ASTRONOMICAL
The sun "ill enter tlie zodiacal 'igi
,kipricornus on December 2-’ml, which will he the longest day in the Southern Hemisphere, the duration of daylight being |’> hours 20 minutes. On tha I lute the meridian altitude ul the sum will be about till deg. diiniiii. The planet .Mercury sets on Deeem;er Ist at M.d2 p.m. well to the south it west; its apparent magniiude on that dat<‘ is 0.0. It is in inferior conjunction with the simon December I’-'tli ut .‘k.'lO a.ill. when its distance Iroin the earth will he about 03.000.000 miles. Towards the close ot the month it will ,e a bright object in the south-eastern sky. Venus sets on December Ist at 1(1.51 p.m., and on December loth at 10.4:1 p.m., its apparent magnitude ■•linages during the mouth Irom —-1.1 to 1.4. .Mars rises oil December Ist at 3.2 a.m.. ami on December loth at 2.31 a.in., Jupiter sets on these dates at 10.27 p.m. and 0.42 p.m. respectively, and Saturn rises on these dates at
;i.:jo a. III. and 2.40 a.m.. respectively. There will he an oeeullatiou of the planet: Venus by the moon on December 10th, these bodies being in a line with the earth at 1.30 p.m.. the phenomenon will he visible as a close graze
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1925, Page 3
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