Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18

In the whole world for study Of the
stars ana meteorological conditions
The college authorities first tried points
In Colorado and California tnd then
sent nm expedition 90 South America.
This expedition nrst established a sta.
iion $500 feet above the veal In the
Andes hack Of Lima. on what is nov
called Mt. Harvard. tn 1890 they
changed the station to Arcuulpn ana
have since made this one " the great
scientific renters 90 the world. Are
uuipa is 1850 feet above the sen and IL
has more clear days and nights. 10 is
arid. than any 9TH p place on earth
There ure about mine months OF the
year there when thu ety ls perfectly
clear You people 81 hn pride yourselves
on beautiful skies and glorious sunsets
Will not know what the words mean
until you have visited South America.
These are especially fine at ArHuulr1.
which has in addition M. advantage Of
being south " tho equator no one OF
the best points for viewing The southern
heavens.
There Il. you know. nothing dupu-
Gated In the sky. and there are here
wonderful stare and consultations
which We never ar,. Tho milky way
south 0f the equator ls flr NOR, brill
liant than % ls boo our heavens, and
there are many other different stars
with different movements. You have
lll heard ~ the southern Crusa. which
my friend. ur Tsmagc. says looks go
him like the handwriting NJ Col on
the face ~ the Hky. I dnI't think
much Of o. ~ De- mUaHly cross az
best, There are only four stars IN a..
'htt are not ut an bright, and you
have 10 Look hard 10 IND them. There
are however wonderful things outside
~ this. and the best observations so
HaH .HH .HHH Of NUHH D.
crn heavens have been made by thee"
Harvard scientists They have four
great telescopes az Arcquipa. which
night after uiEht through tho Mite
clear months % the year are pointed at
the stars. Connected with each ~
these telescopes ~ "a Photographic mp
paraiuH which records the movements
VI such starr ls the scientists wish 10
study and which by finr machinery
move along with the starr until their
Images and thusc Of their surroundings
are registered on the Photographic
plate The Bruce telescope. Tor In
stance. Il. I believe. the LARGEST ~ itH
Kind 100 the world. though am not
SUR N this II has lens q Inches in
diameter ana gives photographs on
plates ~ by n Inches IN size. I took a
look through tho bruce telescope dur
Ing my visit a. tho observatory. The
tube NJ the instrument must weigh
mora than a ton. but II Is no dclicatciy
huns that a child could move 70. II
runs hy a clock and q heavy weight.
The chief part ~ the work done AZ the
observatory iH photlgraphinr the
heavens. Five Photographic insini-
mcnts are kept going. and about nfty
plates arc made every night. last
year more than I'VE thousand plates
were exposed and developed The
NEGATIVES are shipped at once 60 the
University ~ Harvard ~ Cambridge
AMI arr there used for study and srien.
tho work They are kept on Me there
anu form wonderful astronomical
library 0f the southern heny,nH.
Through this observatory Harvard
college has the best advantages nf ihD
world for Astronomical research. The
scientists o. Cambridge arc alwai !
watching the northern heavens. buf
hcN cannot see much below hr
equator The Aroquipa ohsei-,ainry
takes In The whole sky fruan the equa
tor 20 the South Pole. the two giving a
complete view OF the heavens.