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leration ; and at the clase of the month he will be within thirteen days of his opposition to 
the sun. ‘There will be ten visible immersions and twe visible emersions of his satellites. 
The immersions of the first satellite happen in the following order: on the night of the 2d, 
at 32 minutes 13 seconds past eleven ; on the morning of the i0th, at 26-minutes 15 seconds 
past one; on the morning of the 17th, at 20 minutes 25 seconds past three; an the night 
of the 78th, at 48 minutes 56 seconds past nine; and on the night of the 25th, at 43 minutes” 
45 seconds past eleven. The immersions of the second satellite happenon the evening of the 
43th, at 42 minutes 42 seconds past eight; on the night of the 20th, at 20 minutesa seconds 
past eleven; and on the morning of the 28th, at 57 minutes 24 seconds past one. The im-' 
mersions and emersions Of the third satellite take place in the following order: the first is 
an emersion at 24 minutes 54 seconds past ten of the nizht cf the first; the second will be an 
immersion on the morning of the 9th, at 56 minutes 48 seconds before one: its subsequent 
emeision will also be visible on the same morning at 25 minutes 2 seconds past two. The 
last will be an immersion on the morning of the 16th, at 4 minutes 18 seconds past four. 
Mars, throughout the month, will be above our horizon only about two hours after sun-set. 
Notwithstanding this clreumstance, the two planets Mars and Saturn may be seen very nearly 
in conjunction on the evening of the 10th, Saturn being 3° 18’ to the north, and Mars 
about one-third of a degree to the west. The beautiful planet Venus will be up in the morn- 
ings for several hours be‘ore sun-rise 3 and will make a very splendid appearance in the north- 
east and east. On the forenoon of the 29th she will pass close by that very remarkable star 
in the constellation of the Lion, of the first magnitude named the Lion’s-heart, and by Bayer 
marked a. The nearest approach -of the planet to this star will not be visible in ‘Britain, 
but may be-seen in America. These two celestial bodies will be apparently near enough on 
the morning of the 29th to merit the attention of the curious in Great Britain and Europe. 
At the time of theff conjunction, they will be only one-thirticth of a degree distant from 
each other, the planet being tothe south. Mercury will not be seen at all by us this month, 
as he sets so soon after the sun; but in the Torrid Zone he will be visible in the evenings 
for the last fortnight. On the evening of the 28th will take place aa occultation of two 
fixed stars by the moon, both of the fourth magnitude, named 1) and 23 of the Bull. The 
immersion of 1% will be at the bright edge of the moon at 324 minutes past eight; and the 
immersion of 23 nineteen minutes and a quarter afterwards. ‘he emersion of 13 will be at 
Si minutes past nine; and the emersion of 23 at 47% minutes past nine The former star 
will be 114, and the latter only 2% minutes of a degree to the north of the moon’s centre. 
New moon will be on the evening of the 9th, at 58 minutes past seven; and full moon on 
the evening of the 23d, at 36 minutes past six. 
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To the Enitor from Mr. Lorrr. 
The appearance of the Herschelian planet about 6° west of the ) last night about half ~ 
past eight, was very interesting. It was perfectly distinct with my night-glass and two other . 
telescopes, an achromatic of Dollond’s, and a refractor, both with» small powers. It. is asto- 
nishing that with the ), within the field of the glass, so remote an object at the distance of 
ear 2000 millions of miles, and subtending consequently, (as I compute, taking its diameter 
as 33 of the Earth,) an angle of only about 3”, should be so distinct. It much resembled the 
Nucleus of the comet of 1807; only far less brilliant. % I saw this evening about 20 mi- 
nutes past eight, 12° west of the })}. With regard to the Herschel, surely it has some degree. 
of inherent light, ora very great reflective power. But it has no coloured light ; at least, 
Jast night it appeared of a yery pure white, Its brightness and that of fy appear much greater 
than Could he expected, considering their distance, May not the very quick rotation of 2 
and even of }y be the means ef exciting electric light in an increased degree in their atmo- 
spheres. ) \ 
__ Lam not convinced that the € ,©, co, h, and Herschel, all acting on the same side on our 
atmosphere, may not have had some share in producing the excessive rains and winds for 
more than a week past. ‘The vast distance of two of these bodies, reduces their effect, 
singly considered, to very little; but, wis wzita fortior, and small powers well combined and_ 
accumulated, in co-operation with greater, are to ke regarded. No solar spots were seen this 
day; and, though repeatedly looking for them, I have scarcely seen any for these two. 
yeas. 
4ugust 18,1809. Your’s &c. Carey. Lorrt. 
Erratum. In the Astronomical Anticipations for August, line 30, for, 10 36’, read 19 36’ 
Errata. Inthe Memoir of Isaac Ambrose Eccles, esq. in our last Magazine, page 638, 
for, London, where he contrived to reside, read, London, where he continued to reside —-and 
in page 639, second column, for, family who seems, read, family who seem.—It is supposed 
that the professor under whom Mr. Eccles studied Italian, at Florence, or Siena, was Giu- 
seppe Torelli, who translated into Italian, Gray’s Elegy in a Country Church Yard. This 
translation appears in a very rare little work by the eccentric Sherlock, entitled, Cosiglio ad 
un Giovane Poeta. ‘ . 
