Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-31
CLOUDS OBSCURE THE ECLIPSE
Harvard Observatory Unable 60 OBJ
serve Phenomenon and New
York Not More Fortunate.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. 5o.-Observa-
tions Of the suns eclipse at Harvard OBJ
servatory today were impossible because
Of the clouds
NEW YORK. Aug. SO.-The partial
eclipse Of the sun, which was due TO be
seen ew York today. was completely
obscu clouds and foggy atmosphere.
WA Z GTON, Aug 30.-The eclipse Of
the su lay was only partial at this
point ,r a part Of the time Of its
duration sun was obscured by clouds.
Neverthe he phenomena was observed
with inte Q lt the United States naval
observator d by many amateur as
tronomers party at the observatory
consisted oi IS Skinner and Hall and
Messrs. Pri I'd Hammond. The sun
was never ot d to the extent OF more
than six-tent, it's diameter and the
observation at dned its maximum at $50
a. m. The observatory astronomers used
their five-inch comet-seeking telescope and
were enabled TO observe three spots on the
sun. This was no discovery however as
the presence Of the spots had become
known before.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. S0.--A clear sky enabled
fine view of the partial eclipse of the
sun today. The moons shadow on the sun
was visible from dawn at $50 until 6:2s.
and thousands Of persons utilized smoked
glass to see the phenomenon.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3O-Thousands of citi-
zens arose at dawn today TO witness the
partial eclipse Of the sun. On the south
side they were successful to considerable
degree, but along the north shore the
clouds and smoke rendered the phenomenon
invisible during all the period of the
eclipse, except for about ten seconds.
A good view Of the eclipse was obtained at
the Yerkes observatory Williams Bay, Wis.
About a dozen direct photographs we're
taken with the twelve-inch telescope and
as many more with the spectroheliograph
It is not expected, however, that these
photographs will be Of any scientihce value
except as a matter of record
At an angle Of about 30 degrees from the
zenith and to the south Of the rising sun a
star Of great brlliancy was visible to the
naked eye, while nearly at the zenith those
with telescopes of even ordinary power
caught a glimpse of Jupiter.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 3O-The eclipse OF
the sun was visible here under favorable
conditions.
ASSOUAN, Egypt. Aug. 3O-The eclipse
was observed here by the British American
and Russian parties in perfect weather. The
corona was OF moderate size on account OF
the haze. The totality Of the eclipse was
two minutes and twenty-four seconds
GUELMA. Algeria, Aug. 9O.-The Ameri-
can astronomical expedition, headed by
Rear Admiral Chester superintendent of
the United States naval observatory, sue
ceeded In obtaining a splendid photograph
OF the eclipse of the sun. The expedition
also, by means of special apparatus,
sketched the protuberances.
LONDON, Aug. 30.-The solar eclipse
was not visible in London, owing to cloudy y
weather. Efforts were made to take OBJ
servations from high attitudes by means
OF balloons. The eclipse was seen from
points In the northwest OF ireland with
perfect distinctness. The umbra at the
greatest made the sun look like a cres-
cent moon,
PARIS, Aug. 90.-The eclipse was OBJ
served here under the most favorable con-
dltions
Dispatches from Burgos Spain, report
that excellent results were obtained by
all the scientific expeditions Military
balloons took part In the observations
there.
The astronomers gathered in the various
districts Of Tunis successfully carried out
experiments and established valuable
astronomical data.