m. 

 Moon .. 1 .. 9.18 p.m. 

 11 .. 7.16 a.m. , 

 21 .. 1.33 p.m 



Sets. 



h.m. 

 . 4.33 p.m. 

 . 4.10 p.m. 

 , 4. 3 p.m. 



Souths. 



h.m. 



. 4. 7 a.m. 



.11.63 a.m. 



. 7.55 p.m. 



R.A. 



h.m.s. 

 . 14.23.89 

 ..15. 3.48 

 ..15.45. 1 



Dec. 



14.18.10 S. 



17.18.58 S. 



19.50. 3 S. 



Sets. Age at Noon, 

 h.m. (1. h.m. 



11.58 a.m. .. 19 22.49 

 4,25 p.m. . . 4.20 

 . 1 13 a.m. .. 10 4.2G 



I^ositiou at Xoon. 



Venus 



Mars 

 .fupiler . 

 Saturn , 

 Uranus . 

 Neptune . 



Nov, 

 1 . 



11 . 



21 . 

 1 . 



11 . 



21 . 



11 . 



11 . 



11 . 



11 . 



11 . 



.South, 

 h.m. 

 0.10-9 

 111,53-6 



p.m. 

 a.m. 



.10.30-1 a.m. 



2,48-0 

 2.58-9 

 3. 8-4 

 1.58-3 

 3,20-1 



3.33-6 p.m. 

 1.36-7 p.m. 

 2.40 7 a.m. 



Semi- 

 diameter 

 .. 4-9" . 

 .. 4-4" . 

 .. 3-3' 



p.m. 

 p.m. 

 p.m, 

 p.m. 

 p.m. 



K.A. 

 h.m.s. 

 ..14.61.17 

 ..14.12..59 

 ..14.29.14 

 9-1" ,.17.28. 9 

 9-9" ..18.18.30 

 .19. 7.26 

 .17.18. 



Dec. 



..10-9" 

 .. 2-2" 

 ..lC-0" 

 .. 7-3" 

 .. 1-8" 

 .. 1-2" 



.17.62.58 S. 



.11.35.13 S. 



.12.14.27.?, 



.•25.63.35 S. 



.26.10.39 S. 



.25,31.18 8. 



.24, 4.47 8. 



18.40.19 ..23.13.39 S. 



18.53.47 ..22.37.56 8. 



IG.50.42 ..22.41.39 S. 



0. 4.48 ..22.15. 7 N. 



Moon's Phases. 



Snl Qr. .. Nov. 3 .. 7.24 a.m. 

 1st Qr. .. „ 19 .. 8.23 a.m. 



Neiv . . 

 Pull .. 



Nov. 11 



„ 20 



7.34 a.m. 

 I.l8a,m. 



In apogee on November 11th, 

 perigee on 25th, at i a.m. 



at noon : and in 



2 to 3 

 10 to 23 

 13 to 16 

 13 to 28 

 20 to 28 

 23 to 24 



Meteoes, 



h.m. 

 e Taumls Radiant E.A. 3.40 Dec. 



v Caucrids 



Leonids 



Leo Minoiids 

 J Taiu-ids 



Androuiedids 



8.52 



10.0 



10.20 



4.12 



1.40 



9K. 

 31 N. 

 23 N. 

 40 N. 

 •22 N. 

 43 K. 



From the position of the radiant of the Leonid.^ 

 they cannot be observed nntil after midnight. 

 Watch bliould be kept for them this year, tlie 

 absence of the Moon malving a favourable oppor- 

 tunity for seeing the meteors should they put in an 

 appearance. 



Conjunctions op Planets with the Moon. 



10 

 14 

 15 

 15 

 15 



Jauof 



MercLir^t 



Mai-st 



Yeuiis* 



Jupiterf 



Satiirnt 



» Daylight. 



1 a.m. 



7 a.m. , . ., 



. . 5 a.m. ,. 



. . 2 p.m. . . „ 



. . 8 p.m. . . „ 



.. 10 p.m. .. 



t Below English horizon. 



Planet 0.26 S. 

 ., 2.12 N. 

 ,. 4.19 S. 

 „ 7.20 S. 

 „ 4.44 8. 

 „ 4.21 8. 



Nov. 



4 .. 



6 .. 



22 .. 



27 .. 



28 .. 



29 .. 



30 .. 



OCCULTATIONS AND NEAR APPROACHES. 



Anctle A note 



from Re- from 



Verte.v. appears. IVr/t-.r. 



Magni 

 Star. tude. 



w Leonis 5-6 . 



I>' „ 6-6 



S Pisoium 4-6 



71 Orionis 5-1 

 A GemiHorum3-6 . 



68 „ 5-0 



K Caucri 5-0 



Dis- 

 appears, 

 h.m. 

 . 0. 4 a.m. 



6.29 a.m. 



4.30 p.m. 

 10.41 p.m. 



.11.39 p.m. 

 7.18 a.m. 

 9.54 p.m. 



h.m. ° 



. 0.30 a.m. .. 27 

 . near approach. 



.10.54 p.m. .. 20 

 . near appro£ich. 

 . S. a.m. . . 210 

 84 ..10.24p.m. .. 20 



79 

 358 , 



14 



49 

 223 

 102 



Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 10th. 

 — This is unfortunately quite invisible in the 

 British Islands, as it ends before sunrise. The 

 path of the central eclipse is from a point very 

 near to Malta, across the- Sinaitio Peninsula, 

 through Arabia, Ceylon, and Siam to the Philippine 

 Isles. The partial phase is visible over a great 

 part of Asia, Eastern Europe, North-East Afi^ica, 

 and the Northern Indian Ocean. 



The Sun still maintains quiescence witli little 

 breal^. 



Mercury is in inferior conjunction with the Sun 

 at G p.m. on November 4th, but by 5 a.m, on 21st 

 will have reached its greatest elongation, 19° 42' 

 west. At this time it rises in the east about two 

 hours before the Sun, in the western part of Libra, 

 a little north-west of the 3rd magnitude star o. 

 The last lialf of the month will be a favourable 

 opportunity for observing- tlie rosy planet. 



"N'enus, although nearing elongation, is very un- 

 fa\ourably situated for observation in northern 

 latitudes, but will be a beautiful object in the 

 southern liemisphere. from its proximity to Jupiter 

 and Saturn, with which planets it is in conjunction 

 at (J a.m. on the Istli and 7 a.m. on the 19th, 2° 45' 

 south of .Tnpiter and ;!° 12' south of Jupiter. 



Mars and Uranus are too close to the Sun for 

 observation. 



Jupiter sets at 7.57 p.m. on November 1st, and 

 at G,28 on the 30th, At (! a.m. on the 28th it is 

 in conjunction with Saturn, passing only 27' to the 

 south. If the planet can be seen before G o'clock 

 on November 2nd, it will be found with only 

 Satellite IV. visible, II. and III, being in transit. 

 Also on the 9th, as early as the planet can be 

 seen, all four moons will be grouped vei-y closely 

 round. 



Saturn. — 'J'he accompanying diagi-am, onlj' 7° 

 square, shows the relative positions of the three 



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planets during- the latter part of the month better 

 than it is possible to describe them in writing. 



Neptune will be found closely west-south-west 

 of the third magnitude variable red star tj Gemi- 

 norum. 



Gresham College Lectures. — The Rev. Pro- 

 fessor Edmund Ledger will deliver lectures on 

 the constellations of the Zodiac and the new star 



