New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-07

~ h6s soar system divided into three
Neptune and outside pCn crcIine
around the central sum- looked upon as 'e ifS Of
family OF the central himself, then iani.s q,
worlds cIrclng around Jupiter-then we recoghZTe
the double stars that those three families eas ,my
is little family of the orange star. another FANNY I
circng around the blue star, and yet anOtno ononn5
around both the stars. That IS 10 say e1e 20 tbose
the common orb OF the stars Now UI eris There
would be different portions OF hgh' reeoN'u y
Again take the illustration drawn from Jupiter pc
cause IL smplhes the matter. SUPPOSE a,nnnn ~
ter shining as he does has considerable aio stap
hrhtness a. hlue star while the sun Is an Orange r.
Then we shall nave illustrated the state OF Affairs ~ me
world circng around the orange star ana M ~ mil
49, 80 ,ra,oIing around it, when the earth is mIi
way between the sun and IDS Due h ths nine sar
h ~ fr half by The orange, and there would DO no
night There would be continual ch h f,o ann to
orange dav and blue day. suppose tne 1u raGnallv
troVti onward as Jupiter does, there would his
come the change that Jupiter aller ~ rhen
there would be the orange day. and after the orange %
had set, the blue sun would sun REMAIN h Al sbnrt
the orange day would be fonowee14 10y Uy and then
hIua day Then ,he blue day would sel, anu .ion
would be twilight of strange character h1. ar,to
,Inced nv rho blue and state OF thlIks uiV
eSt6er different from any can imagine Ihen tnat
change would gradually 90 on until tne oo anu and thr
star would be IN the sahe pnrt pi 'n0 SN'' '"N
Again let us take the effect OF seasonal changes sup
pose the day to be as it is at the equinox equ uay anu
equal night but suppose the orange sun on tue onv suo
turned toward the orange sun IL wouu pe oranso
summer and blue Winter, and blue summer ana orange
Winter The two would be strangely combined lnerc
would be long orange day In the arctic regions anu no
night Then you pass gradually from tne arcio parts
toward the equator YOU would hnI the 0Tange uaS Hes
ting gradually shorter, though SUI! Iemdlning'
and the blue day would be getting longer
There Saood sGG D Those ereamstance had
panion orb like our MOON Then That moon, instead Vi
showing merely TIE changes won our Iiv' tb tims
through, wOuld show some pecuatlteS. az tne I'M
when the earth half lii by the orange and blue suns
The would DC true ny OF to of being White and
black the two parts would be orange ana Dlue Ineh
the earth travelling onward would get y, '
way around, wDeh lhc quarter VI INC nioon "UI ~
orange There would be an Crang ana Due hemisphere
OF the mOon but the hemispheres would overlap SO Ind
the moons surface would be divided into four parts as
II divide orange INTO four segnents one part
orange the opposite part blue. Where the two CON,
bined IT would be white and the other portions "ouu
be black .,
Thus again the planets observed from the earth,
would show wonderful changes in color. AT one me
they would he lit up by an orange and AGAIN by Dle
sun again the landscape would he very strangely
coored; 10 those parts that were coneeaeu IRON 1e p
sun, there would DO orange shadow; 10 thOse thaJ
were concealed from tue orange sum- there Wond DC
blue shadow and black shadow would De cast on nTse
parts where the blended light of Inc orange ana Ine
blue Obstruced. These shadows themselves
| instead OF being neutral would be colored We can
hardly conceive Of the wonderfully enhanced beauty OF
recognize in these worlds very curious and varied
relations But may be satisfied that precisely such
relations as 1 have been speaking OF undoubtedly
existed - 1900
DIFFERENT STARS REGARDED AS SUNS.
We will now pass TO another star, which, as you
well remember from one OF my former lectures, was
of great magnitude, but is now almost Invisible
In the year 1876 shining more brightly thau any
other star heavens except the star Sirius at the
present time 1t is barely visible the darkest night
Now this picture will pass away aud we will introduce
| you to new one You have in the upper row there,
one of those wonderful clusters of stars You see how
thew shine You can scarcely fail to admit the prob
ability that crcng around those orbs there are WORLDS
much LIGHT the various that cluster capable of
these orbs that circle around them The sky OF
If,, 10 fltIsf hg npV
stars but with There Is wonderful display OF
their power TO the inhabitants of such world iprol
Proctor here quoted that passage from the poet "he'
- Wby should we thus shun death with ee,seess strife;
| II Light may thus deceive why may no! life u
Now shall have another picture OF star clusters
showing the enormous variety that they represent. .
This picture Will give place to another, showing the
| nature OF one Of these great clusters
AS We ind in solar system oIDs Of dnerent charac-
ter as We md all these forms aud variety In this one
system in each OF these INFINITELY varied systems
TO say nothing OF the infinite varieties as III the col
ored d0uue and variable stars-tAere Is variety cor
responding that in own system NOW we VIII nave
picture showing much greater scene OF glory There
Won have the great nobull OF AndrOmeda. which has
been considered made OF multitudnous suns and
where the glory of the must be so enhanced that
the gazers must turn away from the wonderful suns,
unable 10 endure their 0riancy
cinctly the views have been led to with regard
to the distribution OF the stars III space and the rules
would suggest as to their observation SIR William Her
schel said It was the great object OF his ambition TO
certain the constitution OF the stellar heavens Here
Milky Way. think that their aspect That the appear
MILKY Way FORCES us 10 tne conclusion
il is not made out VI stars spreading iAcr anu Iur
Their out space and by the combined user making
that appearance but that Is complicated system OF
| stars, and that wheno we come 10 andiJ 70 1t
| we may expect to find there varieties CORE;
| spending those which are exhibited in all
| parts OF the universe; that we are not to
look there for uniformity TO assume that there is
uniformity, where all the stars have been marked by
variety bat that we find in these that there is
great variety. We shall have the picture OF the southern
heavens brought the screen and see 0heT
evidences OF that variety There you see the Mageanlc
clouds OF light with great openings IN them anu great
shown better in the picture There you the two
branches extremites OF the MILKY way, Dauclhs OUT
into space, ana between the two that great space.
STARS OF DIFFERENT SIZES MIXED IN SPACE.
Unjust remind you of the utter incorrecness OF the
common account OF the Milky Way that it is divided
into two branches may say that the ordinary text
book account not more incorrect than the description
OF the lad who said that the Milky Way was kind OF
cloud in the heavens called the trade winds or the
| Aurora Borealis. Tue book says the Milky Way goes
right around the heavens and is divided into two parts
along half its extent THIS division Is not along ha Its
extent put there are multitudinOus n0dues OF light
Inc pncpSSS an yon were iprayeing on an oHn
fat surface and perceived number OF trees along the
horizon all OF the same SIZE suppose you TOOK an opera
glass and found number OF smaller objects resembling
the other trees. Now there two theories which
might conceive that these smaller trees were really as
large as the others but at much greater distance or
you might suppose that these smaller trees were really
smaller-were young trees. You mlSht test IL In tlls
way. IL you found in looking around the horizon that
| they more tmckly clustered IN SOME paris
than In others, then you would find much 10
| show whether they belonged TO the same clump
as the smaller ones II you travelling at random II
would be very astonishing thing If just behind some
clump OF large trees there should be another clump
much smaller and lying the same line. II find II
repeated several times there would be no doubt or
it, You would have learned this faet although II
would be particularly interesting, you would have
learned that that clump OF trees was made up
| of different kinds of objects. Now apply
! that to the case OF the stars. II you look at
the star depths, you the stars clustered together
in clusters Of large stars If fnd others that are
much smaller aud II you find that those which look
much smaller richly spread as the Others you can
make the nference not that the smaller stars are
lying further away but that they are really mixed up