Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03
SOLAR UNION TO
ENLARGE SCOPE
Astronomers at Pasadena Meet
ing Decide to Meet Next
at Bonn, Germany
WILL LEAVE MOUNTAIN TODAY
Stellar Research Will Be Included
with Work of Studying
Solar Astronomy
WILL LEAVE MOUNTAIN TODAY

PASADENA, Sept. S.-After electing
officers for the next three years and
selecting Bonn, Germany, for the next
meeting place, which will occur dur
ing the summer of 1918, the fourth con-
ference of the International Union for
Cooperation in Solar Research ad-
journed at the Carnegie solor observa-
tory on Mount Wilson last night. The
only elective officers of the union are
the members of the executive commit
tee. The new members elected are
Prof. George e. Hale, Pasadena; Prof.
Arthur Schuster of Manchester, Eng
land, and Prof. A. Ricco of Cantani,
Sicily.
Probably the most important work of
the conference of this week was ac-
complished late yesterday afternoon
when by a unanimous vote the union
decided to enlarge the scope of work
to include astrophysics as well as
solarphysics. In other words, in the
future the union will consider research
in stellar astronomy as well as solar
astronomy. However the name of the
union will not be changed. This Will
broaden the activities of the work. OBJ
servations of the stars, which are con-
sidered as separate and distinct from
the planets, are considered very similar
10 the WOTh OH Ile SUM-
NEW COMMITTEE
One of the important committees of
the union, which is altogether a new
committee, is that for the purpose of
considering and reporting on the ques-
ton of the classification of the stellar
spectra. The personnel of that COM
mittee is Prof. E. C. Pickering of Har-
ward college, Cambridge, Mass, chair
man: DR.. Frank Sehlesinger of Allie
cheney, Pa, secretary; Prof. w. s.
Adams, Mount Wilson; Prof. W. w.
Campbell of Mount Hamilton; Prof. E.
B. Frost, Williams Bay, Wis; Prof.
George E. Hale, Pasadena; Prof. j. c.
Kepteyn, Groningen, Holland; Prof.
Newell, Cambridge, England; j. S.
Plaskett, Ottawa, Ont; DR.. Henry N.
Russell, Princeton, N. j.; Prof. K.
Schwartzschild, Potsdam, Germany;
NJ. NJ. Many, Paris, France.
The new committee held a short
meeting last night and it was ar
ranged that a series of questions will
be sent at once to all the leading
astrophysicists of the world asking
them for their views as to how stellar
spectra shall be classified.
Early yesterday morning all of the
astronomers were routed out of bed
and rushed over to the Dome to take
a peep through the great sixty-inch
reflecting telescope at Saturn, which
the professor on watch stated was at
it's best. The visitors were greatly
pleased with the observations they
were able to make, saying the view
was the best, inasmuch as the defin-
ition was seven-tenths perfect, while
the best ever recorded before was four
tenths.
CAP ON SATURN
A blue cap was observed at the
south pole of Saturn, while between
that and the equator there was a wide
band of canary yellow. 1t is said to
be the first time the band between the
pole and equator has ever been deter
mined.
The committee appointed to report
on the rotation of the sun on its axis
stated that the work was not very sat
tsfactory to date, inasmuch as there
is thin atmosphere or chromosphere
surrounding the SUMS disc which does
not move as rapidly as the sun, Whlch
prevents accur.te work.
Most of last night was again spent
by the visitors squirting through the
telescopes and telling various observa-
tions seen in other parts of the world
Every one stated that the conference
Just ended has orne better fruit than
any other and they are all hopeful that
future conferences will bring forth
great results in the scientific world.
At o'clock this morning the descent
down the trail to the Hotel Maryland
will be begun. Tonight there will be d
banquet rendered the visitors at the
Hotel Maryland by DR.. and Mrs
George Ellery Hale. Sunday the Visl-
tors will be taken in hand by the
Pasadena board of trade and driven IN
automobiles through the various scenic
streets of the Crown City.
COMMITTEES NAMED
! Committee on various work to be
taken up by the union were appointed
at follows:
Committee on standard of wave
| lengths-Prof. H. Kayser, Bonn, Ger
many chairman; Prof. j. S. Ames
I Prof. Charles Fabry, Universite de
Marseilles, France; Prof. A. A. Mach
elson, University of Chicago; A. Perot
Observatoire de Mendon, France.
Committee on measurement of solal
radiation-Prof. j. Voille, Paris
France, chairman Charles G. Abbott
Smithsonian observatory, Washin ton
d. c., secretary; H. l.. Calendar
London, Eng; c. Christoni' Naples
Italy; w. h Julius, Utrecht, Hol-
land; Prof. A. Schuster, Manchester
Eng.
Committee on work with the spec.
o-heliograph-Dr. George E. Hale
Pasadena, chairman; M. H. Deslan-
dres, Meudon, France; Prof. q. b
Frost, Williams Bay, Wis.;N. j, Lock
yer, London, Eng; Prof A. Ricco, Ca
tania, Sicily; ]. Evershed, Kodiakual
India: Rev. P. r. Cirera, S. j., Tor
tosa Spain; Philip Vale, Mexico CITY
F. Iniguez, Madrid, Spain.
| Committee on investigation OF the
spectra of n-spots-Prof H. F. New
all, Cambridge, Eng; Prof. A. Fowl
er, South Kensington, London, Eng
Prof. A. Belopolsky, Poulkova, Rus
sia; Rev. A. L. Cortie, S. j., Stony
hurst, Lancashire, Eng; M. H.. Des'
| landres, Meudon, France; Dr. Georg'
E. Hale, Pasadena; Sir Norman
Lockyer, London, Eng. Prof A. Wolf
er. u Irch, Switzerland; ]. Evershed
Prof. Philip Fox, Evanston, ILL.,; DR.
Walter Mitchell, Ann Arbor, Mich.
w. F. Adams, Mt. Wilson.
Committee on eclipse observations
| Sir Norman Lockyer, chairman; Comtt
| A. de la Baume Pluvimel, Paris
France, secretary; Prof. w. w. Camp
hell. Lick observatory, Mt. Hamilton
| CAL: Rev. P. r. Cirera. S. j.; P
Kemps, Potsdam. Germany; Prof. III
III, Turner, Oxford, Eng; Prof. N
Donitch, st. Petersburgh, Russia
Prof. A. Ricco, Etna, Sicily.
Committee on determination Of So
lar radiation by means of develop