A TABLE OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN BRIGHT STARS. For To ascertain when any star or constellation found in the following Table will be on the upper meridian, add the numbers opposite in the left-hand column of figures to the time of "Sidereal Noon" found in Table II. For the rising of a star, subtract the number opposite in the right-hand column of figures from its meridian passage. the setting of a star, add the same number to its meridian passage. Those marked (...) revolve in a circle of perpetual apparition, and do not rise nor set north of the latitude of New-York (40° 42′ 40′′). Stars having an asterisk (*) in the last column are seen only in Florida and Texas, when passing the meridian. a Persei (Algenib).. n Tauri (The Seven Stars) a Tauri (Aldebaran)....... a Auriga (Capella). B Orionis (Rigel) y Orionis (Bellatrix).. 8 Tauri (El Nath). & Orionis (Mintaka) e Orionis (Anilam) a Columbae (Phæt).. * Orionis (Saiph)... a Orionis (Betelguese) B Auriga (Menkalina). Geminorum Canis Majoris Canis Majoris (Mirzam) a Argus (Canopus) y Geminorum (Alhena).. e Geminorum (Mebusta). a Canis Majoris (Sirius), e Canis Majoris (Adhara).. & Geminorum (Wasat).. Canis Majoris (Aludra).. a Geminorum (Castor).. a Canis Minoris (Procyon). 8 Geminorum (Pollux) y Argus e Argus Argus (Naos).. i Argus ...... ....... a Hydræ (Alphard).......... € Leonis μ Leonis a Leonis (Regulus) y1 Leonis (Al Gieba) Argus 52 8 Ursa Majoris (Merak).. 510 Leonis 37 0 4 ... 0 8 6 0 20 2 258 Leonis (Zozma). 0 85 0 38 4 0 50 1 3 1 B Leonis (Denebola). 53 y Ursa Majoris (Phad) y Crucis..... 11 46 12 19 * 12 21 * 12 27 4 35 12 39 * 12 47 12 47 6 14 12 55 6 40 13 18 5 23 13 18 13 41 13 54 * 14 30 * 14 43 5 4 14 59 15 95 29 a Corona Borealis (Alphecca)... 15 28 7 44 4 29 6 58 a Serpentis (Unuk)........ 5 810 14 8 Scorpii. 5 95 31 81 Scorpii.. 5 18 6 21 a Scorpii (Antares). 5 19 7 52 B Herculis (Rutilicus). 5 26 5 59 a Herculis 5 80 5 56 A Scorpii (Lesuth)... 5 35 3 37 y Aræ.... 5 42 5 26 a Aræ... 5 49 6 26 8 Draconis (Rastoban).. 5 51 9 53 0 Scorpii ..... 15 37 6 23 15 52 4 37 15 57 49 16 4 20 6 87 24 a Ophiuchi (Ras Alhague). 6 15 4 1y Draconis (Etanin) 6 17 4 55 μ Sagittarii. 6 21 * e Sagittarii 6 31 6 59 a Lyra (Vega)................... 6 377 36 B Lyræ.. 6 40 5 1 Sagittarii 6 54 4 7a Aquila (Altair).. 7 13 7 22 a Capricorni (Giedi).. 20 9 5 15 20 14 * 20 35 9 56 21 13 21 23 5 39 21 24 21 36 6 33 21 57 5 57 21 58 1 21 22 33 6 36 22 48 4 22 55 7 44 22 56 6 52 23 31 Example. The seven stars will be on the meridian for January 1, 1897, at Sh. 53m. 43s., evening, and will set at 4h. 22m. 43s. in the morning of January 2, and would rise at 1h. 24m. 43s. in the afternoon of the 1st, but would not be visible then, the sun being up. RISING, SETTING AND MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF PLANETS, 1897. JUPITER VENUS. MARS. SATURN. Day Meridian. Month. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. Eve. Sets Sets 2:25 8:50 1:54 2:14 8:09] 1:14 1:34 7:29 Ev. 0:53 October .... October ....11 9:58 3:37 8:24 9:56 5:36 5:04| 4:031 9:28 9:38 8:56 3:59| 3:38 EMBER DAYS-Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after first Sunday in Lent, March 10, 12 and 13; after Pentecost, June 9, 11 and 12; after 14th of September, September 15, 17 and 18; after 13th of December, December 15, 17 and 18. THE SEASONS-Spring begins, March 20d., 2h. Sm., a. m.; summer begins, June 20d., 10h. 29m., p. m.; autumn begins, September 22d., Oh. 49m., p. m.; winter begins December 21d., 8h. 12m., a. m. AZIMUTH TABLE OF POLARIS, OR NORTH STAR, 1897. The azimuths in the annexed table, applied properly to the magnetic bearing of Polaris at the time of its greatest elongation east or west, will give the true variation of the magnetic needle from a true north direction, and will be of great use to all surveyors and engineers. When the elongation is east the azimuth will be east and vice versa. At the present time the line of "No Variation" of the needle runs southeasterly from near Toledo, Ohio, to a point on the Atlantic coast about fifty miles southwest of Cape Fear, N. C. East of that line the north end of the needle points west of a true north, and west of that line east of the true north. The country may therefore be divided into eastern and western magnetic regions. In the "Eastern Region" the bearing of Polaris at its western elongation, if eastward, added to the azimuth, gives the desired variation west; but if westward, the bearing taken from the azimuth gives the variation west. The bearing of Polaris at its eastern elongation will be eastward, and the azimuth subtracted therefrom gives the variation west. In the "Western Region" the bearing of Polaris at its eastern elongation, if westward, added to the azimuth, gives the variation east; but if eastward, the bearing taken from the azimuth gives the variation east. The bearing of Polaris at its western elongation will be westward, and diminished by the azimuth gives the variation east. The azimuths in the table, given for two degree zones, are practically sufficient for all the United States except Alaska. For intermediate latitudes, and dates, the azimuths may be found by proportion sufficiently correct, or exactly by the formula, log-sine azimuth equal log-sine Polar Distance of Polaris, minus log-cosine latitude. The surveyor or engineer is on the line of "No Variation" when the bearing of Polaris at greatest elongation is the same as the azimuth. Azimuth of Polaris at its Greatest Elongation East or West. 35° 37° 290 North 39° 410 43°45° North North North North "1 0 1 110/ 11107 " 0111 O 11 01 11 11 14 31 24 40|1 26 24 1 28 18 1 30 241 32 441 35 17 1 38 71 41 161 44 44 January 11 39 39 December...[311 13 44 1 24 17 1 26 11 27 541 29 591 32 19 1 34 51|1 37 401 40 491 44 16 Nisan 5657 9 Iyar 5657 10 Sivan 5657 11 Tammuz The year 5657 is an of 30 days being added. 298th cycle of 19 years. July 1 Emolismic year, containing 13 months; Veadar, the seventh, The year contains 55 Sabbaths, and is the 14th year of the 5658 1 Tishri Sep. 26 30 5658 2 Hesvan Oct. 26 29 5658 3 Kislev 5658 4 Tebeth 29 5658 5 Shebat Nov. 24 30 Dec. 24 29 DAY OF YEAR. DAY OF MONTH. DAY OF WIK NOON J.V NOR MARK. Local time. H. M. S. Calendar for Me.. Calendar for Boston, Mass., Calendar for N. York city; Sun Cal. for Wash.,D.C.; Del., Md., Va., W. Calendar for Charleston, S. Sun Sun Moon H. W. rises. Ch't'n. H.M. H.M. H. M.H.M. H.M. H. M. H. M. H.M. H.M. H. M. H. M. H.M. H.M. H. MH.M. H.M. H. M. H. M. 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