Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-08-28
The Lick Telescope
rrorrs.on HOLDEN. OBSERVATIONS


Get up few months. and during that
time many impor,sn, discoveries have
been made With IL. The California jok'
ers have written ims ginsry wonders OF i's
discoveries In Mars, but the actual OBJ
,erstions are Of the highest interest.
Ia Place submitted the hypothesis
known a. the nebulsr hypo,hsss. by
which be explained the method OF the
creation OF . planetary system With ii'
planets and centre sun. A vas, mass OF
exceedingly sttsnu.lsd matter. many
times larger than our whole solar system
IL Supposed TO contract by mutual sis'i'
tation, and In the process TO take . re-
,olving motion around the centre. and I.
IL contracts. mss.s. ~, thrown OF from
the equatorial part a the revolving mass
Which become the plsns,. BY . similar
process.
One gres, confirmation Of this hypo,h-
esis 10 that al the planet. Of our system
re,olve In the same direction aboa, the
sun, and nearly Ia the same plane. Oo.
lection has been made TO this ,ha, there
Is no proof Of the s,i,,snee Of the hyPo-
,hstieal nebulou. matter. VIA, were
termed nebulu When observed by ,els.
scope. Of low power have been resolved
into clusters Of stars by . more powerful
telescope. and IL has been plsu'ibly ar
gued the, ther, IL no nebulous matter -
be made into solar systems With their
suns and worlds, one Of which ~e know
more u than ell Others
The Ring nebuls. Of the constellation
Lyn, has been an object Of in,sres, 10
astronomers and largely by ra.on Of
,hi. discussion. II looks through an OF
binary telescope like . small. perfectly
formed ring Of smoke. bat small .. u
looks. II our solar system were placed 10
It's centre |, would appear like . mor'
perfee, aud grsndsr galaxy The bs'
telescope. have heretofore shown . fs-
fam, stars near this ring. and one With
10 IL. bu, nothing TO show 'hs, ,he'
have any connection with IL. PfOi
Holden has examined thu hebuls. viii
the Lick telescope. and found mo, oil.
th. single star inside. bu, Likewise elsysi
others inside the inner oval OF projse,s'
on TIE bright nebulo.i,y bst-sen the on,
e. and inner ovsl.. No, only this, but
10 obvious that the plan on which ,h'
nebals is bull, !. that Of. seris. Of 81
lip,es OF osal.. There ). fist the ri,
Of faint star. outside the nebulA. the
the outer aud inner bounding oval. Q
the nsbalo,i,J; neN, rins Of faint star
around the edges Of the interior rings
and finally q number Of stars situated OF
the v.riou. parts Of the nsbulO'i,y an
outer oval "
These observed fact. eonn,e, the star
With the nsbulous nng. aud show TIA
they are . part Of the system. Ba
~h. . s,upehdou. discovery this Is! Ga
own earth Offers woSlsr u creation. an
the ,un moon and planet. seem TO "
grand and almost infinite. Ba, the.
.ie bu, the joiner work and finishing Q
creation, while in the RING nsbal. o
Lyra Professor Holden hs. witnessed
the work Of the Almighty hand in th
creation Of . whole solar system. vhieI
sill not be completed to the hnish al
peff,eiion =, shleh our. has arrived 10
90 many millioas Of centuries that III
i'm. gin.,ion pals in attempting to CON
prehsnd H. This nebuls covers eieui
ss great a. thu, Of the nearest fixed star
ATE to Us. and yet I, 10 80 distant that
looks like a small wrath Of .mok
through po-erfal telescope. and III
period Of It's creation into VIA, may b
habli.ble planets oil be Ia numbers o
years which convey no mesnins 10 oa
mind. except Of Indefinite va.,ne..
Professor Holden .l.o expects gre.
thing. from the Lick telescope ia ob.sr
,a,iOn Of the planets. lie ", new de.
on the sabjse, Of the rsir.e,ion and does
ny Of the atmosphere u Jupiter by
transit Of one Of li' satellites recently Oh
served. he says iha, though be "a. 4.
mili.r With the Use Of large telescope
before for many years he vi. no, pc,
pared fof the truly magnificent setion I
this. and thu, be had such ,ie-, Of n
origh, planets Mars aud Japuer. Of ,h'
nsbalr. the milky way. and some Of III
stars =. no other astronomer ever had
snb ''our final conclusion Is that ~e he,
TO use the large telescope Ia = ns~ We,
There is absolutely nothing TO be take
for granted. aud there !. no obj,e, in th
whole heavens which -e must not ob
serve 80 II viewed for the first time