LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1921, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

At tin’ hepinninp of November, the planet Mercury will lie too close to the sun for observation; oil Xoveiuhei 15th it will rise at 3.51 a.in. Venus tises nil November Ist at I a. id on I November 15th at 3.4 1 a.m. Mars rises' on these dales at 3.17 a.lit., and ‘2.40 ■ a.in. respectively, .lupiter and Saturn. 1 use on November Ist, at 3.38 n.m. and . ■ a.m. respectively, and on Novetnj her 15th at ’2.40 a.m. and ’2.41 a.m. ' I respectively. The planets Mais and j I Snt urn M ill be ill.conjunct ion on No-j j veiubor l ull at MS p.m., -Mais lymp j 53 minutes ol arc Sof Saturn: Mars will lie ill conjunctioil with Jupiter on November 27th and 111.15 a.m. j | the Iwo planets will be separated by , | only 10 minutes ot are. ! j 15, 1 some weeks alter the middle of ' November, the live planets. Mercury, I Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, will ' 1,,, visible ill the eastern sky before Sim: me : it is only at very rare iuter- ' vals of time that the planets aie so I placed relative to each other, and the I earth, that they call all be viewed to--1 i eel her. Mercury. Venus, and Jupiter Mill lie conspicuously briplit : Saturn Mill be fairly close to Jupiter; Mars may be diflicult to pick up, as its apparent mapnitiule is only 1.9; it will rise almost due F. duritip the next ; i few weeks, nutl its riuldy colour will | help in de'-ormininp it