NOTE. In the table above it is to be understood that the word "near" and the character & (conjunction) are synonymous and mean that the two bodies are nearest each other at the time expressed, and that they are then on a line running from the North Pole through both bodies, and have the same right ascension. GR. ELON. means, greatest elongation, or greatest apparent angular distance from the Sun. STATIONARY means that the planet is then without apparent motion east or west, with respect to the stars, and is about to move in a direction contrary to that it last had. The character 8 indicates that the planet is opposite the sun, or 180°, or a half circle east of it, and rises when the Sun sets, and sets when he rises. quarter of a circle, or 90° from the Sun, east or west, it is known by D. TERS: Mercury, Venus, & Mars, 2 Jupiter, Saturn, H Uranus, The above table enables us to find the planets throughout the year. SATURN'S RINGS. When a planet is a PLANETARY CHARACNeptune, D Moon. These Rings will be visible all this year, the visual line making an angle of little more than 26° with the plane of the Rings. Their northern surface is visible, the sun and earth being elevated above that side. They appear elliptical, and this year rather more than twice as long as wide. DIAMETER, REVOLUTIONS, &C., OF SUN AND PRINCIPAL PLANETS. 1852, June 24.. 1850, Sept. 13. Hind. 1853, Nov. 8.... Hind. Hind. Vesta 1807, March 29. Olbers. 1847, Aug. 13... Hind. 1848, April 25... Graham. 1853, April 6.... Chacornac. 1852, Sept. 19... De Gasparis. 1847, July 1... Hencke. 1852, Nov. 15... Goldschmidt. 1852, Aug. 22.. Pandora Parthenope 1850, May 11.... De Gasparis. Maximiliana.. Thetis 1852, April 17... Luther. Maia Fides 1855, Oct. 5..... Luther. Asia 1857, Sept. 15... Luther. 1857, Sept. 19... Goldschmidt. 1857, Sept. 19... Goldschmidt. 1857, Oct. 4... Ferguson. 1858, Jan. 22.. Laurent. 1858, Feb. 6.. Goldschmidt. 1858, April 4.... Luther. 1858, Sept. 10... Goldschmidt. 1858, Sept. 10... Searle. 1859, Sept. 22... Luther. 1860, March 24.. Luther. 1860, Sept. 12... Chacornac. 1860, Sept. 9... Goldschmidt. 1860, Sept. 14... Ferguson. 1860, Sept. 14... Dr. Forster. 1861, Feb. 11.... De Gasparis. 1861, March 6... Tempel. 1861, March 10.. Tempel. 1861, April 10... Tuttle. 1861, April 18... Pogson. 1861, April 29... Luther. 1861, April 29... Schiaparelli. 1861, May 5.... Goldschmidt. 1861, May 29.. Peters. Luther. 1862, April 7.... Tuttle. Terpsichore.... 1864, Sept. 30... Luther. Thisbe (89). Uranus. 1864, Nov. 27... Tempel. 1865, April 26... De Gasparis. 1865, Aug. 25... Luther. 1865, Sept. 19... Peters. 1866, Jan. 4... Tietjen. 1866, May 16.... Pogson. 1866. Peters. 1866, Aug. 6.... Stephen. 1866, Oct. 1... Luther. 1866, Nov. 4.... Stephen. 1867, July 26.... Dr. Peters. 1867, Aug. 24... Watson. 1867, Sept. 6.. Watson. Known to the Ancients. 1781, March 18.. Herschel. 1846, Sept. 23... Le Verrier. NEW AND VALUABLE TIDE TABLE FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PLACES. To find the time of high-water at any of the places named in the preceding table, add time indicated in the first column of figures to the time of "Moon's South," or "Moon on Meridian," found in the calendar pages. If the result is more than 12 hours from noon, the time will be the next day in the morning, and if more than 12 hours from midnight, the time will be in |