The Archive · 1938

CHINA'S SKIES FOR MARCH

4—Saturn in conjunction with Moon, 2 pin. S. 7° S.

5—Mars ju conjunction with Moon, 11 in conjunction Superior 11—Neptune in Opposition with Sun. 18.—Venus in conjunction with Satura, 8 am. V.I* €'S.

cury and Venus in conjunction, pin. M. 1° 20" N.

in enters, the p.m, Vernal Equinox.

28.—Juplter in conjunction with Moon in conjunction, 6 aam. in Opposition with Sun, Constellations at 9 p.m, Tu the north, Ursa Major is above and to the cast of Polaris; opposite and to. the west is Perseus Cassiopeia west. In t (Arcturus) ds Aot q ong tite Ecliptic, Virgo (Spi rising, Leo (Regulus) midway, Cancer reaches to the meridian, Gemini is past, next Taurus (Aldebaran), and Aries is fast sinking to the western horizon. The Milky Way, nearly parallel to. the meridian, does not impede the Zodiacal Light to be seen, which i. nearly perpendicular in the western horizon. Polaris being near its western elongation is in a favourable position of Azimut observations, In the south, are Hydra, Procyon, the Little do the Great dog, and Orion.

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