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Evening Star, Issue 4087, 1 April 1876, Page 2

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s&i- apbh, -* : L The Suiv-Many spots were no be the last monxmtoongh noneotjhppe werewany great size. There wi?be noMMrefrthat. . wehayenowifaifly entered bpotFiAt creasing activity lof the dwjjHtothp repose. soohAslt is. of the mlfojphbtosffley - -j ■ 2.The Moonvttll be in aWih&n ijlligifrt.about 7 a.m^and^in podgee On toeSTtiraßglwonb fi a.nhThe phSSes.willtudldaoe asfolujsf]t*- / First quarter, April / Full moon, 9th, at Thrs (tain am. ' . Last quarter, 17th, at Shrs 7min earn.. New moon, 24th, at 6hrs 83min p.m. 3 Mercury will be in superior conjunction on the 23rd, and will not be favorably situated for Observation at any time during the mouth; it may be ' possible at the beginning ef it, however, to see him Somewhat to toorouthoFthe Sun’s track. Hois in a very barren port of the constellation Pisces. 4. Venus is Met becoming, a splendid db|«ot; towards the end of the month she will be very nearly in^her for otaer-; Her apparent path, therefore,- is very low in toe sky, and, consequently, the planet is seldom .to .ta..' Seen throigh a pare atmosphere; tiie.mtaa.ahd—vapours near the horizoh dimming its lustre .rendering it impossible for Sven toe best telesoopSfi to define improperly.,;■ Venus sets on the . mouth at p.m, 6. Mars now. precedes' Venus. (aWdt three* minutes). Both of the plauete are jhst entering toh constellationT)iqrtifl, ■ Mpfs -is now* yery moMjly£ round, arid his'apparent diameter has amauMT down' tO Ssecs. He is decidedly not worth loolang ’• 6.* The Minor Planets Vesta and {Thao havemob*: moved fak from the' positions given dastmonto? Vesta ls neat PM' Virginia, And vunois hear Gam- - ina Virgiuis. Pallas will be in 11th, and Cereson the 26th ••the formSr plaßel'd>rey' ceding Areturns about five minutes a little 13: latter following Phi Virginls ne&rly also somewhat.S. (nearly a degied)". - ’ . t. Jupiter is now a very fine object, he; is Soorpiou near the fine, double star Bhta of .that ow stollalion: in’ feet, toe star'and' the piahefare'ih' , . thesamefleld bf view) tm the fiththey vdll be in : eon junction, toe distance betweentheni Vwitig thenon’y 3 minutes . A full description of toe present mw petu*nce of this planet in toe'large reflector tntf be given next-month, when -tupitor will be*in pitipn. Jhpitor rlseß justbefore 8 p.m. : SinPlTltn’s ! Q.oocultaUon; T, transit of satol- , : life; 8, transit of shadotr; D, disappearance; 'lf, reappearance; I, ingress; E, egressj: • r

a :8. Saturn is in the copst6llation A.^hkilt^, ‘ distance from any considerable star.-'ilepflfises Vn6 . ~ meridian.ab<mt two and a-quarterhours tW . - Son. Ohserver& will notice 'that rab&ir&oalmf the planet lias changed 'greatly alnoe' ust^aeabSaf . . and that the rings seem to be not as they were in we spring.-* .! 9.' XJrannS is to be seen ih dbse ieT his old place in Cancdr.' He will eomptetebis renrti grade motion on the 23rd, when be wlliragain> begin i'• to move slowly from west to east among tne stars. * , ■ 10. Neptune will be in cod junction with , the Son - ; on thousand. It fl needless to say thkt*M friniWr invisible during the whole pf the month.. . ;•_ y § i . . THE SOUQCHEEN CkINSTBia^TIONS/ ’ , : •. ..TT-rr ■-/ \ir •' W-'- r -. , ; i-itK : ! ■ 0.;.-: - n, brnmuaus. ~- .. ; magnificent constellation contains a con»i r .mderable number of interesting objects of hm*ly,'t r «very class. It is specially remarkable, however, I for its colored doable stars. We flnd -the following , . combinations among- others i—Yellow aadybUow,f----i white and white, scamtandßCarlet,redandbnie,raf and green, yellow and green, white ahdliSol T-hese cOlors are for the mostpart Bow&lmarked ( that they are perfectly obvions to-the most L qbseiyer. Oentaurns, too, contains the most in- r teresting .of all the ;deuble stars, Alpha Centaur L... which is at the same time, a binary starof .shoi?, period, the largest bf nil the double stars, and the' ( neatest to ns known. In this constellation . find the immense gl6hularclnßtei‘, ChnogaCentttUrL* 1 ’ ?J£d -the beautiful blrfe planetary'! -nebula, H gßfisi<-' t Re take it for granted ithafetha reader knows t - the principal start,©! this oonsteUatioru., If he hj . ) - acquantance.. Itls-bOped that v with ibis radmili naiy. knowledge betrillnotflM-innai difa<mlty r ln > , ‘ • ' finding the objeota.deßcribedi below, ittisHwOtoate* » - fully follow onr directions. > » » rt; *(ji v SlniitiS. This-Wdat globular . finest.inthe heavens, is' just ’Uortiubt thbOltaelOihf-l mg .Zeta to Gemma Centauri; ijtiß,hoirever,hbonhu tjwcogs; far., from the latter staras it is from former. It u quite easy tbflnd, being very sterna i' tothe .naked : when all' .the ‘ ttviaklibg. tldß o'Sect rexnaitiß f }uw other stars ore brighxond’cleac, this appears to - the naked eyeXke allargbßtarihiidng thnoWli a i dense fog. A good fieJd«lWSißhosfb'it as a circular i area of hare nearly as large as the full moon. In the centre of thehaie.tpere A#sttos toAe a bright * ' wjtb'a' aßintb aoerthattlm uigpointS, so close together thatit is, quJtß.eyi-n djenuy, useless to try to count Iheni. ;Here ■ we have - literally thousands of- stats, The central ■ jpart; ;of '.this stupendous. 6WectT&/' . very.,,bright,i ,r«iwl .if-.we - may 1 i observer shtmldthooeb ave^ifinedaikmi^rbM l7 Ufeabigb power; ISDTon' a:threedn^uttelesoouwfii' answers welL When all cizonmstanoes are favOTable, it ia eaay Jbat .the.dlstribntMm <& statsintbeefdsrtto r irS)t, id fact/comttrfttvd& dajTfffi&ids A^Snwfe f mS’ :f of the filurteh.; It te a!so;&ay to r sbfe J, tbMi . the atarslarer.brigbter than of-'.ff them.;, On tbe preceding side<of BBadantjto,- - itl This, of course; tends to give the dbjttft '. ■ somewhat.irregnlarfigure, but the Tdgtihudiybf fhtihis not%i»at. ' ttt# , whole, ’ scope of moderate power. .ryn'a ' B.TI; OT, E7A., IThM S.; A dinfe »om Beta Cent^ri i £ po)itm^ ; aß<ar l b«md^W*i^^ . degtees nortb of this is a luminous patw thdUeto >v ’■ the naked eye. " tiitfSa*numerous stars in the group, many of -'mim lMdlill : > - ltdly4iatedii>»'Two*ci-tbejargiet»taßiiaewdL'^TLa*—' object remindsbne 61 Eappa our last “ Notes,") bnt ibe Colotb'- are not So obi , vibus.- ■ , ■ - ■ ‘ ■ -

8/ H. 8*885,’ Bia>i lihts Alinlnjdec. WSegßltolh-tTLS TMpis>: blue rXtfflreobd^ihe^ 1 Southern Cross, forming am obtuse angled isoaoalefcv^t Omsk tt 1 is* sitnated ih a stark 1 This It Hi delichtt Irfmeot tdesefope, nnanotvety efcflyW'fiM.hufc^tiheputimt in firsbctast weather, - itlfl mtertyromn&tit' for with a low power and with% higher : - v t one. The ini the Speotfuoibf the spectrosoote'with’the gitatest thb large reflebtor to this maj o be whereri 1 t£f?V - ‘ oi&ular disc, which, at V ■ ov of JJL?:. _4* rfl A.} ISUnJfMni titiccly visiblb in an opem irlafifl, A f ftered duster: stars of “ assorted c?uatHr Out with tho'help ofaa opera giaek'!Atht«e4n<hti&o.

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