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A Birth which Promises to Upset
Astronomers Theories.

FrOq7t tho Mem York Herald
LONDON, Sept. II. - Astronomers have
for the first time in the worlds history as
sisted at the birth of new member OF our
stellar system. Or. Harting, of the Dor
pat university observatory in Russia,
is the godfather of this by no means little
stranger, which may be 30,000.000 times
larger than our sun, and which by Its
mere birth threatens TO upset many of our
most cherished astronomical theories.
IT'S MOTHER.
The nebula Of Andromeda is the mothor
OF the new star. Between and 10
O'Clock on any clear evening the newly
born may be found in the eastern sky,
well up from the horizon, as a glowing
pOintOt the eighth magnitude, surround
ed 10y the cloudike mist of the nebula
from which it sprang. A good pair Of
opera glasses viii clearly show both the
nebula and star.
COMPUTATIONS AND GOSSIP.
Our midwife astronomers are now hard
at work measuring, weighing and gossip
ing about the unexpected yOungster,
which has given them no cause for com
plant as regards either growth or ability
TO make noise in the world. Gu Aug.
10 the nebula was carefully scanned. but
not the slightest signs of change were
observed. The nebula, according to a
photograph then taken, renamed IN its
ordinary condition of gigantic agQlom-
GRAFTON of family glowing star mist, IN
which the most powerful telescopes could
distinguish nothing except a family de-
hned nucleus of nebula.
POINT or LIGHT.
On Aug. 10 the new star was seen as a
brilliant point near the nucleus, but the
great Importance Of the discovery was not
appreciated until this week. Since its
sudden birth the star has given constant
cause for astronomical gossip on account
Of its Irregular habits. Not only has il
changed its position in the sky by ten
seconds in one direction and two seconds
IA tue other, but 1t also shines with an
unsteady, hickering, orange-like light
new to members OF the staid star family.
vAGARIEs OF YOUTH.
These manifestations may be simply
species OF stellar wild oats, from which
the new star will emerge TO be credit to
lis mother, OF they may portend a career
rs startling as its origin. Godfather
Hartng declines To predict his musings
future, and MIR. Richard A. Proctor, who
has the reporters seat at all celestial
events, is equally nOn-coHmittal. Ger
tain IL Is, at any rate, that by It's birth, its
star VIII teach astronomers many a valu-
able lesson concerning the universe. 1t
may be that il will leave behind IL, If il
dies, a wreck Of theories which will bring
gray-hended astronomers in sorrow to
new beliefs.
NOT AN OLD SUN.
1T is an odd fact that the variable stars
which occasionally and unexpectedly ap-
pear In the heavens generally appear in
the midst Of gaseous nebulc. This seems
to emphasize sti!l further the difference
between the new unknown and other new
stars; for Andromeda is shown by the
spectresc0po TO be astellar, not gaseous
nebula. Moreover, All astronomers SO far
agree that the new star is not worn out
sun unexpectedly blazing Into new life.
but is, on the contrary, new agglOmera-
tion Of i0sce aud matter suddenly created
or brought together by laws not yet even
20 be guessed az by our science.
LAPLACE SHAKEN.
with its drsi flicker the new star shook
Laplace'e nebular hypothesis until seams
aud flaws stand out al over this theoreti-
cal explanation OF the cre9tipn: for q sim
gle "catastfophic' sun blazing ont with
fun powers would utterly up
set theory which demands ages
Of slow acCreAtion before such
star may prove also that our universe is,
after all, but one system OF stars. and that
the theory OF stellar by6tems, according
20 which, ours 1s but one Of many sys-
TENS, rs untrue.
THE KINsulP or WORLDS.
This new teacher seems 20 show that
all the wonderful variety OF suns double,
tripleaud multiple. far distant sun clouds,
ana star dust and star vapOr as welfare
alike parts Of our own syrtem, not
strangers subject 20 other laws and with
other attributes. AS this star by its birth
has shown the universal kinship Of worlds
may ~ nOt also enable astronomers 10
look forward 20 the end Of al matter?
IT'S TALE MUST TELL
with the British association discussing
Do from che Aberdeen point OF view. with
telescopes pointing from an the observe
tories Of this hemisphere toward it. aud
with astronomical Wears writing letters
% the ibaes about IL, the new star must
certainly tell what it has 10 tell.
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