The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-20

nearly total, in some of the largest
| cities in the United States, includ
| ing Boston, Providence, Albany
| Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing
| ton and Chicago. Even as far south
as New Orleans, and as far west
/ as st. Louis and Omaha, the partial
| eclipse will be large
/ The total eclipse in New York
city will take place about $40 a. M,
and the time of the greatest eclipse
| for most of the cities in the East
| that keep Eastern standard time
will vary but few minutes from
this time. The partial eclipse will
begin about 8 o'clock in the same
section, and the eclipse will be
over about 1890.
Stars to Shine.
The brighter stars and planets,
and also the beautiful solar corona
that the astronomer is so anxious
to study, appear. This is a mag
nificent halo of pearly light ex-
tending to a great distance from the
sun, and different in shape and ap
pearance at every eclipse. 1t is
never visible except during total
solar eclipse and can be studied
only at that time.
Those who find themselves within
the path of total eclipse will look
for the shadow bands-wavy bands
of light and shade that fit over the
landscape and buildings just before
and after the total eclipse. Also,
they will look out for the interest
ing phenomenon known as "Baily' :
Bears" which are seen as the thin,
thread-like solar crescent breaks up
into beads of light as the total
eclipse is about TO begin, and which
are seen again just as it ends.
They will also look for the scar
let solar prominences during the
total eclipse, which are flames of
glowing gases of hydrogen and
helium rising from the hidden sur
face of the moon to heights of
| thousands of miles and visible be-
yond the edge of the moon in
queer forms and shapes.
Planets Visible.
The brighter stars and planets
| appear during the total eclipse
and even a little before and after
it, The three planets, Venus, Mer-
| curry and Jupiter, should be seen
in a close group some distance to
| the SOuLuWSSL VI Lie SuD
Although the event of this one
day dwarfs all others by compari-
son in the January skies, it must
| be remembered that in midwinter
| the evening skies are at their best.
| the American Nature Association
points out There are more brill
liant stars in view than at any
other time of the year.
Strange to say many people fail
to notice how greatly the stars dit
fer in color. Nearly everyone is
aware that the planet Mars is de-
cidedIy red, but how many know the
coIors of the first-nagnitude stars?
Over in the southwest this month
one will have a good study in star
coIors. Take the constellation OF
Orion alone There is Rigel, blue
white in color, a perfect diamond
i'm the sky: and Betelgeuse, in the
same constellation. is a deep red--a
ruby, rather than a diamond OF the
sky. There is Aldebaran, the EYE
of the bull" another deep red star
in the Hyades, a little to the north
west of Orion. in Taurus.
AS an example or a perfectly white
star there is Beta Tauri, which is al
the tip of one of the horns of Taurus
and directly south of Auriga ana
north of Orion. Procyon, in CAMS
Minor, the Lesser Dog, is yelloWlSh :
white: and Sirius, in CAMS Major
the Greater Dog, following close on
the heels Of Orion, is white in Color.