Arizona republican., 1901-10-10
HEAVENLY SECRETS
How They Are Revealed Through L
 c. Masten's Telescope.

Nearly everyone has q favorite di-
 version. which for want Of a better
 name is called hobby. but there >is probably TO one in Phoenix who has a
 more useful or interesting 01oucet.cn
 for his leisure time than A5r. l.. = Masten.
 Astronomy is his special delight, and he is well equipped to indulge himself
 in the study of that @cience. He al-
 ways took an interest in the s.ars- whethe they appreciates it or not and
 has done all he could to help them along in the wo-uniVerse. As Q boy
 he found his sreatest pleasure in read ing such books as he could understand picturing the wond rs of the heavens. When he advanced i1 years he made a considerable study of the science. and al one time had a good telescope erected at his home in San Francisco
 But since coming to Phoenix it has become with him simply Q means Of occupation for spare time, and he finds it q most pleasing and profitable one. That he might have the proper cduip- ment for study h. secured some time
 ago an excellent refiecting telescope. which he mounted on solid brick foundation eleven feet high in the yarl in the rear of his rooms. at the corner of Monroe and Second streets. Arouu1 the top of the brick pedestal, an
 reached by a stairway. is q commodi. ous platform for his accommodation i1 making observations. and many of his Phoenix friends have enjoyed the dark ness with him there. in contempla tio1 Of nature's mysteries. of which at best but little is known.
 The telescope is a better one perhaps than many professional astronom rs are provided with. and to the laymau it seems to have everything desirable in it's mechanism. It will of course turn in every conceivable dir5 ction. and with the greatest ease. and in the base Of the instrument is a clock, which greatly facilitates the iccating of any desired heavenly body. for it's ascen- sion and declination can easily bs found in all astronomical reference books. A unique feature of the clock. and one that q layman perhaps woui never think of is that it carries the telescope automatically in the opposite direction from that in which the earth is travsling. and al about the same rate of speed. Therefore when the instru- ment is pointed at particular orb it remains practically at q standstill dur inC the observation.
 MT. Masten's observatory is suffi ciently above the surrounding shrub bery to enable him to see anything he may desire in the whole range cr the heavens that is al the present time considered of enough importance t3
 have a name and it has got to be pretty ordinary sort of a star that h- cannot find if it has a name. The writer vas permitted to peep through his bis glass recently, and after an evening spent in this manner could not help but feel on more friendly terms than before with all the main attractions of a show greater than any on earth. The visitor protesting no special knowl- edge of the science, naturally travels over the beaten path and is introduced to the planets, big and little. gazes with delight on the rings of Saturn, and plays hide and seek with the nu- merous moons of Jupiter and the other
 big bodies of the solar system. Then
 he takes a glimpse at the earth's moon and it's apparent size makes him feel proud of living on the earth. But when he begins to work in the conSteliatiOns
 and studies the numerous stars tha.
 some thousands of years ago started
 the shipment of light that present day lovers are using for buggy rides an1 evening rambles; when the telescope
 picks out stars so small that they can
 not be seen with the naked eye. and shows them up 10 be big bright double