The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-04
LOOKING UPON RED MARS.
The Land and Water Of the Wonder:
{: !. F. full Planet. !:
WHAT THE LICK eBSERIRRs FOUND.
Discoveries that rpsst All Theories Heretofore REID
T. and Open Neu Fields for tstransni.:: +.
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= Special to TIE MoRSINa CALI.


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F : LICK OBsERvATeRs,;S Sept. .S--The As
tron omica Society of the Pacific nret hers
this afternoon. Professor Schaeberle. pres
ident, was: In 5tbe chair; and there were
about sixty PERSONS present among them
being Professors Holden and Campbell,
and Messrsy @Piersgn, .:Def6esr, ;. Gdhing,.r
Zel, Hersiek and BaTkh aiter Of San Fran.
CISCO s.. ~ :> - ~:
f Professor Campbell Illustrated and ex.-
|. planned the character OF tho new star first
seen last. February. which Disappeared In
] Anil and reappeared GA August 49, He
|: Concluded thai. the star was neDalels in
/ character: and: prubably composed of.
two separate. objects, one being of.
+ much Target. :. mass than: the: ether:
The collision: of. these two objects pro
duced; the great ircre8se in :: brightness OBJ
|. served last February. The: smaller ;ofthese:
/ two objFets tstprobabEy revolving about the
larger: one In a. very eccentric orbNt Its.
PRESENT vel0eity lis. about 15e miles per
sec0nd*s ~ dr.. T.: =: =
i: "A very good :e6nuetftary on this power O.
the great. telestope is: contained: in: the
: o observations OF. this star. :, The measures
| u nc If which the results Feaclfe9 depend have
been made:by. Professor Camp with the
jargb telescope upon: varfUflA lines sin the
.
/ these measures: the Eick Observatory re-
.eeivad :relegralns from > EATBpe yfije th t:
no lines whatever :could. be seen Ia The.
/ spectrum. :: =: : :::,:.; :, =:
:; Professor Schaebefle made some; new and
artllpg Statements regaIdlng recent OBJ
"seryatigns. Of MATS. Each Of the FIVE pr0*-
|. fess6Ts had made "a number OF: dfaNsings;
Win results. better. thaR any other:
Made :. ri. .>the " northern =. hemisnheIe.:
He explained the; results: of his
own bseTxati0ns FOR two .tH0nths past. and
shown on: lIne drawings, which Werb:k sam:
3stoTy.. All these drawings OF the professors:
/. are; indeHendent :Of eacifOtheT.. Tic most.
striking feature To hlnl -Saa the. vaEat}on In
|: abe -pular.eaps When firsto6sbryedIhe line
f between: Write: and. dark:w1s sharpfy"de-
|. h1ed add thec.cap vas very large, bat right
10 tie: center of the: cap was a. DARK circle.
AS. time passed lie noticed q gradual !yarias:
tioA$iG abe dark .mAntlitE. ana alS9 frat the.
| outline: on: tile beAnddTY. line uuderyHent;
/ great changes. At .ptesent+the fizepf tie.
polar zap is NOT one quarter what H:was at.
l:the beginning Of the. observations. e.:
/ On tie tTaMigs world be noticed narrow
streakS sald*tQ be Canals. Sc}iaparefi also:
saw:thNse canals double. This doubling OF
/ lhe.eanals was seen st tie Lick :0asseryae
tory. on the sanle evening by three
different Observers. One. cngte9s feature
Was this :: $Schlaparfi claims that tile red
apQrtion-Q f Mars is land and: the: dark p0T-.
ton is. water. = HIS: obseryauQpA: had
led him. to>opp9s1te ncfESiOns; namely
that The Ted: Is :: water: aHi1 :. tbee
*daFksis Land: :: His reasons were that:lt the
have been the Irregularities seen on the
surface, as :fhe water as wholly un3fo rul;
If the dark pbrti0n.M and. thetmafKing5
aw6tasd appear iiFightet in the ceRteF of the
disk, but or tie contrary these aresfarkef.
A gain. The dark 1portiGn isifregpfaF, where :.
-. ct. IS H. -.
water would. be. IA notirer: reason u.s. that
r%wheEeYeT dark markings , strike &ttle:
edge Of the" planet there were bright
areas pyoiected eAtside:Of tile bGrdet. and
these were pro ba BY mo un tal n chains ~ ich
He: obserged nlsht.after niRlit before -RppOSi-
1iQn5 The. ebseTyati9us In the latter part Of
this: n0nfh, CEN blned WITH sthQse I'm the
eaTlg psEt: eff July, wauid PRO eahy ileclde:
-:tfds Quss tfqn.: -. - - III: ::
/: ,Rro1esser~ "a olden said to THE GALL re-
-p6Fter 4n .feferehfe 70 s9me of the Oranges:
which hayey been observed on Mars that
dfIeT4 wRsa Special rngl0H of;parl!c Ular inter:
est; tiamefy fiat sptreGndiHgf ions .Iuy eHle
s.: This region, in 1877. contained a-:sIngle
lake, SO called :jn:4S79 1 his lake hdd9diSap-
peafed. In every scar Since that time, this;
:lakehas heeh: visible. In lie early part
OF 1897 Ehtre wsrs. IW.enty: lakes ill., this
" reg ION, but tn I'll g middle OF August one. of
these .sAadenlg- Disappeared q: Profess:
SoF :H0IdeR asked .TIE GILL. re-
porter fl, Terrestrial lakes, were In
:the hsrft &c sctlng in this eccentric fas hion:
He sad tkfs was only ore :of dozens OF
cases which had co nyinced him that il was.
eqtitely. tho .soan +, TO pronGnnees ;sn. the.
physical Condition of Mars, bet ALONG on the
question OF its. being inhahtel. 49,. ;
=: Before the NEE ting adjourn eds. ID. Town.
ley read am able paper on variable. stars
Alter rhtsTting TO varloHs theories.
Ills CONCLUSIONS were that name, coul1. be
accepted AS definite. = Investigations. hs;-
said, titus far have. established the.follow-
lag facts::.t hat fiji: changes of VatiabIes Of
long .peTicd perfect :nnifoTInlty is entirely
jaCkingi and that periods OF about:One year
large Y predominant that the rise from min
fthum is III ore rapid. than the fall:ffom: max.
,iiIlGm :; that an unusaat proportions Of red
stars are variable. aRd that nearly all vaIi-
.ables: Cd; long per- Old are red; that the red.
ness Increases with the leRgth of The period;
that The speeter Of; NEARLY all are marked:
with broad and strong absorption bands
and: that I'm a few, bright hydrogen lines~
and carben Fittings appeal In: The. spectrum.
as the star*appreaclres the maximum:
= From these facts 1t:rs highly probable that
variations in brightness are produced by
luminous changes1:in stellar atmes spheres.
These changes are br0aght' about In
soTe. way: by The. influence. of plan
.etaIy.:: meteoIic- ':or cometary attend.
ants: but the time has not yet come to.
formulate Sith certainty the causes Of the
variability: OF the stars In this class A
large amount Of WORK. both Of a spectro-
seopic and ielescopic. nature, must first be
done in ofilertO learn mOTenf Metaphysical
Constitution Of these stars and of; the pc
eulfar .la4RA Under which their variations
take place: :: =;
Since 7:o'eloclt tonight the dolnes Of the
Pinch and 36-inch: equstoIials nave been
open and large numbers of visitors have
been taking lheir turn in locking at the
starry frma ment.
: Tile menbersef the society were hosplta-
bly, entertained by Inc professors here.