The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1976 Page: 6 of 16
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McDonald
Observatory
Sky Calender
Mercury is in inferior conjunction (between the Earth and
the Sun) on the 22nd. It can be glimpsed early in the month
very low on the western horizon soon after sunset. The surface
of Mercury probably experiences a greater range of
temperature fluctuations than any other major object in the
Solar System. Its maximum temperature is around 800 degrees
F on the side facing the Sun (which is just 36,000,000 miles
away), while its dark side temperature may drop to nearly
absolute zero (-459 degrees F).
Venus is also low in the west soon after sunset where it is the
brightest of the objects in that region of the sky this month.
The surface temperature of Venus is nearly 800 degrees F. Its
permanent thick cloud layer acts as a greenhouse to hold in
heat from the Sun.
Mars is the third of the planets found low in the western
evening sky*. It can be identified by its pinkish-orange color;
Venus and Mercury will appear white or slightly yellowish, as
will Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. Mars has enough
atmosphere to hold heat so that its daytime high temperature
during the summer can reach nearly 70 degrees F. However, the
average temperature at Mars’ equator is around 0 degrees F,
and at the poles nearly -200 degrees F.
Jupiter is a brilliant yellowish object rising about 10:00
p.m. this month. It is only a few degrees southeast of the
Pleiades (the Seven Sisters), though we will have to wait until
after midnight before this impressive open star cluster rises
high enough in the east for a good view. At the top of its thick
cloud layer, Jupiter’s temperature is around -250 degrees F. It
most likely gets warmer as one moves deeper and deeper into
its atmosphere due to the greenhouse effect, the tremendous
pressure of the atmosphere, and the internal heat source that
makes Jupiter the only planet to give off more energy than it
receives.
Saturn rises around 2:30 in the morning and is just far
enough above the horizon this month for a good view before
dawn. Saturn is even colder than Jupiter-the top of its cloud
layer is around -300 degrees F. The temperature beneath the
clouds is unknown, and depends on several equally unknown
factors: the depth of the clouds, the composition and density
of the clouds, and the nature of the solid part of Saturn (if
there is a solid part).
Sunrise: 7:07 a.m.
Sunset: 7:54 p.m.
First Quarter Moon is two degrees (four of its diameters)
north of Neptune at-2:00 a.m. Neptune, the eighth of the
planets from the Sun, is near the Milky Way this month, and
may be hard to spot in the fairly rich starfield. However, its
tiny greenish disc should be visible with a small telescope.
6 Venus will pass 5 degrees north of Mercury. Look for this
pair of bright planets just after sunset low in the west.
8 Full Moon
10 Venus passes just 0.4 degrees north of the much fainter
Mars. Again, both planets are low in the west soon after sunset.
15 Sunrise 7:15 a.m.
Sunset 7:37 p.m.
16 Last Quarter Moon rises around midnight. This evening,
look for the Great Andromeda Galaxy in the northeastern sky.
This fuzzy patch of light-the nearest bright galaxy visible in the
northern hemisphere only 2.3 million light years away-is a fine
sight in binoculars, though it can be glimpsed with the naked
eye in a dark sky. The Andromeda galaxy is a near-twin of ours,
containing over two billion stars.
19 Look for Spica, Virgo’s brightest star, 3 degrees south of
the brighter Venus just after sunset low in the west (sure is a lot
going on over there this month!).
22 The first day of Autumn officially begins at 4:48 p.m.
when the Sun crosses the equator in Virgo, moving south.
23 New Moon
25 The thin crescent of the moon will move among the
several bright objects low in the west at sunset. Most of these
events will take place during the day, but the Moon will still be
close to Venus at sunset.
30 Sunrise 7:23 a.m.
Sunset 7:18 p.m.
First Quarter Moon. Venus will pass half a degree south of
Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus, discovered in
1781 by the great British astronomer William Herschel, should
be easily visible in binoculars as a sixth magnitude greenish
looking object. Again, this will be visible very low in the west
soon after sunset.
The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Thursday, August 26,1976
Thursday, August 26,1976
The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Indoors
Cooling and heating take
more than 50% of all the
energy used in a home. There-
fore, if we are going to con-
serve energy, this is a good
place to begin.
* Insulation of exterior
sidewalls and ceilings: three
to four inches of insula-
tion in sidewalls and six
inches in ceilings is generally
recommended.
* Insulation of window
glass: reflective window film
insulation should be installed
on all windows exposed to
the sun. The film reduces the
heat of the sun’s rays entering
a room in hot weather. In cool
weather, the film insulation
helps keep warm air inside.
(For more information about
this, write me: C. R. Gardner,
ICI-US, New Murphy Road,
Wilmington, DE 19897).
* Close off rooms, attics
and basement areas not in use.
* Make certain your heat-
ing and air conditioning
equipment is designed for the
job intended. Don’t expect a
5,000 B. T. U. air conditioner,
for example, to cool five
rooms (or even two).
Outdoors (Your Car)
For better gas mileage and
* Eliminate unnecessary
trips. Plan your schedule and
do several errands in one trip.
* Keep up your car main-
tenance. Have your auto tuned
as often as recommended by
the manufacturer.
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by Bill Clayton
AUSTIN—When I met re-
cently with the Independent
Colleges and Universities of
Texas I asked them to think
about an idea which could
have an effect on the way
we fund higher education in
Texas.
It is an idea based on the
philosophy that the state
should help every Texas
youngster secure an educa-
tion through the college lev-
el.
We're attempting to
school all young Texans to-
day and the state is spending
fifty cents of every state
dollar to do it.
I think education is worth
every dime we spend. I also
think we should check every
avenue to see that we're
getting a dollar's worth for
every dollar invested.
The idea I presented to
the administrators of our
private schools was that
every Texas student, irre-
spective of need, deserves
state support.
According to the plan,
every Texas student gradu-
ating from high school would
receive a voucher good for
use against educational
costs in any accredited pub-
lic or independent institu-
tion in the state to which he
or she had been accepted.
If it were a public institu-
tion the school would be
credited by the state for the
established amount of the
voucher. Additional funds
for operation of the school
to support each student
would come from appropri-
ated monies as we do today.
However, if the student did
not come to the school the
schoolo would not receive
that amount of voucher ed
funds.10.
In the case of independent
universities, the voucher
could be applied against cost
of tuition.
What this still nebulous
idea would mean is that the
state would provide basic
tuition for every Texas stu-
dent in indepenent schools.
Not included in this
voucher ed program would be
about 48,000 out-of-state
students who attend Texas
public universities nor about
15,000 out-of-staters who
attend independent schools.
A system such as this
might spark a competitive-
ness among schools. It
might also make the schools
more attuned to the needs
of the students. This type
of atmosphere would keep
our schools from becoming
stagnated, self-serving bu-
reaucracies.
It would also have the
affect of helping to preserve
the continuation of private
schools, take the pressure of
student loads off the public
universities and help
strengthen our dual system
of higher education without
adding additional cost to the
state.
This is not an iron-clad
proposal which I advocate,
but is an idea in which edu-
cators can hopefully find
some ground for comment
that will spark other ideas.
I think that a thoughtfully
conceived and refined pro-
gram could legitimately and
intelligently serve the public
and independent purpose;
give Texas students broad
educational choices and save
the taxpayers of Texas sub-
stantial monies by fully em-
ploying the resources of our
complete system of higher
education.
have a
nice weekend...
give the birds
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