New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

runaway star" whose speed through the heaV@ens ems
is something like two hundred miles les t seGoI ,oJT1 r
universe cannot hold him back He must ineVI. VI
ably pass beyond our fTmaent men sfsr as eom5e AZ
such a speed and bound on such a JouI'i.sS' -. '.css
the half circuit Of the heavens. and there are rev
stars that show much as nan MS aPpaiS''N
Tb astPonoers have found out the motion OF
our own sun through fs gaS4 that other suns
are moving-in rather different manner. tra
beaPdland Iights at the Golden Gate at first appear
close together AS & the 18Th sP to Widen until vhen
the ship has passed the bar and IS ensetin5 ~
vessei AS the ship comes up the bay these lights
begin close behind it The ooSerHeIs l az stsrz
only the sun is bound an Infinitely IQhgs h{gsi,i-y
age and the change occurs at "a an i iiliam Her
scheI manv astronomers have given themseiv-s %
a9t sag 0anet " all together Roughly the problem
IS solved already II Is not marc TOT sn5rHxiaeir amy
toward which the whole solar system rs 9esels, t
for the spot is marked by the neighbornood OF ne
brightest star in the northern sky curing ngi.s III
summer months II one VIII look ~ 70 ~ IN iiI see
Vega a beautiful blue-tght star snlning ,ess-
biIg for further identification Will be found two
fainter stars twinklin9 on tne oOIfIstri trfansIs
Stalking out the region Of approach IN ian Ja'fS f
Eega anI arthwestern nh sky setting about O'Clock
The group is interesting for anotner re SIescops
first on Vega and then one of the fainter s'a's
told us more about them ,L- ,oa+,
.sJys had come up the main chanlDeT dSaIu.
and Professor Hussey taking of the eyeplece OF ts
TaIescope attached the ponderOuS spectroscope a..
fts ACCOMMODATING Photographic apparatuIS ~ -
with these instruments that the most strlhILe Is
famous discoveries of the Lick Observatory -
been made The spectroscope mas truy O~H
godsend to astronomy The revolution maze & oy y.
TIse can onIv be compared with the dlScoFeiy oi
America in the history of the Word OF tIle NV
iection of evolution into modern science al1
GnhI Astronomy seemed 10 be approaching =
wall bevond which il could not see Wneh oy w
inventf0n of this new instrument and the apptSS,d
tjon Of photography all this was Coe nged- IN.
sDectroscope. the wonders OF whose rett IdIioLs
are lust beginning know. and the pnolograpllitt
arr bv which those revelations may luHllhC,uSstl,
nrint themselves on permanent record. have added
a vast a store. and give promise or as vast HdI
vest of knowledge as the telescope itSeI- -. -
1--WE came outside Of the observatory 70 cesn Ii7
sharp descent that leads down 70 the sadie Jotn-
ing the summit of Mount Hamilton with the sIlg1
" lower knoll called Mount Copernicus. Most OF
the Younger astronomers find quarters IN tne Gas
tIe-Iie hall joining the observatory ana q SeIt
nent of cabins and cottages IS grouped snouL @ on
the summit for the mechanics and studenLS Cou-
nected with the place But the homes OF ProLsS
sor Hussev and of Director CampbeI Stand apdI :
on the saddle of the peaks 70 the SOUTHWARK, sllu
beyond crowning Mount COpernicUs, the ooserEa-
tory dome OF the famous Crossley reflector IooAs
out through the trees