The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-01-03
now EAa AsE 1ss srassa


a yerr Brz<Ar Gee Nay Iss Ne-e Dsssa1i
XazAn D.m one-
O. the 10. at'a e05 o. z,o7e s-zTs y hich
are -isihis rfth ast-0Io-iczI snstrz-
aents TIE distances froa tae esrfH q
o-iy > very few hare been zezsa-ed
-<irh eren Al approxs1stio1 . zee1-
rzr-. Nos of the s-zrs appez- 70 he %
sz-zzzv thz1 the change n tael- zP-
-z-en- uizce ozrSe1 bT vlsUIn- tlez
fro-l opposite sidez q 1ae earth : orelt
-zaa .azt o-bst 5 st5uf l>s.sia eas
z15Ies ac-rss-is 80 slight thzr = 50
e--as ce--zz1 Ge-sr1lus- Only 1aor-
@f-F s,zrs EaEe thus ~ yisi1-d dellits
resEitS II fae afte1ps - --1sss1Ee tha-r
distsnces. szG eFea th0se Tesa-ts are
TOO often eoahiclinE and znoe--ai1-
The 8ezrest stz- thas AR diseoFz-ei 5
cne q the 6rs1 znsgaitu3e. n8t Visible
from the United States - Euro7a i
i the stz- called Alpha N the c0ns-si-
la1zoa & the Centz1r n the sout5e-1
henis,hers e TIE hszTeas
TIE distance Of this stz- srDaars %
Be- sozsthiaE Ike - qao. 81. 90 q
niles o. ahout "a 90 times as great
a rbe distance Of the s1n hoa tae
earth
The ensxt nsz-es: stz-.zs aras kn0E--
i 3 little sixth-nsgnstuie tEiukls--
barely risIale 70 the naked ere, Il tie
eoastsila-so1 q Organs p1Palariy
cslle5 the Northern Gross lne cis-
tauce @ tbs star, which = known 70
zstro1omers IS G. Cyrni : vzriOusF :
estimated - tron to-ty . sixsT
.rzlion uI-les- q tTo o. three tines
KAT O: the t-ieht star &c -he csntzur-
The brightness q TIE stars a. we
Sc ths1 j. ten 70 measure q their
c.1.uuarztsrs distance 4 verF brlElt
s-zr ny q urch uore distant ta11
ve-r Eat1t o1e. The 6iEzrenes il h-l--l-
a-ee befu- due 20 ths ---atsE I-----
tuEe q the m1ue distant star- >-rlls,
Or The d1g star. for i1sta1ce. Wl--a
sefntl-istss 30 sp-ellisiT n che winter
sl-~ : nors distant ti.zl the Itils star
O. Cv-nL the latter being IL fact a very
rlueh smaller SUI thaa Cur UA--e
sl-fus Is q AZ lzrEer one
+ thus ap1ea-s thzt While the ezo-ts
- ueasure the 6i-.z1es q the stars
have not heel Tsry sucoesstll- yet they
have res1lt=d in giving us 2 wonderful
insight i1to re arrangement q tie u1ll-
wee ef sans IN tie Zidst e which re
dwell vet they have proTed ihat large
-r-T snail elars are scaftere1 tl-c-.rl
snacea Tzri1ls dis-aze=s trou one al
OH anI from ls. that the Dimensions
q t--zzr holies rElieh We cal s-zrs. cr
srrs. vary 70 a. enornous eTtent7 ard
that CIR oEn s1n. great g-o-ious and
o7erp1weril- as it SENS 70 - really
belongs % cutie inferior ralE
Ii. II is possible that before EarT
years our know led -e of The distance q
the stars nay BE greatly ezsealel
Suectroseoplc snTestiEati1a IN the Gzss
of t-uz-y stars as those are czil-d
which circle n pairs arou1c tte-- con-
ruon g-aEitT. 3 beginning . help rs =
Lite IL tbs direction
Recently Tor ilstanee. AiE g. v
Coles. y. has ealculat4d, from the r.
suits of s.eh inTes-i-zt-1l- tie mean
distance Of ninsty-STe stars situated II
the northern be--5s7he-s q the hesF-
ems and 6n5s = equal . the distance
which Hight would travel u aboat one
hazdred AID 6ftF EezrS That distance
Is uot less thzn eight hundred and sev-
eztv trzliio7 miles CT more than forty
three tines Is great IS The distance q
the nearest known ztzr, Alphs Cen
taurL
Yet enom0us Is sueh Z Gistance Is
!. e nearly certain that the sverige
distance Of al the stars composing the
visible universe Is still greater And
here ard there the starry heavens,
even IN their richest regions present
black and apparently empty spaces
tarozgh Thich we seem . look out
from the boza5s 4 the visible universe
into fathcnless depths beyuuL
Bat = there anF thoughtful n.nd
which ear avoid asking Itself lie quez-
tiou- .-Ehat lies beFoni2 When We
cone 20 the bitterness Eta- Of tie uni-
re-se. what ths1e' That i a question
thzt even astronomy. EitA al is Eil--
velous wealth % discovery and aehieTe-
nsut cannot ans1er-zt least not yea
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