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     1886.]. RELIABLE ALM ANAC. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     PLANETS. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     MERCURY.——Mercury will be at his greatest angular dis- 
     
     tance west of the Sun as a morning star, and to the east as 
     
     an evening star at the following dates : January 8th 23° 21' 
     
     West, March 21st, r8° 31' East, May 6th, 26° 16’ West, 
     
     July 18th, 26° 52' East, September rst, 18° 5‘ West, No- 
     
     vember 13th, 22° 29’ East, and December 22nd, 21° 52’ 
     
     West, between these dates his motion will be retrograde 
     
     and direct alternately passing the Sun in conjunction in- 
     
     ferior or superior according as the planets motion is retro- 
     
     grade or direct. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VENUs.——Venus at'tjle beginning of the year an Evening 
     
    
   
   
    
     till January 26th, then retrograde till March 7th, and direct 
     
     to the end of the year coming to inferior conjunction with 
     
     the Sun February 18th, in superior conjunction December 
     
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     MARS—His motion will be retrograde till April 17th, 
     
     afterwards direct. He will be in opposition to the Sun 
     
     March 6th, coming to the meridian at midnight at his great- 
     
     est brightness and least distance from the earth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     JUPITER.—Jupiter begins the year with direct motion till 
     
     20th January, retrograde till 2 3rd May, after which direct to 
     
     the end of the year. He comes in conjunction with the 
     
     Sun October, re-appearing as a Morning Star at the end of 
     
     the month. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SATURN—Having just passed his opposition to the Sun 
     
     (Dec. 25), commences the year with retrograde motion, so 
     
     continuing till March 2nd, after which direct to the end of 
     
     the year, he will he in conjunction with the Sun July 3rd, 
     
     reappearing as a Morning Star about the end of the month. 
     
    
   
   
    
     URANUS.——Uranus commences the year with retrograde 
     
     motion till January I 3th, till he retrograde till June roth, 
     
     then direct to the end of the year. This minute planet may 
     
     be looked for during the first half of the year a little to the 
     
     eastward of Jupiter and Mars and may be recognized at the 
     
     times of his conjunction with those planets on July 9th, 34’ 
     
     due north of Mars, and August 16th, 31‘ (=the Moon’s 
     
     diameter) due south of Jupiter. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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