Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-30
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES.
hshsr Notification for Science on the
Nebular Hypothesis.

Nebular Hypothesis.
sston Nov. Astronomical dis
tTsrts Of great value are reported by
/. 7. ]. ]. Lee, who has charge of
O Lowell observatory in Flagstaff,
lii DR.. Lee, who Is now in Boston,
rive an interesting account of his re-
vt discoveries through the 24-lnch
ttse6pe built by Avian Clark & Sons.
1i.Ch has been In use for eighteen
raI.hs Prof Lee has found his sta
10 a most favorable one for observa-
his He says the Arizona air is
carer and purer than that at any
sar station In the country, He and
l. assistant have now come East to
rSll,h and report on the work.
Piof, Lee was AT one time in charge
tihe department. Of astronomy in the
diversity Of Chicago and is ranked
rlng the ablest mathematical astron-
na's Of the country. He has been con-
srrg with several men of science of
lnaridge and Harvard, and these
tsTyeS are much Interested.
MI Lee said since August. 1896, he
h discovered about 500 new double
1n and has measured about 700 oh
. noticed by previous observers.
my Of the stellar systems discovered
z hfge and brilliant and thus possess
z highest interest. He says within
z last year the Lowell observatory
= Examined no less than 10000 stars.
M have swept over 1900 systems.
IRE Of the new stars are very close
idher and are barely separated in
great lens. Others are unequal in
Ah'ness and require the best
nsphere for effectlng II good separa-
lie discovery Of these 500 new double
~ Is accounted the most important
eiHoutlon to southern astronomy
~ lhe survey Of Sir John Herschel.
NY years ago. One of these stars
y eeen found TO rcvolve only once in
syeaN md another In about sixteen
w Both have become of the high
:, interest to observers,
.le pan OF DR. Lee is to form a great
,9sue Of evry double star within
" Of the South Pole, and with
u OBJECT he will continue his explor-
~ 10Y several years,
N interesting conclusion DIR. Lee
= su involves a modification of
,lth 'I . 'nchular hypothesis, i"
u. wi more than century has
vtpted as the most reasonable
,,.,,W the origin Of either stellar or
i, ~ systems. The new double
u ,sVuNefles are interpreted by Mr..
tslsS suggest that the more usual
i o-., u inc formation of n sys-
M siilally Is that the central mass
~, ny ny masse. The satellite then
IN AZ nle not ms an anmaler ring
Sn,sr g original body, but in nearly
M, ' ss Of saturn he regards sim
~ o a. exception to the rule.
VI I, he phenomena suggesting
rs,1,.ne general inequality of the
b.i., OF n double star system.
IN ,I .nelr orbits are. as a rule
Nh, o g',,es more elliptlcal than the
~ 49, Planetary system. One OF
~ wt,slLs IS the action of stellar
~ and v ". exert a retarding tend
M o,,o gIlIllndtely ilatten the orbits
cpyl,, e'ualIy may have been nearly
~ Ti,,n,9imenon Of great general in
teahr ale tWinkllng of the stars, Sc
I Lee , om clear cold nights. This
er.,,. Is due to small waves OF
Il. n, tne mr. about the size OF
sisis sometimes even-larger thar
al uS rdl' These little waves Ill
wa NIX, F certain conditions, as OF
y i,r ~ anu imposing before the
eh M we light from side to side
n nt6 on I,ay convert the light of tn,
e& 'O'ors or extInguish it en-.
s,sd' 'fr -nnce Is similar to light
Dopoiso9W wavy, running water
~ wsTss discovered how to Sc,
hing WIN a telescope, and Or
tttuns np,r,pot that they cause tht
" beeh W.ner important discoverie.
4 ~ IS nude IN the Lowell obseva.