The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-07
ANOTHER sun In FLAMES.
auIrHds HAPPENBD IN THE CON-
STIILIIION or TUL SWIM
rbc Alarming side ot Astronomy \ Cc'rs-
tai Collaboration rrob"hic bcstrroi"n
of Life IA nm Entire solar system.

Prom M london kchn.
We have within the last fortnight had
now evidence m the s.ar d. tins oi q niger 'o
which our own sun. and We along with IT, w"u'h
s,cn To- be cxposed. tnere re some a,i,"nv ni
cal sui Jfcb " inpnr, wuicn, t.o"su u,., 80
lnhabi'an,s nf ear very nearly. II Is. Tor IN
stance. a q iostion 81 con-incr ole interest 70 Is
whrturr tho evidence We have about the = ~
sug .rsts or not the pro hiiiiV that tht ORR the
rrs HIGHT. and life - our system l. gradually
parting with its cner les IN surn sort MAJ our
ds4ceunnnt- VIII he ! "a tnurollhiy war ncd
AMI lighted IN IN we are oiits"iv -. ~ ~ uues-
ton of interest again whether there Is any ruin
Ia such "A theory WAS on q thrown ont TO tue
aWuke ncnt ui as'rNh 'lirTs ne u r''u',i .eu ~
ST. W Tnomsc'i tn n the fragments of the o.
strnyed planet. mig't be the Vchicles whereby
the seeds az HE are carried 10 NV w"rlIs, anu
that our earth Nisiie III rciuOir ages Nv
fuch fragments. was mus sur' lci with the
germs Of that life which Is now 80 abundant on
her surface, sue, ~ her turn undergoing de-
etrurtlOu. will pc sent IN fr gnen = throH"h
SPACE scattering about the germs ot life for the
benefit OF other worlds as vet unpeOuled. An
other question VI very crr-t iuteru-t - thdt
startci7h 10y Sir Isl9c y wtpn In the Unknown
suggestion III should "A comet fall upon the
sun there would be q trem,niou 1itourst Vi
sol rhcat, whereby this tartn AMI all the OF CT
worlds which circle round tho sun { yuli be dr-
siroyed. or. vt east, ail IRE c'nseu 10 pfllsn
from heir surface. Tuis idea has not. lhiceu'
Of late received much ia' - hefHuse AS 'nnp-
mcr- noting the sm u effects pr'duccd Nv
comets uuon even the nj rlor members ut the
solar system, su II ITS the mo rs OF Jupiter have
como to reg I'd comets .s bodies ut v u.s. liftc
weight, wnoac material. therefor fillIng NJ ~
the sun could produce bat iu@igninclnt nirs.
Moreover, we h we learned e. consider TIE urnu-
alilitv ~ tho downf II " comet upon the SIN
a. ,xcccdinglv small. We know that among
those whose paths have bctn properly
determined during the last few wears only
two have made very ne r ap roach 90 tue sun
though. nv ID str nEr coincidence. one OF THESE
was tho nrst ever dealt with on the Ne~toni
prluctnicH VIZ, Ncwtuu's own comet Of the
We l6O. That one no ro ched the sun within
les. tnan a sixth 81 his ~ meter. aui It's vcry
nucleus must have swe { the sJmuits Of the red
naues watch We now know to exist al round
Tho sun We sec ihe other was the comet OF
isll vhirn ON the p IA If 4. br ary In at wear
Was Aitnin about 90 20 nilos OF the suns sur
face. So that thr uulk uf ITS coma or hair must
have sweat over the SUI, and the outermo-t
pnft- ~ its nucleus must no. onlV have me- the
soiar Il mes. hut even nave re 'ch-d the low
lying bed 4 flame seen during sofa cclluses. and
called :le sierra. san. tnc.e two comets only,
among all those OF the last two hundred years,
h We made yery mar appfoach To the sun an .
as no mischief = II wv ID, astrunomtrs 70
encouraged ~ The totcf thst whatever danger
We NAV have To- fear frpu en- nges n our suns
condition. comets are scarcely to he regarded "a
.hs nruu4uie cause # -ufh AMER.
Hut the news jnst received from the star
depths cot Germs IL more ne riy. 1t tells us of a
snn. douptic~- "a general respects Ike our own,
wnt.h his met wifh some great .tastro. he.
whose cAIs wee Ituot A. present determine. but
whose real nature " unmi- akAult. our II u
one auinug hundred, OF % III ius. each OF wuicn
Is pfu'auN, IKE H. the centre oi scheme oi
rirclng ". rlds. Eicn sun l. rushing along
through sp.c', with ~ tr In Of worlds, each
boz .rlns. lcrlals. ike Out earth. ia living
lfeignt. or, more u 10 u, each. It -omc time
Or other II ITS eXis crce. becoming htuit ible
Tor IL longer or huurtor period has the sin-
uay bee Cuuunrcd to engines. cith drawing
alo git- vel -.rcirntcd tram. Accidents among
these celesl cu-ines seen, fortunately 10 he
ire. few uons tne 81. appe suddenly
nat j. IA the course OF few hundred wears,
Wnich m celestial enron HmttrN mounts to a
mere in-thnD l. Il We lost Large part
20 their energy, A. tnOhgh the supply ~
fuel mad somehow run snort. Nish p. Of that
kini have not attracted mGcn attention.
though ndnif sty Il We I'D be a erious matter
u or osn sun were Judd uly - lose three
ipurth- uf his neat. ~ has happened with tn.
mi idle II r OF tue plow OF ninetv-nine nul.
-du :. - mas haupeued wi.h tue once oiazlug.
but now scarcely visible. OrO called Eta. IA the
heel OF tue star snip Argo. Bu, when we hear
ceniv U zing out with mole than hundred
tunes it, uSu | stlendur; celestial engine
whose encrgic- have been overwruugnt, 50 tnlt
a -uiden cAp.psion MS taken pi &C, sni the
ure- meant To work ste civ iHr tne tr In. nave
hi iofth t. It, destructiun-wc are Impress
ed WIN the tnuught that tuls may pussiulv Que
day happcn with our own sun. III cream
~ noes are very c nous. nj though tley 10
not snow cleafi, wne.ner w re or are not eX.
posed to tue same kind u dancer whicn has
uNertaken the Worlds tirciug fOun those re-
mote suns they ire suncieAtiy suggestive.
On Nov. "a, quite q nv ~ the eN snlng, Prof.
Ncnhtut tue wcti-kuOwn uue 1tUr Oi We Athens
Observatory, ous-ived a st,r Ol the tnird ~ 2
titude ~ a . IT OF toe constellation of the
r""u' whefe no s"ch s.df sdOnid he. At ana
ii4ht tie new star, hsht wa seen to - of a
markedly yellow color. ine news was, Of
truf-r, SIRE 80 40 ~ among the chiefs OF the
prnou utservatorles, anu, as soon clear
"tainer periui tel, tue new conner Was 10
nitied to the sc fcuinl scrdtinS VI the spectre
tcupa. Tn ortAnnleN. II ID airead, dwtuIled
ruWu To the nflh magnitude bs ID G. 2, wneu
nrst 10 " IS tnu, * itnine4, and H. ltyht All ne-
come .reeuish, .lmost blue. At was not iii ID e..
thai sealy sausf .ctory o,seiy ,.iOus were
u a-e. linen ~. Co'nu vbtalued Tue Toll why
Showed The usu i rainbow tiut-u stretk crossed
~ u.rk lines, wnicn tOrus the spectrum OF a
ttAf or sun, out On th.t talnoO~ tinted streak.
tS ON DARK b OK unI, there was seen tbs
bright lines of hydrogen. Urignt line elJnetng
~ magnesium ga the s.ate II glowing vip1i).
am tNoo'htr ntlRut nues. one OI whicn seemed
a. ne Identical witu Il ofignt line shown by our
tun, corona dutine 10 al eclips-.
Sow, u uOint t. wnlCn would call special at
ieuti'n Is. tndt II the elements OF tue catas.
irp he, II on may so speak. wntcn has hefal,en
ihc remote SUI IN the swan exist IA our own
sun AZ ZINES Oi marked ustufUauoe parts Of
ouI sun II 'ce III " tne nue., OF h,urogen
tfigut instead Of dafk, whoa me us mat the
a. = u hVdrnsen over thos" Darts OF the sun
aie hotter IA "a tue CLOWN. surI &c Of the sun
urir. We have oil heard, "gatn, how ldchtni
aud >rcchi, Ia ltalv, at,rIou 81 some exceptions
rlib not weaenc4 We d ii "A tew years Ago t. out
bu' IT. Of g,Owtng magnesium. And. lastly, our
sun Il Ger, amy well >uDpieu Win that ei-ii en- ,
WIT Yer II l.. wnlcu civ lae uflgaL line Of ni,
corona dutiug tciin e.: I r We low kuow mat
the whole oi ne 'tre.Ara and diatea corona,
uccIWing IL lie ION twenty uInes gre ,t.r tndn
Tue glunc uf me sun (wuiru itself exceeds uiir
sdllh i'-J'OJO u."es i' Soirin,), ueiouxs 10 the
s'u. AEdin, thN u-h tue run uas suuur c4IIly
i tn""Sthd' OF We IS YET So ar as can Sc
id-cd, tue 81 - wnicn, ike tins one III the
tn, nave bu.s out sad envy piO-sOtLiu- INTO
Nsnes II hy4IUgou. WuuIn Wuicn tue STIR
trt core gOMs with mn, tuhurrd tunes Il,
I mer heat, Lave loo been for ages
tNuihg steadily amid The star deplu-.
he snow mat tue one wnicu blAzaI out
ln Years ago IN the y rtntru Crpwu
one oil Arg lauuef's list. a. star 81 the tentn
lAftntude. atI that, auer slowing with so
t"nH Is .Inurr ing tnrs, ~. ieN day, II
%. fH-uucl tuat f'eoicr LIS re. We h " every
l'l- % Wui.n u l'-y IAN lurni-h tor heIrSIns
't tNN new star. Wtitn Wen uut IN Atgel 4Iucr' =
i.''. li..n cstd ed ircO by hin on account
% 49, ihuin0a -. l. l. NOV last llY-iug : sud-
u.hiN-4. V4ncd aus re, nd /. lfc..Y inyi-ibla TO
..|u ts'. l. arpe g. thrt rinie, tnt turre
|" .i- IA iur g. pNiliu'u 7te uIh-tur-1
d" -uu 80 source ul l-nt to- assure a. inAt
Or, ..l.l q uot -udd rnih biaLe form Win many
i'Netr4 li e. Li. "a. la, g. Gao cuuuagrAti,i
i,l.- .li.lInt %, u~ic4"ncc h, aonlr comet uu-
.tiNa.. "a laNrhus Too uirrGtp towtid niul
f- hr Munid .uubi !, cpIt down again to
N'' b tHan- cYndlt ,n "a tuo CYurie Ot "A Re
N'ts',.ul .ciIea3 Al t.-crN'fs Ap.ll n- aliNp.
..fl.t.. 10 unfr Tue - {, tu0usu tis whole
Pee l'- 81 IS nts AI-ut aluIu sui scL of later
'u- -t,t,a.A.loti. inc hliauttant. col wuli :
i'Hi- ilu"i. -itius or Arrtulu-. tiftluata is,
Dbl "N lt-lih Tel rra on tnft the risk -
rN '7e''N . tntt auo1g the millions OF san,
""t-. t.'i fuui oars, "llnln e.s, trluacl po as
.'H' rNfn &C. FL, fuihes occur only ten or
'"eNf l'nt' per cln.uIN.