ASTRONOMICAL.
MONTH, OF MARCH. The following are the approximate times of rising, meridian passage and setting of the planets, together with some of the brighter stars, calculated Tor about the middle of the month of March. The times given are in New Zealand civil mean time:— Venus rises at Oh 30m a.m., passes the meridian at 2h fifimin p.m. and sets at 7 h 42min p.m. j Saturn—7hr 48min p.m., 2h SOniin a.m. and b’h 52min a.m. ; Jupiter—loh 9m p.m., oil 32m a.m. j and Oh 55m p.m. i Mars—llh 1 tin p.m., fill 43m a.m. and 2h 12m p.m. j Alpha Scorpii (Aldebaran) —Sh 54m. p.m., 4h 36m a.m. and Oh 17m p.m. | Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse)—Oh 31m. p.m., fin 4m p.m. and llh 36m p.m. j Rota Orionis (Rigel)—lOh 55m a.nt., 51i 24tn p.m. and llh 52m p.m. j Alpha Cam’s Majoris (Sirius) —llh 55m a.m., fi h 54min p.m. and lh 54m a.m. 1 Alpha Crucis is always above the horizon and passes the medidian at Oh, 34m a.m. |
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1924, Page 2
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171ASTRONOMICAL. Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1924, Page 2
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