The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-23
LUNA UNDER A SHADOW.
THF MOONS Eel IPSE COMES OFF
ON TIME.
The Way savannah's sky-Gazers OBJ

The Way 6avannah's Sky-Gazers OBJ
served 1.-THE Electric Lights Fave
Things Their Own Way For Two
Hours-People Who sat Up Late to
See How the Moon Behaved
The lunar eclipse came off last night and
this morning according to the programme
outlined by the astronomer, and the alma
nae makers, and to speak by the card 1t
was one Of the most successful OF the cen
tury. IL. the early evening it began TO look
as if the entertainment would have to be
postponed on account Of the cloudy coudl-
ton Of the sky. N,mbus clouds darkened
the eastern horizon, breaking into GIRO
stratus. and fleeing off TO the cirrus in the
meridian, but by O'Clock a light wind
coming up a little west Of south drove the
clouds back beneath the eastern horizon,
and the moon again started on her journey
across the sky nearly at her full, without
fleece in the heavens.
From that time on the stars began to be
obscured, the milky way disappeared, and
the moon began to grow darker red until
II :29:04 o'clock, when the total eclipse be
gan. II was mOonless sky at 20 minutes
and 8 seconds after midnight this morning
the eclipse reached It's middle and at III :OS
a. m. the total eclipse ended The moon
left the shadow at 2:l0;O6 a. m, and again
the beauties of the eclipse were renew ed,
until :O9:07 a. m, when the moon left
penumbra and Luna was herself again aud
mistress of the sky, with stars sparkling
attendance.
The stars t2imnied as the moons hrilliancy
grew. At 9;3l 03 o'clock, city time, tue
moon entered the penumbra; gradually the
shadow spread from the eastern disk until
10:3005 p. m. when it completely COW
cred, but did not obscure the moon, which
was then beautiful to behold, the silvery
light having deepened into half carmine,
half crimson, through which translucent
film the whitenesS was not completely hid
den.
THE ECLIPSE On
Thousands of eyes were turned skyward
all over the city from street and balcony,
and he night being pleasant and bahny
the eshpse was widely admired. The view
from the pavilions on Tybee Island is said
TO have been grand as the moon hung over
the sea, the sightseeing being unimpaired
by the refraction of the electric lights which
made long continued observations very
painful to the eyes of the city sky-gazers
AMONG THE ASTRONOMERS.
~ oIloLAltAS bi4c cNlAl poo VI Auab lilB III
was of greater general interest than the
eclipse of Jan. IS last, as the beginning. the
totality and end of the eclipse was visible,
and as the moon was near the meridian dur
ing the whole passage. The work of the
astronomer was not interfered with by dis
turbing conditions of the earth's atmos-
phere, which attend observations of
celestial object when near the horizon.
Arrangements were made at Harvard
college to secure the most perfect possible
observations, and partially to assist in this
result the astronomical apparatus owned by
Mrs. Draper, widow of Prof. Henry Draper,
was removed from Hastings to Harvard
college, and were used last night. The re-
suit of the observations will be awaited
with interest by the scientific world. Oh
servations were made in other parts Of this
country and III Europe by astronomers, and
if the moons path was not too low in the
south the atmospheric conditions were not
such as to preclude successful obserVati ons