The evening times., 1900-04-30
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eclSSSes are Of such importance as TO in
duee the Governments OF different coun-
tries 10 send ou1 professional ASTRONOMERS
for this purpose. We briefly mention a few
OF these important observations that are
made and can only be made on that occa-
sion By accurately obssrying the times OF
the four ceutscti the relative position Of
the sun and moon can be determined and
the tables Of their D,s-rt1n corrected In
traDeTcdri planets can ne searched. Pho
tometric measurement can be made CT the
intensity Of the light at different stages
Of the eclipse and during totaIity; also
spectrcscopic observations upon the spec
TIA Of the lower atmosphere Of the sun.
The prOminences. and he corona Photo
graphy will play an important part and
VIII bring forth important results
Al about : O'Clock In the May evenings
We see the Great Bear overhead. OF all
The considerations TTss Major is the uOst
familiar and in certain respects Tie NEST
important Its principal conhguration is
large dippeT with the handle formed by
seven bright stars, though the entire con
Srefiation IS far larger; in fact. one Of the
largest in The heavens The Two stars in
the bowl, not contiguous TO the handle.
are known BY the name Of the Pointers. -
because the line connecting them and pro-
the POlestar- Their proper names are Al
pha, or Dubhs. and Beta OF Merak The
star IN the bend Of the handle. called Zeta
OF MiZar. Is easily recognized by little
star quite close 10 il. the name OF which is
Alcor- By means Of a small telescope Mi
zsr itself Is easily seen to be double. and
II is but at a comparatively recent date
that in reality il has been found 10 be tn
pie, the larger OF the two being itself dou-
BILE. though the dupIicity Is not disoernibls
by the telescope, but b. the spectrosoepe
Parallel 20 the line joining Alpha and
Gamma. the star that succeeds Beta in the
howl Of the dipper IN the direction oppo-
site from the POlestaT. We see three pairs
Of stars nearly equidasIant from each 9TH
er, which mark three OF the four paws OF
the beast. These three duplicate stars are
the only ones in the constellation Whicl
ever sci in our latitude, all the other stars
being eircumpolar
Extending the line that connects the las
cwo stars IN the haTdle OF the dipper il
viii pass about CT degrees abeve a mag
atfcent first magnitude star high up in tae
sky This Is Arcturus in the constsIIa-
zion Bootes. the lightest fixed star in the
heavens north CT the equator. Joining
A-cturEs with Denebols in the Lion by =
straight line and constructing uoon IL an
equiisterai triangle toward the seEth the
third yertsx is marked by the first mag
9itude star Spica- or Alpha Virgins. in rhs
constellation of Virgo. Spica stands alone
which renders il the more conspicuous.
While Spioa marks the ear of corn the Eir-
gin holds in her left hands Beta marks the
left wing near the head. and Gamma. q re
ularkabie double star. lies nearly midway
between Spica and Beta Since It's hrss
discovery as q binary star its period si 50
has nearly been completed East of Spicz
at a short distance from it forr rather
conspicuous stars form the constellation
COrvus. or the Raven the bird being perch
ed upon Hydra or the Water Snake.
Nearly on a line with Arcturus and tIam-
maS Ursae Aajoris, somewhat near the lat
ter. star will be seen. which. though only
of the third magnitude is quite conspicu-
Gus on account of its isolated position This
is Cor Carroll. the only prominent star in
the constellation Canes Venatici. or the
Hunting Dogs