The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-06-18
4 ROHAICE or ETROEOM.


Of telescopes the number Of stars within
our ken has been increased from 5000, the
number which may be seen in both hemi
spheres by the naked eye, to probably
about $1,000, 900. The star nearest to the
Iearth, Centauri, is about 275yOOO times
as far from Us IS the sun ID, and Sirius Il
about twice % far away a. that; II. how
ever, We could view these bodies at an
equal distance, q CentauTi would appear
nearly twice as bright e our sun, and
Sirius forty times as bright.
Further, we know that all these bodies,
although they are called fixed stars In as
tronomy books, 90 far from being fixed
are al in rapid movement, and the rate
In some cases fills rs with astonishment.
Thus, one star (lSS0 Groombridgs) has .
velocity Of not less than 300 miles . SEC
ond. This would carry Il from New
York TO ConstantinOple in about q minute,
and from the earth to thes IN in Eve days.
Another star t6l CygnD has q velocity Of
not less than 80 miles . second, or $780,
900 miles q day. So far, then, we find
that the stars are at different distances,
that thev are Of different sizea and that
instead az he;no T,rsd ,hev az al IN
movement
We have ooma IN .Do,ha, ous.,;on
Why do these bodies, whether near or
distant, give ightf They give out light
bacauaa fhav ara hot and anna of thar,
are hotter than almost anv,hin, ws can
imaeipe, Bv the use Of tba nr,sm the
child's wonder an to what tbe a.. NAV
be has been CHANGED into ! cs,to;n
kpowlenee Of what stars ike the ann
really ara. Such bodies ara ms.sss a
Rlowid9 ens. the MATERIAL a which, ava
for the most part precisely the same a.
thee of which our earth h bDiI. nm. he
great difference betWeen snch stars and
the earth at the present time beIn0 that
thew are hot while The earth ia cold
All the metals mr. nearly ali a than
which we read Of in hooks Of cbemistyv
have baen fonnd In tho ann. nd; /.
ouite posuibIe that anne n the noD-
metals NAV exist in n part Of the ann
which We cannot cat nj NV our methoda NJ
work. However Ibis NAV he We NAV
be sure that the nopmetsIs viii he In
the sun aon,e dav. and that. vhan the
sun Is As cool a. the earth. its chemical
composition will resemble onr own
ESSENTIALLY.
The sun il M hot nj preaant that n.
outer atmosphere. instead of beinv com.
posed of oxygen and nitrogen and water
yapor. a bsppens with our own con-.
siSts Of brightly aiming bvdrooen %.
and iron yapor chiefly The Iron 4 nj
solid. and Il ia not moltan Int exi.s. a.
iron steam at perbapa. a distance n
an OOO miles above the shinin0 orh that
We see and cali the mn. This. think
NAV be taken a. a fair indication that the
sun n. indeed 4 veyv hot bo6v especisIIv
when We remember that a. III centey l.
approaehed the tamneratpra uou,. .lwovo
increase
Ibava said tbis mpcb .hor, The ann -.
eanae n IA veyv natural ~ 81 wh.,ho- an
stars are me the ann n rel ~ y.
tbouebt that thew were Int h. one Az
not tbink tbis Il a. Whon 10 come ~
exsmins tho hol,ss vh,cI .h,Us r. a.
Nv thoae aim pa,chs. n g,ov Ii.ht an
Al nebula. a. GelI a. msnv ~ M 20.
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IIvbt vbich thay send ~ "A. i. - An.
teran. tro,n tho I,.h, .oD, - a. -, ~.
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4 e,.ctIv ELs .nDI,gn,
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