The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-06-06
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Jar The earth aud atlect the deiicat e
Instruments. Professor Campbell
OF the Lick eclipse expedition was
at his observatory at 5 o'clock aud
every man was in his place an hour
before the first contact was noted.
Professor Campbell gave the fol
lowing signed statement:
1.-THE sky was clear but not very
blue. Rapidly approaching clouds
from the southwest obscured the
sun less than one minute after total.
ity. The programme, which was
almost wholly Photographic work,
was fully carried out except in the
case Of one spectroscope, whose
clerk refused to work. The c,r ~ al
streamers we're somewhat similar to
those observed in India in 1893.
There were two on the west OF
about equal intensity about dis
lance equal to five or six dia meters
OF the sun. The upper one OF the
two TO the east was much stronger
than the lower one and was observed
out to about four diameters. The
streamers seemed to be nearer the
solar equator than in 1898. Tie
shadow bands were distinctly oh.
served inclipiug from about 80
degrees west OF north to 39 degrees
east OF south, travelling northeast"
CHABoT OBSERVATORY ECLIPSE
STATION, Sloan, Ga, May 2S.-Tte
observations here were a complete
success. Professor Charles Burck-
halter, observer in charge, gives the
following statement regarding his
work:
"The sky was clear at this point
and the full programme Of the
eleven photograph exposures were
carried out. The corona appeared
strikingly like that of the eclipse in
India in 1898. The Chabot expedi.
ton has the only apparatus in the
world that will give short exposures
on the bright inner corona, while
giving long exposures on the faint
part on the same plate. The
pictures taken vary from two TO
twelve-hundre6ths OF a second at
the moons limb and four to eight
seconds at the outer limit, two
plates giving four to eight-hun-
dredths inside and four and eight
seconds outside exposures with in
termediate exposures Tor intermedi-
ate places"
REDIsCOvERS PLANET EROS.
DENVER, May 2S.-Whils Professor
H. A. Howe was waiting this morn.
ing about O'Clock in the Chamber
lain Observatory for the sun to arise
and the eclipse to begin he made
one OF the most important observa-
tions of the year, the rediscovery Of
the planet Eros. This tiny planet,
which was discovered only two years
ago at the Berlin Observatory, has
been looked for since last Septem-
Der, the time when, according to
calculations, it should emerge from
behind the sun. Astronomers all
over the world have been scanning
the skies for it but without success.
Professor Howe discovered the
planet near the first point of Ariesl
According to Professor Howe's
observations Of the eclipse the first
contact occurred at 5 O'Clock d.
minutes 226 seconds, and the last
contact at O'Clock 81 minutes and
34,9 seconds. This showed an error
in the calculations OF the nautical
almanac, which gave the time Of the
first contact as O'clock Id minutes
and 25.l seconds aud the last con-
tact at O'Clock 80 minutes and 3S
seconds.
MADRID, May 2S-Great interest
was manifested in the eclipse. A
number OF trains were run to Arga.
marilla, Elch, Navalmoral and Plas-
encia. Astronomers from all coun-
tries OF Europe assembled. NJ. Flam-
marion represented France and Sir