ASTRONOMICAL NOTES
The planet .Mercury rises on April Ist at 1.50 a.in.; it is in superior conjunction with the sun on April 17th; towards the close of the month it will be seen as an evening planet well to lne north of west; its apparent magnitude will he —o. 9. Vt*iiits sets on April Ist at G.lO p.m.; it will be in inferior con junction with the sun on April 20tti; it. will he a bright; object in the eastern sky during the last week in April. Mars sets on April Ist at 10.175 p.m. and in April loth at 9.53 p.m.; Jupiter sets on these dales at 7.8. p.m. and 0.11 p.m. respectively an 1 Saturn rises at D.oo pm. and 9.5 p.m. respectively.
NEPTUNE.
A good opportunity of seeing and identifying the planet Neptune will occur on April 12th, when it will be in conjunction with Alpha Leonis (RcguIns); it will he seen lo the north of the star at an angular distance from it. of 9 minutes of arc or rather less than one-third of the 'moon’s diameter. I'egulus will he on the meridian to the uortii of Christchurch on April 12th at 8.13 p.m., at an altitude above the horizon of 3 Ideg. Din in. The distance of Neptune from the earth will he about 27-10 million miles; as its apparent, magnitude will be about 7.7 a small - telescope or go *d field-glasses must be used in order to see it.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1929, Page 7
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