Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-10


NV YoRK, December I0.-A NagAsaki die
patch says - During the observations Of the
transit Of Venus the weather was unusually
cloudy and UnpTOmising. The time At whi ,h Z
Was calculated that the transit would begin
passed away without our being enabled 70 re-
cord the exact moment Of the first contact with
trustworthy results. After about q quar-
Ter Of an hour, aud before Venus reached
tie stage OF her second contact. tins Observer
At the equatorial caught q gimTse OF TIE
sun aud planet, and was quite Successful
IN taking several measurements Of the plan
cts CUsps during the interval between
the first ana second contacts. The time al
which the latter contact occurred was obtained
with success ana recorded. Shortly AFTER the
second contact further measurements Of the
distance between Venus and the suBs western
edge were made With the micrOnetor. La al
there were taken 100 ntCr9m6trlC me asure-
mCuts ot the nne between tue cusV5. De-
SIDES these tnirty-One Wicrumet-ic observations
were made Of the passage Of BON edges Ut the
sun across the meI ID. an II the stzlOu auQ slmi
iar views OF right and l1ft rims OF Venus iu
crossing the same line. Eighteen micro metric
surveys were made II Tho respective dcc,iUH.
tons OF the sun and ptsHst ~ Observing tue
CTpeT and lower limos Wnts passing the m5ri.
dian. About sixty excellent photographs ci
-tF transit during garluuS p5riOus q It's 0ccur-
renee were taken. Extreme good fortune a.
tended the astronomers, for Just as Veaus
departed fIum the sun clouds began @ gather
and threatened rain.
-UCCFssFUL OBSERVATION AT vLADI9vo osroK.
"A dispatch from EiaGIJvOstJs says. "C.Uuls
pDScUFcu tc sun lr0m UASn. Dll hs
advanced tie sky Cleared ana tbs luEiin1ry " as
distinctly visible through the equatorial tele-
scope. His beams gradually frightened, and a.
the decisive moment Of the comm sncemeut OF
tie transit drew near an image Wzs distinctly
printed on the back ground or the camera used
Oy the photo Ographers. The equatorial ran
spi5udidiy with the clock work, and the segment
nj the sun about 10 collide with the planet re-
NAMED fixed steadily before the observers eve.
AS the planet advanced and touched the sdls
limb the moment was slgnaled with accuracy;
but owing TO q drifting haze anu clouds be-
tween, IL was impossible 70 obtain good photo
graphs OF these contacts. The vapory state
OF the atmosphere lasted uutil about an hour
after the second contact; nevertheless, the IaO-
ment at wb ich this contact occurred was like
wise obtained. When Venus had crept nearly
half way across the solar disk the haze DIS sp-
peared suriciently 10 admit OF Photographic
images being obtained. Thirteen negatives
well and distinctly executed were taken on glass
plates while the planet WAS in pc siti0n, 50 that
it will be possible TO map the planets track on
the Photographic image of the sun after return
OF observers home.
ALSO AT HOBART TowF.
A Hobart Town, Tasmania, dispatch SAYS:
ALTHOUGH the weather was bad, our sbserva-
Ions at the time OF the transit were partic1larl
successful. We succeeded in taking one hun-
dred and thirteen photographs Of Venus during
her passage over the disk or the sun-
IMPORTS TBRoUGa LONDON.
LONDON, December 10 The transit OF Venus
vas SUGGEST ully observed at Hobsrttown, Afe-
laide and NJ elbOurne, and st Ponitr, in India
China ard japan. The American party, how
ever only partly succeeded at HObsrttoTn.