“12 Astronomical Anticipations—To Correspondents. 
the Sun. Venus will be an evening-ftar for the month. On the ift. her elongation from 
the Sun will be 42° 28’, and on the 28th 45° 38'.. As feen through a telefcope, her gib- 
bous appearance, which on the 1ft of the month will be the fame with that of the Moon 
when the is within 223 degrees of her laft quarter, by the end of the month will have increa- 
fed fo as to refemble the Moon about fifteen hours before fhe arrives at her laft quadrature. 
Notwithftanding this conftant diminution of illumination as it refpects her difk, her luftre 
will be contantly mereafing on account of her rapid approach to the earth enlarge her 
apparent diameter. On the 18th fhe comes into conjun¢tion with the ¢ of the Fifhes, of the 
fourth magnitude, when their difference of latitude will be-22 minutes, the ftar being te the 
north. Mars may ftill be feen in the morning. Through the month he will rapidly m- 
creafe in his apparent magnitude, his gibbous appearance and diftanee from the Earth con- 
ftantly decreafing. . On the evening of the 1f he rifes at eleven o’clock, and on the even- 
ing of the 28th at 39 minutes paft nine. Jupiter may be feen every farsatetk: evening in 
the weft, foon after fun-set, but with fome difficulty towards. the end of the month on ac- 
count of his then being within a few degrees of his conjunétion with the Sun. Saturn will 
be up in the mornings feveral hours before fun-rife. On the 1f the difference of longi- 
tude of this planet and the Scorpion’s heart, a ftar of the firft magnitude, will be 4° 32’, 
and of latitude 6° 31’, and on the 28th the difference of longitude will be 3° 22’, and 
of latitude 6° 36’. It muft be obferved that in both cafes the itar is more advanced in 
longitude, and to the fouth of the planet. The Georgium Sidus will be ftill a morning- 
ftar. On the morning of the 1ft he rifes at eighteen minutes before one; on the evening 
of the 14th at 47 minutes patt eleven ; and on “the evening of the 28th at 53 minutes past 
ten. His nearest approach to the a, in the fouth feale of the balance this month will be on 
_the 13th, when their difference of longitude will be.2° 45’, and of latitude feven minutes. 
During this month that very remarkable star, the 8 inthe constellation of Perfeus, other- 
wile Co, head, may be obferved feveral times to increafe and decrease in 
brigh its full folendonr it is a bright star of the fecond magnitude, nearly equal to 
the oat me constellation ; but inthe fpace of about four hours it gradually decreafes 
toa ore fourth magnitude, and afterwards in the fame {pace of time as gradually re- 
covers it t, which it retains about two daysand a half, and then begins to lofe its light, 
-and afterwards to recover it, as before. The times of its least brightnefs which will be vi- 
fible to Great Britain are the following: the ist, atsix, evening; “the 13 3th, at a quarter 
past five, morning; the 16th, ata quarter past two, morning ; the 18th, at eleven, night; 
and the 21st, at half past feo, evening. If four hours be fubtra¢ted from the above 
times it will fhow the beginning of the decreafe of the star’s light; but if four hours be ad- 
aed, the fum will be the time of the end of the phenomenon: But of all the variable stars 
whose period of light is known, there is none whofe brightnefs at one time is fo striking! 
contrasted with its brightnefs at another time, as that very remarkable star in the Whale’s 
neck, named o by Bayer. It is fometimes fo bright as to furpafs cither the a or @ in the 
fame constellation, which are stars of the fecond magnitude, and at other timesit is as faint 
as a teletcopic star of the tenth magnitude. It is now (Jan.) equal in brightnefs to the 
of the Fithes, of the third magnitude, and is expeéted to arrive at its greatest lustre in the 
month of March. 
Errata in the Astronomical Anticipations for’ Fanuary.—Line 10, for ‘22 minutes” read 2 
minutes. Ditto, for “more than” read more noxth than. Line i1, for ‘ 5s minutes” ee 
57% minutes. 
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