The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-23

LOWE OBSERVATORY, MOUNT
LOWE, Cal, April Visible 10
onc-half Of tho inhabitants Of the
globe, In case they had been inclined
TO observe H. total eclipse of the
moon. remarkable for the oppor-
tunity II afforded scientists of the
United states and South America to
make observations. occurred late last
night and ga 'ly today
To She average person an eclipse
OF the moon II merely an event of
passing interest To astruuomcrs.
who, in the case OF the present
eclipse, have known four years tho
exact minute IL was due. II was an
incident OF great scientific moment.
Seated beside Edgar Lucien Lar
kin, director of Lowe observatory.
the correspondent spent several
hours In watching the moon. or
mass of what Is supposed to be bar
ron rock 2,iG0 miles In diameter.
enter the earths shadow. saw It to-
tally obscurod, then emerge with "a
radiance that gave It the appear
anCo of having had bath.
Tho cause OF the eclipse was the
earth attaining a position directly
between the sun and the moon, As
consequence. the suns light TO the
lunar body was obstructcd.
Early In the evening. the moon,
az Viewed from the observatory,
$500 feet up the side Of Mount
Lowe and far above tho mists and
any possible haze. appeared through
the telescope TO be "A mammoth yell
lowish ball.
As the huge, but very delicate in
s,rument was adjusted 20 meet the
demand OF the correspondents eyes.
thu glorics of the lunar orb came
into vigNr. II is $4,000 miles away
from this terrestrial ball. yet last
night under the powerful lens II
seemed TO he hanging I'm space COM
/ paratively close at hand,
IL the reader saw any OF the rca
/ produced aerial photographs taken
/ during the war and showing shell
! holes i'm what appeared to be pii
| marked landscapes. he has a pretty
! fair idea Of what the moon loOks
, like under a powerful telescope.
Professor Larkin pointed out
/ prominent Cratcrs such as Copper
nicus, So miles i'm diameter and H..
00O feet deep, AristariChus Clato
/ pyCho, PtOlcmy and kcplcr. Tn,
most beautiful OF all these was Aris
tarChus, supposed to have walls o
| crystals and which last night had Z
lustre like a Jewel.
At 10 O'Clock. Lowe observator,
time, the moon entered the earth
shadow. At 1880 the total cclips,
began and this lasted until ~ min
utes past IL o'clock. The moon lef
the carth's shadow, which II anyone
has any little bet to decide anC
wants to know for sure, has Al
average length Of S5S.576 miles, a
| 1913 a. m.
l.. 4.
| by the earth shadow, the moon hat
a copper colored appearances Thl
was caused by refracted light from
the sun bending around through tn
200 miles OF the earth's atmospher
and reaching the lunar party. Tn
dust and moisture In the atmospher
was responsible for the peculiar
color.
At the time of the total eclips
there were only two planets observ
able above the horizon OF Noun
Lowe. These were Jupiter an
Saturn, -Four OF .upiter's moon
were plainly visible through the hug
telescope. These had a reddish hu,
as compared to Jupiter's brillian
coloring. one OF the moons ap
pearcd very near to the planet.
The three rings Of saturn. whicl
are now turned vertically to tn
earth, appeared to make one thin
tiny thread, These rings are par
ticles Of meteoric matter which ar
circulating about the planet.
TO emphasize the puny position
the earth occupies In the universe
Director Larlin asserted: zone bill
lion worlds such az ours could com,
to an end and never be missed
There are 3.O00.0O0,0O0 suns now