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 & 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. When a planet is a quarter of a circle, or 90° from the Sun, east or west, it is known by . PLANETARY CHARAC TERS: Mercury, Venus, & Mars, 21 Jupiter, Saturn, H Uranus, Neptune, D Moon. The above table enables us to find the planets throughout the year. SATURN'S RINGS. 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. |