The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
TO oar ar THE COWET.
FOur Blg Telescopes IN Place NJ the Capl-
tol for the ~ u C0nETeSsmen.

Nui Tor I'VE - ~ WhANNNshN"
WASHINGTON. Nav Ig--Thr Capitol
looks to-day rs II Il wcrr fortified, for
over the marble battlements IT the west
senate and HOUSE porticos pcer the muz-
zlos IT four fyc-lnch TELESCOPES They
look for an the world from a little dis
lance Ike the torpedo rcpelling scmi-
automatics now m USE IN the navy and
are Tilted with almost a. many wh'els and
Cogs and scgments and other things for
aiming purposes
Tonight and Tomorrow night. m fact
every night until the comet fades 30 TAR
} into space us - h. non-sIcctacular even
through tscscore, these big mstru-
mrnts, borrowed from the Naval Oh5"rva-
tory nv Elliott Woods superintendent 1t
B tho Capitol. who is something Of an ~.
I tronomer himself. will 10 al the disposal
u senator's and Representative and
members ~ their families Big crowds
arr expected n attend tho Congressional
comet parties beginning with to-mnrrnw
n.ght for Mr. Woods says there will
hr nothing ~ 80 until then The general
public will hc barred
Tho Naval observatory flas VIM
loaned the tslCsrrINs >ly thnt 10" senate
ami Huus' o. rtluu- IN the west arr thc
hast PLACES IN an this seCtipn from which
~ view the rutn.t. much batter M fact
than the naval Observatory. wharr the
trees are likely 90 obscure the V"w ~ the
horizon hugRing comet from Oh" tower.
They say to- that those i..n mch t"l"-
,cpp..s are the idea instruments Sith which
o. study the U1furt. hpf'rr 100 fact than
the great lens m tho observatory it-elf
10 WIS a -lrprls" Co. some u''Il", but
not On Mr. Woois'- fri."ds Co loarH tha' for
years ho has becu studying astronomy and
has "a great hig TELESCOPES ct hi- own 100
the Capitol laboratory ou y street
Astronomy IL the most fascinating study
tu the world no SAID TO-DAY y wish ]
had more time % devut" o. Oh" heavens.
No satisfactory observations ot aurora
lights from ths comet could DO made here
tart night her'use ~ the brightness ~
the moon The sonnet itself wa not
visible. hut Prof Asaph Hall I ; y 81
the United states Naval Observatory had
exuactrd o. observe the hght- from the
comet he'd the moon not lnteHered
phatngrp oh It the sun = disk taken at the
Observatory y--tsrd however. showed
~ rec -nut, on It, f.ca Prrt hal -
wondering wheth.r eF not they wrrr dye
o. The comet
The ilil NJ tho comet said Prof Hal.
was seen iu-t q little Defur" = ID clock thIs
morning. about tbs time the moon wa
getting low ~ tho -kv. by Prof Morgan
4 little later several other person, con
par.tsi Wifh the observatory who wer'
} watching with The idea of trying 'o -e'
arv possIhlp nnfeorin A. shes also ~ u
Tho tau which extended from below the
horizon almost up 81 the Milky WAY, ~
nearly gdsrrec- The prDbsbls "Nplana
fion 1f tins spDea rauOe 81 the tai u thai
the earth should nave Dg--"d through
, 10 a little after ~ O'Clock best night, but
instead the tail wa seen no the east lhi'
vas prohablv due tl the fact that no
earth did actually pass through some IF
the loss dense parts ui 90" tai. uuI TIE
main part Vd- curved gNay ~ maj fh'
. sartu ia .saed through % some hours later
the particular time not being known
o What Hausy'- comet hF- done 90 IN
sun h Indicated hy the daily solar photo
graph taken bv George n Peters at th'
I Navgl Observatory here This photo
graph shows that large group - -olR
spot, ha. formed on the suns visible
: disk slnce Yesterday noon. They ar
7 IN south attitude and IA position CORE
Q spending o. rUti'l0nal displacement o
. two davz from the suns eastern limit
Thesr together with the large group
observed ~ the observatory during tn'
10 ast week which arr also IN the southern
{ hami.uhere form an unusual CONDITION
q for this period lu the sun = spot circle