The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-28

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Irrespective Of the suggestions which It
conveyed. jupiter WAS superb object worth q
and The 9S q tss NIGHTS
enormous Siobs.not a Hat disk. but round and
full, and psrceptibly bulged IN the equstorial
watching The S"rth rotate. only jupiter rotssss
soa psny hpe as ss
the edge s' being ,s advanced toward inc centre.
hs edge 81 sp sSs S Ssa TSs &
markings on the huge globe were indescrtb-
great belt tho mediterranean one being pinkish
red while the southern belt was grnylsn. A
bo .ass 81 p S pnx ns
background was diversified with light and dark
spots ,p and strSsIs Rows q spots rSSsemS,inE
vance guard Of a simmer storm ilecked the sur.
OF Mi power Of imss ton not TO see In some
Of these spots unmistakabe clouds. and IN the
STE s bsIots adjoining is the %
belts which seemed to border the equatorial re-
Rions were other bolts and spots without mum;
the pees the susSe wars sS with tint
recalling tho lighter shades Of fine steel en-
lariy sicady. ali the delicate details OF tho
planets surface came out exquisitoiy defined.
Of 5O put Which hat sS
tyo million ti%ssl nc ai%9ssSsrG was nSt
such a power. but the gigantic and startling
appearance OF the planet. distorted and blurred
SS ~ Se
factl. and the aickering forms Of, the belts and
spots showing dim!y like huge shadows made
Below the s Known e H Bsit OF Orion every
body who watches tho brilliant skies Of our
ins star. II !. the famous Great NsbuIs. Very
little telescopic power IL required to show II as
shans But aet 70 Sonves 70 ons
Of the MAGNIFICENT appearance Of this nebul.
Princeto ton. The xSSe aeiS o 81 view with tn the
higher powers. t. nlled with a shining green
sprinklsd with stars which glitter like dis.
sRonas 1ou could Ssa Scatter ye with Srsa
but 4 nils 2 space. In comparison with which
one soSF ere .t II siren
pearances can be detected in II which indicate
suns, Ono Of the trumphs achieved BY the
iats Henry Draper wns the phStographing oi
changes are taking place. and whether In this
strange object we really do behold the slow de-
There is black gap ut one point In the nebula
and in this, gar shine the four stars constitute
other stars near these which small telescopes
do not show. This L. the central point Of in
terest in the nebula., 1t seems clear that those
nebula. They appear. as Prof. Young remarked.
From the G Gns Nebaa we turned to Sirius
or the Dog Star. the brightest Of all the stars.
to M
object glass; 1t dazzles the eye like IL N thou
sand stars combined into one; Yet man must
is sun at least thousand times as great as
our sun; II the earth were as near to Sirius as
in a moment, but. to me. the most interesting
eo%psniSa. the dlsseyers q whose e1Istsnss Is
almost hidden il, the oyerpowsrinS rays Of
himself and they swing around ono another
yTsSs sss &, sssP 4 (
light Of a sun: Il may Be- the embsr Of q sun I
sat u darE with %ScS Se Il shSss
iieved. abounds. and which. having fallen with
IN the attraction Of Sirius. is doggingit through
motion-Sirius. As the spectroscope shows. is
sssy from % the rse Of
dusky companion. in this way. The laws
Of Gravitatlon will never lot them part.
though the distance between them may vary
and 40 the greatest sun OF which We have any
knowledxe must go swinging through space
with its skeleton comrade until 1t itself be-
comes cold and dark; The creates, interest for
own sun may at some time. as 1t Journeys on.
fall within the attraction OF one OF these dark
cosmical BODIES and 80 come 70 have com
that OF the sun. and brought into the neighbour
hood OF the solar system. would produce
might render the earth uninhabitable.
cannot stop to tell OF what elsa the great
TELESCOPES shows IN the star depths how Il re-
how. when turned upon nebulons speck.
1t sometimes shows the astonshed observer a
ysra6s ball Of stars 40
ut other times reveals thousands OF stars ar;
odd shapes. When Visited the observatory
escopic study. but know what. the big teies.
cope would do with the moon. 1t would reveal
tho ragged mountains and cratcrs. tho table,
the Bay Of Rainbows, the peaks, and the old
ocean beds with u distinctness that would make
the startled observer fancy some snpernatHra!
old worn out world preparatory to letting him
wateriess wildcrnesses. or to be battered aud
tinct craters II had such . telescope. fear
though bound to this terrestrial dust mote,
should spend my life In other. grander worlds. u
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