ASTRONOMICAL.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1924, Page 4

ASTRONOMICAL.

Tile piano.t .Mercury river on February Ist.. ai a.m.. and mi Kebrii':r\ loth. al a.m.: u v ill lie well l" the -■ null of eas:. b'.:’- a- is •a; parent mnglilludn i- only 1.1. ii r ill not be a very i ous; ii uous ob;r> r in 1 1:>* sky. '‘.’■mi- will set on February 1-1. at A ! ;i Ml. and (I!) J-’ebj'ilary l-Vi'.. S.ffc ;'.!!i.: i=. s apparent mnemtudv i- .‘j.-j, and it i- therefore nearly lire magnitudes bmhtcr than .M •■.ury, or, in other words, we receive from Venus about 'JO limes a- much light as from -Mercury. .Mars rises on February Ist. at 0.17 a.ui.. ana on February loth. at 1 I Vi p.m. : .Itipiler rises on these dates ai 0.;l7 a.in., and I lb 7 p.lii. respectively, am! Saturn at 10.11 p.m.. and 9.-17 p.m., respectively The planets Mars and .Jupiter will Ii ■ in conjunct ion on February lllli. ai 1.2!5 a.m., wlumi .Mars will be seen rdoin 2d minutes of arc or manly a moon's diameter to the ‘noth o! Jupiter. 'I hero "id be .-hi occulta l ion m Mm pi,-I iell' I a mil by the !i:"e ioi I 'el . liii! \ Sill.. ■be ea i ) ii. moon, ilia iln i 1 I ■ ;ng in a line at 10.2 d am.’ r.'e' lu>-ut r-vs t.ist day .a! S.!' a.ill. A email tel"*si j e or a gord pair of In id-ylas ■ will iie net 1-mir\ to sec interesting phenomena. The moon ■■ iH pans vei.v i !n-e to Aid dm ran on Fehrita i y I-Ith. ■•. I li. in p.m.. and vi!! 0.-cnil lia* bright star i’oni'lu- a,* I''.. !,; ■ in'■ 21-1. at OJo . ill. There ''HI be a tola! eclipse of liic u.it.ai on February 21-t., which will lie Vri iailv vi-.ibie. The imam enlel's l lie | (liiim'im at n id a.in., and (be umbra i l.'s a.m.: ila 1 ei-lip-e begins at 2.d() a.in., and ends at 1.27 a. In; the moon leaves the umbra at d.2H a.in,, and the jeliolnbrn rl (1.21 a.III. 'll 10 distanced!’ tim moon iroui the earth will be about "J.'iS.d':;) ini'-, and the breadth of the eailb'- -innlov.-■ s'la- when it is unversed by tile naa n ii! la* about 1.1! nines lite moon's diameter.