The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-28
THE MAZE.
Market, Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue
THE STAR=GAZERS.
They Meet at the ChabOt
Observatory.
A Would Be Burglar Arrested Wear
ing BulIet.Perforated Hat-A
Baby Killed.

OAKLAND.-There was a meeting Of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific held
at the Chabot Observatory last night.
Papers were presented by the following
well-kncwn astronomers: 1.-The Occulta-
lion of Saturn, May 90, 1So3.' by John
Tebbett, FIR AS, of Windsor, n. S. w.
Consideration of the Proper Method OF
Representing the Milky Way, With a Re
view OF the Atlas of the Milky Way" by
c. Eaton and +. S. Holden Of Lick Obser.
vatorv.
BY far the most interesting paper of the
evening was that presented by Arthur S
Tucker Jr. Of Lick Observatory. Hissub-
iect was South American Astronomy
He said The W ork done at the Argent in g
Observatory at Cardoba has not only been
extensive and of high quality, but it ma y
be taken as an epitome OF southern
astronomy.
What has been accomplished there
represents for the southern sky the prog
re IS OF astronomy in the north In the line
Of observations or the fixed stars extend
Ing back into The century pre- cedlng this.
ut has been carried out from co NJ
plete and we'll designed scheme which en-
braces all departments OF this line OF re-
search and IN forming this design advantage
was taken of all that experience and prac-
tice had taught in the north as Improve
ments had been made In instruments anC
meth DDS Of observing.
THE uranomeIry of DR.. Gould, the frs
director. corresponds 10 The early star
charts and more directly to the uran
ometries OF Bayer. Argelander and HeiS:
for the northern sky.
the Cordoba star catalogue has the
same aim and gives for the southern sky
what the catalogues If Lalande, Dagaiet,
Bessel, Highlander. Rumker. CaurringiOn
anu SchJelierup do for the north, while the
gap between the southern limit OF the
Cordoba zones and the south pole Is filled
with the observations of ellis.
The Cordoba general catalogue CORE
spoud in scope TO the modern star caia'
IOgue in precision. 1t includes such oh
seryatlons as have been made and are still
continued at the great northern ObseIva
tories.
las our department of work in this con.
nection the yearly computation OF the
ephemeris of the southern circumpolar
stars Is on the same line as the star ephem-
erides OF The several great aImanacs.
The Cordoba Durcbmusterung is q
contamination of The similar work of Ar.
gelander of the north and that or Schon-
/ leldt, hich extends to the upper limits oil
! the Cordoba work.
Upon the northern Durchmusterung is
| based the great scheme Of meridian-circl IL
observation which can be referred to a:
| the Geseleschaft zones.
These observations have been com
pleied for the northern sky. and the uu.
| dertaking is considered as forming the
most important one of the century.
Zones similar in plan are being carried
| on upon tile basis Of the Durchmusteru ne
| of SchOnfeld.
Cordoba Itself is already 10 the field
with the first section of this work under
| observation. With extensive comet anC
star clusters made in the early history O1
the application of photography in astron
omy, and with widely extended as,ronom