OCCULTATIONS OF FIXED STARS BY THE MOON, VISIBLE AT GREENWICH. Disappearance Re-appearance Magnitude 6 4 6 Sidereal Mean 66 m h 8 7 9 43 1 5 5 1.2 11 13 5 7 18t 6 5.6 10 17 3.4 11 29 11 48 6 6 8 41 10 24 17 47 11 29 5.6 12 55† 14 54 14 23 3.4 16 54 5.6 17 29 5 16 42 3.4 20 1 6 17 34 6 19 2 6 16 57 6 18 51 6 19 19 6 16 53 5.6 16 49 5.6 21 46 56 6 42+ 7 0t 15 7 21 30 1 39 Cancri 23 e Arietis.... 4.5 18 19 A Geminorum 5.6 7 7 27 28 μι Cancri 6 23 59 Nov. 15 21 Piscium 6 4 36 16 51 Piscium 6 5 10 19 5.6 19 53 19 4.5 5 36 5.6 23 30t 5 0 1 3 24 19 21 h m 14 28 12 54 13 30 5 16 38 6 7 33 6 20 25 8 34 12 26 6 0 30 56 22 48§ 10 9 6 17 54 12 55 Near approach. 13 12 14 40 4 53 17 17 18 11 8 31 10 51 12 39 12 39 8 39 8 57 12 46 8 39 16 23 11 33 5 49 8 23 10 6 17 9 10 48 11 14 12 3 12 55 14 12 11 16 12 46 Below horizon. h m 14 52 13 42 15 10 5 1 18 6 18 58 9 15 11 57 13 28 13 51 17 20 12 10 6 40 11 11 17 56 12 47 15 1 15 51 14 13 15 6 12 6 13 36 10 35 9 17 13 39 Rising, Vertex 17 26 8 44 9 25 13 32 10 56 18 21 322 292 262 264 249 250 276 299 253 219 316 292 257 223 255 276 4 51 17 56 9 40 183 149 13 55 304 343 13 37 219 258 4 49 279 239 Month and Day OCCULTATIONS OF FIXED STARS BY THE MOON, VISIBLE AT GREENWICH. Disappearance Re-appearance Star's Name 16 Tauri 22 27 37 Sextantis v Leonis Dec. 16 26 Arietis e Cancri.. 19 Tauri 7 Tauri 136 Tauri 24 44 Leonis 48 Leonis 25 75 Leonis 30 24, 31, 76 Leonis 4 Scorpii 17, 24, Mar. 1, Friday. 3, Sunday. 10, 17, Magnitude 5.6 16, 23, 30, Sidereal Mean h m 23 19 23 21 23 42 23 49 45 7 6 6 3 31 6 6 33 6 3 56 6 9 23 1 2+ 3 25 5 54 11 17 13 26 9 49 12 26 9 42 15 8 4 12 9 54 5 08 10 42 11 46 17 7 h m 7 22 7 42 7 49 9 2 Feb. 17 Septuagesima Sunday 6 37 Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday 10 23 April 14 19 21 Ang. from Not Point I.-Beginnings of the Months and Sundays in 1878. April 1, Monday. 7, Sunday. July 1, Monday. 22 14, 21, 21, 29 12, 19, 26, June 1, Saturday. O 112 71 142 110 139 16 ** The Angles are reckoned towards the right hand round the circumference of the Moon's image as seen in an inverting telescope. For direct image, take the opposite points; that is, in numbers, add or subtract 180°. The Angles from North Point and Vertex" will also indicate the position of the meridian; thus, if the larger angle be that in the left-hand column, the objects will be situated on the left of the meridian; and vice versa. The "Sidereal Times" are given for the use of those having observatories and astronomical Sidereal clocks. General readers will take the times of "disappearance" and "reappearance" from the columns headed "Mean Time," and they will bear in mind that they are always counted from noon. When the time stated is less than 12h it therefore denotes the time in the afternoon: when it exceeds the 12h, by rejecting the 12h the remainder will indicate the time on the following morning; and, in each case, according to Greenwich mean time, which is now uniformly exhibited by railway and public clocks in the United Kingdom. O h m 69 0 24 28 0 10 99 0 38 67 0 55 21 344 184 146 101 63 330 293 184 202 69 39 101 MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1878. N.B. As towards the end of the year, or even earlier, information concerning the coming year is often wanted, we give a synopsis of the information most required : 1878 Jan. 1, Tuesday. 6, Sunday. ,, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 1, Friday. 3, Sunday. 10, 29, 22, Vertex 18, 25, Sept. 1, Sunday. II.-Moveable Feasts, 1878. Sidereal 6 42 4 0 7 45 4 13 2 10 18 59 4 57 25 5 56 47 12 51 Mean h m 8 24 8 10 8 38 8 55 14 14 10 18 13 38 9 59 202 166 227 252 246 231 174 135 275 273 212 174 16 3 Oct. 1, Tuesday. 6, Sunday. 13, 20, Ang. from Point. ,, 27, Nov. 1, Friday. 3, Sunday. 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, Sunday. O O 292 252 332 291 262 222 294 256 Dominical Letter Roman Indiction Septuagesima Sunday Whit Sunday 1877 January 15 G 16 10 15 5 Trinity Sunday 6590 This Year 1877 is the First after Bissextile. February 27. MOON totally eclipsed, partly visible. First contact with the earth's dark shadow at 5h 29.6m P.M., mean time at Greenwich (the moon just then rising); beginning of total phase at 6h 273m P.M.; middle at 7h 15.3m P.M., end of total phase at 8h 3.3m P.M.; eclipse ends at 9h 10m. The eclipse will be visible throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa; also in Australia and on the Southern Ocean. March 15. SUN partially eclipsed, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally at 1h 150m A.M., mean time at Greenwich; ends on the earth generally at 4h 11m A.M. Greatest eclipse. Mag. 0.295 (sun's diameter = 1) at 2h 38'0m A.M., in longitude 56° 35' E.. and latitude 61° 11' N. The eclipse will be visible in Northern Russia. August 9. SUN partially eclipsed. invisible. Begins on the earth generally at 4h 11.9m A.M.; ends on the earth generally at 6h 48 2m A.M. Greatest eclipse. Magnitude 0.392 (sun's dia March 15 April 15 June 15 = ECLIPSES, &c., IN 1877. VENUS will be a morning star until May 7, the time of her superior conjunction with the Sun; and she will be an evening star after that date. MARS will be in opposition to the Sun on September 5. JUPITER will be in opposition to the Sun on June 19. SATURN will be in opposition to the Sun on September 9. The splendid rings of the planet, from change of position with respect to the earth, are almost closed, and they will eventually disappear for a time in the course of the year 1878, after which the opposite sides will become visible. AUTUMNAL November 15 December 15 Jan. 28 Feb. 13 April 1 Venus 0.945 0.886 0.812 0.726 0.618 0.518 THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1877. SPRING Quarter begins March 20 at noon. SUMMER June 21 at 8h morning. Mars 0.907 0.975 0.995 This table shows the versed sines of the bright portions of the telescopic discs in parts of the apparent diameters of the planets. 0.937 0.890 0.874 99 "9 NOTE.-In Great Britain, at all places, Greenwich or Railway time is used in common, so that the eclipses of the Moon will not require any correction for longitude. IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. By the Act 1 Will. IV. c. 70, it is enacted that "in the year 1831, and afterwards, the Justices of the Peace in every county, riding, or division, for which Quarter Sessions of the Peace by law ought to be held, shall hold their general Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the first whole week after the 11th October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June." The following list has been computed according to this rule. The Act 4 and 5 Will. IV. cap. 47, allows a discretionary power to the Justices of Peace as to the time of holding the Spring Quarter Sessions, and empowers them to alter the day for holding the Sessions, so as not to be earlier than the 7th of March, nor later than the 22nd of April. The dates given below are, therefore, only provisionally fixed, and may be altered. ELY, Isle of Wed. as Norfolk, at Wisbech, Berks; also on Wed. Jan. 3, July 4. St. Alban's, Tu. as Bedford; also on Th. April 5 and Oct. 18. HUNTINGDONSHIRE - Huntingdon, Mon. same as Berks. KENT-Maidstone, Th. Jan. 4, April 5, July 5, Oct. 18. Canterbury, Tu. in the same week. LANCASHIRE-Lancaster, M. as Berks; Preston, following Wed. Salford, following Mon.; Kirkdale, Tu. week following. LEICESTERSHIRE-Leicester, M. as Berks. LINCOLNSHIRE Parts of Lindsey-Lincoln, F. Jan. 5, Berks. Spalding, Th. as Kent. MIDDLESEX-General or adjourned Sessions are held at least twice a month at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, usually on the alternate Tuesdays; and adjourned Sessions are also held at Westminster (Broad Sanctuary). The LONDON Sessions are held four times a year at the Guildhall. The Tower Liberty ― Sessions are held eight times a year at the Sessions House, Wellclose-square. MONMOUTHSHIRE-Usk, T. as Bedford. NORFOLK Shire House, Norwich, W. Jan. 3, April 4, July 4, Oct. 17, adjourned to Swaffham following Wed. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE- Northampton, W. as Norfolk. Peterborough, following day. NORTHUMBERLAND - Newcastle-on-Tyne, W. Jan. 3, Morpeth, April 4, Hexham, July 4, Alnwick, Oct. 17, Berwick, on previous Friday NOTTINGHAMSHIRE-Nottingham, M. as Berks. Newark, M. April 9, Oct. 22. (Annual Sessions. F. Jan. 12.) East Retford, M. Jan. 8, July 9. OXFORDSHIRE-M. as Berks. RUTLANDSHIRE-Oakham, Th. as Maidstone (Kent). SHROPSHIRE-Shrewsbury, M. as Berks. SOMERSETSHIRE-Tu. Taunton, Jan. 2, July 3. Wells, April 3, Oct. 16. STAFFORDSHIRE-Stafford, M as Berks, SUSSEX except Tu. in April, as Bedford. SUFFOLK Ipswich, Th. as Maidstone (Kent), adjourned to Bury on following Tuesday. SURREY-Newington, Tu. as Bedford. Eastern Division: Lewes, M. same as Berks. Western Division : Petworth, Th. Jan. 4, and April 5. Horsham, July 5. Chichester, Oct. 18. WARWICKSHIRE-Warwick, Tu. as Bedford; Coventry, Th. as Maidstone (Kent). WESTMINSTER-City, are generally held on the Thursday preceding the Quarter Sessions for Middlesex. WESTMORLAND - Thursday as Kent, Appleby, Jan. and July, Kendal, April and Oct. WILTSHIRE-Tu. Devizes, Jan. 2. New Sarum, April 3. Warminster, July 3. Marlborough, Oct. 16. [as Berks. WORCESTERSHIRE- Worcester, M. same YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING: Beverley, Tu. as Bedford. WEST RIDING: Leeds, M. Jan. 1. Sheffield, Th. Jan. 4. Wakefield, M. April 2. Bradford, M. July 2. Rotherham, Th. July 5. Wakefield, M. Oct. 15. Doncaster, Th. Oct. 18. NORTH RIDING: Northallerton, Tu. as Bedford. City same as Berks. The Quarter Sessions through NORTH and SOUTH WALES are held by the same rule as the foregoing, the magistrates determining the day of the week on which the Sessions shall commence. |