Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1923, Page 17

- THE SUNDAY THE STARRY SKIES IN OCTOBER. By Prof. Barton of the University of Pennsylvania. Because of the scarclty of the bright- er stars the October skies are less conspicuous than those of any other month of the year. Usually some of the planets are visible. This year only one planet lies in the region of | the map, Figure 1. That one, Uranus, 1s too faint to be seen with the naked | eye. Of the other planets, Venus Mars and Saturn are too close to the sun to be seen; Jupiter in Libra may be seen very low in the southeast in | the evening twilight; Mercury may be seen in the east in the morning twillght for a few days about Octo- ber 14; the sun passes Saturn Oc- tober 17. After that time it will be a wog™. Figure 1. The constellation at 9 #ky so that the dircction faced is at t ° the bottom, us south ix now. morning star. The following bright stars a: e visible returus at A, Vega et B. Altair . Fomalhaut at D, Capella at E, and Aldebaran at F. Three well known configurations of stars occupy the central region of the map—the Great Square in Pe gusus, the Northern Cr. and the W in Cassiopeia. The eclipse of September 10 is now over, ot course: that is, the thre minutes and thirty-seven seconds o , during which the sun was totally sed as explained last month are forever. Scientific expeditions of studying the L3 previous eelipse. from Americ of the shorter clipse region, but there were expeditions from Canada, Mexico, England, France and Ger- many. = Weather conditions studled carefully in advance gave unusua promise of clear weather. In fact clear weather at some places seeme a certainty, and this doubtless in- duced many to plan expeditions wh would not have done so under 1 promising conditions. Unfortunatel the unexpected happened, and man were disappointed, but not all, for, as & rule, astronomérs do not put all their eggs in one basket; they t- ter, so as to incre the ch that all will not fail. Those wi rloudy weather, as did most of located in California,.have noth: show for their months of preparation and expen of those who had clear weather are enhanced in value. The unfortunate u s are told, did not be moan their fate, but college songs during the eclips The fortunate astronomers w ¢ very busy manipulating their instruments for sccuring photographic records of what occurred. So busy were ‘they that the: saw little more of th were probably ber than {n an These were chicfly observatories, beca distance to the nces s in Cygnus | eater in num- | | eclipse which they went to observe than those at home far away. The few | vrecious seconds were crammed full of activity. The photographs secured were taken back to theé observatories and there studled with care, and_at such time (and length as may be désired. Even many years later, when some new problems may arise in which it is desirable to know what happened during this eclipse, the plates may be examined anew. In this sense the time of the eclipse is not over, and never will be over as long as the plates endure, It may seem strange that we try to study the sun. at the timo of an eclipse when it is hidden by the moon rather than at other times. The sun is studied carefully at all times, par- SouTH p.m., October 1. Hold the map to the he bottom; that iy, if facing east, hold ! ticularly_at the Solar Observatory at | Mount ~ Wilson, Calif., which has contributed much to our knowledge of the sun. But we find that the bright circular disk which we ordi- narily call the sun is but a part of the sun. When the moon hides this bright disc which astromomers call the photosphere, it is found to be surrounded by a large patch of light often lurger than the photosphere and irregular in outline, This part is alled the corona. Although very bril- liant at the time of an eclipee, it is 80 much f: ter than the circular sun thut we have no means of seelng it'or study atisfactorily Dt during th £ intervals of eclipse when the of the photo- | sphere, which ordinarily drowns out the corona, is not present. The corona is the chief object of study during eclipses, and afterward on the plates. It Is still largely a mystery. Its shape varies greatly from one eclipse to another. This shape seems to bear a relation to the | number of spots on the sun, Figure shows the corona during the eclipse of 1871 near a Sunspot maximum. In | this case the corona, although ir- | regular, yet extends about the same { distance from the sun in all direc- | tions. Figure 3 shows that of 1900 near a sunspot minimum. In this the corona Is very irregular and unsymmetrical. The eclipse of this ear is also near a minimum of sun- nd iw irregular. In each figure gnetic poles of the sun are ! marked by brushes or threads of light. The curvature of such threads carefully studled with the of learning more about the mag- | netism of the sun. The sun rotates |in about twenty-five days. Does the Corona rotate with it? We are trying !to find out. The corona contains a | substance or_substances unknown on the earth. We desire to know more | about thém, In what state iy the | | { | matter in the corona and what rela- tion does it bear to the other parts of the sun? As the sun is- practically the sole source of the energy on the earth, in- cluding lght and heat, any knowl- | edge about it may be of tremendous value, There are more unanswered problems concerning the sun today than ever before, Some of the older problems have been answered, but the facts of observaticn acquired with Figure 2. The corona in the eclipse of 1871. Within the black eirele the moon shuts off the sunlight. modern instruments have raised more new and puzzling quastions than they have answered. One of the most im- portant unanswered problems is that of the sun’s energy. There s evidence that it has given out energy at about tho present rate for many millions of years. What is the source of this energy? Sources of cnergy have been suggested, but none is adequate. Why should we be at the mercy of the coal miners when the sun is pour- ing out its energy wherever it shines? Simply because we do not know how to it more directly with economy The sun is but one of the stars. The earth revolves about it and is far closer to it than to the other stars, thus affording us the opportunity of studying a star at comparatively short Figure 3. The corona in the eclipse of 1900. distances. Although we know that the other stars are not just like the sun, they are enough like it to make any knowledge we may gain regard- ing the sun helpful in interpreting the facts of observation regarding other stars. What information will be added by the study of the plates from this eclipse we do not know as yet. There is no outstanding problem, as was the case in 1922, but more information is desired on many problems, The re- sults will be known only after the plates have been examined and meas- ured carefully, a task requiring months. And the plates may con- tribute to some new investigation on the remote future. e Oils derived from the West African oil palm are believed to have more uses than those from any other vege- table sourcs 5.PASSENGER BROUGHAM, $1,375 DOWN below the beautiful Oldsmohile Four is the rea! reason for the growing tide of Oldsmobile popularity. The frame is stronger—7 in comparison with the 5Y;-inch aver- age of other cars of this the axles, cross members, king bolts and shackle bolts are stronger. And here is the reason for the Four’s greater riding F. 0. B. 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