New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-01
TIE TRANSIT OF VENUS.
DETAILED RESULTS AT SEVERAL SOUTHERN
STATIONS.

DETAILED RESULTS Al SEVERAL cOU lHEhN
STATIONS.
PARTIAL SUCCESSES IN TAsMANIA-oSLY TIE AMERI-
CANS FORTUNATE IN NEw-zEAIAND-rHE GER
MANS SUCCESSFUL IN THE AUCKIANDs-AUsTRA-
LIAM Observation-Disclosures POINTS OF INTER
EST NOTED.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
SAN Francisco, JAN 30,-The steamer Cyphrcnes,
from Sydney, New-South Wales. brings the follow
ing particulars of the transit of Venus observations
The American parties were generally successful at
Hobart Town. There were heavy clouds and driz-
cling rain for a week before and even on the morn
ing Of the transit which began about noon. A
slight break in the clouds at 1890 showed Venus
well on the suns disk. A heavy rain then fell till
245 when in light rain, the first sun pictures were
taken Clouds and rain continued at short inter-
walls till the end of the transit, but photographs,
more or less perfect taken at the rate OF about
one minute till just before the third contact, when
they were taken about one o second. Both tele-
sccpc and Photographic observations OF exact con-
facts were lost by clouds. About 200 photographs
were secured of which 81 of the whole sun and 70 of
the part where Venus is nearing and on the sun s
edge will prove valuable.
At CampbelltoYu, about 50 miles north of Hobart
Town. there was cloudy weather for the week pre-
vious and on the morning of the transit there was
Venus on the disk, but in spite of the rain and
clouds which interrupted from time to time, IS
photographs of the whole sun, and n of the limb
near the third and fourth contact, were obtained.
The third contact was observed telescOpically and
micTometer measures made.
DR.. Peters, at Queenstown, Ncw-Zealand, reports
q perfect day till about l6 minutes before eSress
Two hundred photographs were obtained. The first
two contacts and micrOmeter measures were made.
The English parties in NewZealand were not so
fortunate, and the success of the Americans is
probably owing to The high ground on which their
stations were placed.
1t is believed that at Chatham Island the OBJ
servers wcre entirely successful. Tho Germans
were fortunate in getting ingress and egress, with
100 photographs of the transit at the Auckland
Islands.
The Royal Observatory at Melbourne reports
numerous photographs Of ngress, with good tele-
scopc observations Of first internal contact. OBJ
scryations were made and photographs obtained at
Woodford, Eden, Gouldburn, Brisbane, Adelaide,
and Windsor. Altogether the English secured $50
photographs of the whole sun. and 9GO of Venus
entering upon and leaving the suns disk. Dr..
Anderson of New-Yofk observed the Ingress at
Reechvortb Victoria. The Colonial observers at
Sydney under Mr. Russell, obtained $50 photographs
and all the contacts The American observers were
not allowed to give the results Of their obSerya-
tons
The majority of English observers agree that
there was no black drop;" that Venus did not ap-
pear of uniform black color; that the planet was
visible lust before she entered on the sums disk /;
that a halo was visible around the part Of Venus
not on the suns disk between the first and second
and between the third and fourth contacts; that
the ingess occurred about three minutes after the
computed time, and that no satellites were visible.