Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-06-06
TOTAL ECLIPSE
Of THE SUN

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C the Eclipse OF the sun on the after
. noon OF June otn, Dut a few addl-
" tlonaI data with rsfeIen-e 70 tHls
pueuOmenCn, as it Will be seen N
JAe PayetLe valley NAY prove OF in
PRISE. The echl Sc Will be Vlsl-
: DIE as a partial one Throughout TIE
:, entire United States, Cut along a
comparatively narrow belt, extend4ng
from the state CT wash ngton o
Flori0a, the Sun will De compIete.y
obscured by the Moons disA 1-r
short time, or within tbs zone tie
eclipse will be total. 'Ths path o.
totanty passes diagona.ly aoross
Southern Idaho and in this state s
only a little over sixty miles N
width. It includes within its limits
the towns Of We.ser, Fayette, Han
ley, tocaIello, etc.
A line drawn On the map passing
/ through Baker City, Oregon, and
through points rrs-eIth ely about
one mile south OF HALEY and sew
IN miles north OF FolatelO, will rep
resent the GENITAL line OF the pain
OF the total phase. Fer localities
within some thirty miles on either
side OF the line the eclipse will be
total and outside OF tbs region II
will be only partial. For example
" eiser is fourteen miles and Pay
ette about twenty five miles south
OF this central line, and for both the
eclipse will be total. Boise and
Caldwell on the othCr hand are out
side of the limits of the belt and
for them it will be only partial
eclipse. On the central line the dur
alton of totality, or the time tor
which the Sun is completely obscur-
co, is the greatest and decreases u
length the farther enc is removed
from this line. Thus on the centra!
line north of the Payette valley the
duration of the total phase Is one
minute aand 81 seconds, at Weser
cne minute and thirty -ght SECONDS
and at Payette one minute and ten
seconds. The total phase will occur
at Payette at 5:07 p. N. (Mountain
Summer time) and at We-ser about
half a minute earlier. II
Those who are SO fortunate as TO
be locnted within the region hes1rlb-
ed above, with witness a phenomenon ,
which has been sen by compare
lively few, as total eclipse Of the
Sun is of rare occurrence in any
one locality. For those who are
Just outside of the path OF totally {
it will well repay a trip to some
point we'll within this zone, since a
partial eclipse of the Sun is not un- 8
and the phenomenon OF 6
special interest can be seen only Y
during the total phase. i
The Moons disk will begin to,
transit the, Sun at $3.50 p. M. (at f
Payette) and it will be of interest 1
to those, who have the time, TO fol- !
low its progress as it gradually OBJ /
scures more and more of the Suns +
surface. For this purpose a smoA- II
ed glass should, of course, be used.
An hour and a quarter later when d
the Sun has almost disappeared and =.
during the total phase no smoked a
glass will be needed. =
When the last thin crescent OF n
the Sun has disappeared a brilliant :
slow of slightly greenish tinge n
will be seen surrounding the Sun G
and extending out from it to dist.
snce of about the diameter of the
Moons disk. This is part of the v
Sun which is too faint to be seen C
except when the ordinary Sunlight n
Is cut off by the Moon. 1t is CALI z
I'd the Solar corona, and the study il
Of its form and constitution is one "
o. the chief interests of astronom-
FRS in a total eclipse The corona a
will be invisible to those who are
not located within the path of total n
Ity. Whether you are interested in c
astronomy or not, the corona Will S
appeal 10 you as oeauuful ana e
wonderful sight. p
During totality, it will be about as Il
lark as late twilight The brighter P
stars and planets will be distinctly 3
visible. You will be able to recog-. n
rize the planet Jupiter, the bright
object just east of the Sun, and the o
rlanet Mercury at a somewhat great o
r distance west of the Sun. The W
fright stars near the sun will be W
hose of the constellation Taurus, S.
while in the southwestern sky will o.
,e seen the belt of Orion. W
The temperature usually falls rap s,
dly before totality and the chilli
less is generally quite noticeable.
I Is of interest also at this time to