The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-20
MILLIONS WILL SEE THE
SUNS ECLIPSE SATURDAY
TOTAL INVISIBILITY TO COW
Err BELT 100 MILES WIDE
AND 5000 MILES LONG.
LOST FOR OVER 100 YEARS
Observers Are Urged to Keep Keen
Lookout for Shadow Bands. Solar
Corona Will Be Rare and Inter
esting Sight to Spectators.

Millions of Americans will see, on
Saturday. January oath, something
they probably never will see again,
total eclipse of the sun in some places
and a partial eclipse over the greater
part OF the United States. There will
not be another in more than century.
Those who live within belt 100
miles wide and 5000 miles long rang
ing from northern Minnesota across
northern Wisconsin and Michigan, the
Great Lakes to New York, Long Is
land, Connecticut and Rhode Island,
parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Massachusetts will see the fam
ing sun blotted out on the morning
of the 24th Those who live near this
path across the country, path that
ends at sunset near the north OF Scot
land, will see the sun Swallowed in
part, the extent depending on how
near they live to this belt.
Partial Eclipse in Maryland.
In Duluth, Buffalo, New York city,
New Haven and many other large
cities the eclipse will be total. The
partial eclipse will be very large, near
ly total, in some OF the largest cities,
including Boston, Providence Albany,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and Chicago. As far south as New
Orleans and as far west as St. Louis
and Omaha the partial eclipse will be
large.
In most of the central states the sun
will rise more or less eclipsed; but
from Lake Erie eastward all of the
eclipse will take place after the sun
has risen.
In New York city the total eclipse
will take place about 9:10 a. m. and
the time of the greatest eclipse Tor
most of the cities in the east that keep
eastern standard time will vary but
few minutes from that. The partial
eclipse will begin about 8 o'clock in
the same section and the eclipse will
be over about half-past ten.
Solar Corona to Appear.
When the eclipse becomes total the
brighter stars and planets appear, and
also the beautiful solar corona that the
astronomer is so anxious to study.
This is a magnificent halo of pearly
light extending to a great distance
from the sun and different in shape
and appearance at every eclipse, says
a special bulletin of the American Ma
ture Association 1t never is visible
except during total solar eclipse, and
can be studied only at that time, be-
cause its light is so faint that the glare
of sunlight in the daytime hides It
from view. 1t is only when the moon
obligingly comes between sun and
earth and shuts out the light OF the
sun that the corona shines forth III all
its wonderful beauty.
Three Planets in Close Groups.
Look also for the scarlet promi-
Fences during the total eclipse, which
are flames of glowing gases OF hydro
gen and helium rising from the hidden
surface of the moon to heights OF
thousands of miles and visible beyond
the edge of the moon in queer forms
and shapes" says the bulletin.
THE brighter stars and planets APP
pear during the total eclipse, and even
a little before and after it. The three
plants-Venus, Mercury and Jupiter
should be seen in close group some
distance to the southwest of the sun.
But above all else do not fail to make
the most of your opportunities to OBJ
serve the wonderful and mysterious
corona, which can never be seen ex-
cept when the sun is totally eclipsed,
and which very few people ever have
the good fortune to see"