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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1936.
Cool Stars Discovered
In Neighbourhood of Sun;
Gauge Put on Milky Way
Professor Hetzler In Harvard Tercentenary Lecture Tells Of Fading Luminaries Photographed On Infra-Red Plates
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 3.. Stars so cool they have a tom- perature scarcely warmer than a red-hot horseshoe in the tonys of a blacksmith, were reported to-day before the first assembly of the American Astronomical society, meeting as part of Harvard's Tercentenary con- ference.
These are dying stars, according to Dr. C. W. Ietzler of Yerkes Observa- tory, stars that in relation to most of the flaming celestial orbs, are com pletely cold: Their presence was dis-
of covered only through the uro powerful telescopes, combined with the use of very fast lofra-red photo- graphie plates. Furthermore, they are comparatively close to our solar system, floating through space not far from the sun.
the
Federation
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Kovno, Oct. 1.
The Baltic Congress meeting In the Lithuanian capital is being attended by about 300 Lithuan- lan, Latvian and Estonian dele- gates, including Government re- presentatives.
One surgestion put forward was that in view of the present war danger in Kurope, the Balle alilance should be transformed thto a Baltic Federalion of States. -Reuter.
thickness of the milky way system for glant and dwarf stars separately. Their results regarding the thickness of the system of the giants agrees with earlier predie- tions, but it is found that the system of the dwarfs is much thinner than had heretofore beon expected,
DOWN TO 1,000 DEGREES Dr. Helzier told assembled scientists he gave his plates exposures varying from a few minutes to several hours, in order to bring out these objects.
Recent work by Shapley and others Previously, no star with a tempera-have led to the discovery of a great ture lesa than 2,000 degrees many very luminous objects belong- Fahrenheit was known, but the in-ing to our Milky Way system, but dications are that several of these at large distances. from the central newly disclosed bodles have surface plane. The result of the Virginia temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahren, astronomers does not contradict this work in the least, but it suggests helt or lesa,
that some of the stars that are in-
UNIVERSAL REASON
This opens a new Held for explora-trinsically fal stick pretty close to
the Milky Way plane. tion in astronomy which gives promisie of greal possiblitles. Dr. Hetzler occuples' the same position In a lecure last evening, Prot. In his eld as the botanist who habi- Etienne Gilson of the University of tually travels to distant corners of Paris stressed the need for Resping the globe in search of new plants undversities free from political dic-
Intion
the regarding
curricula. one day suddenly discovers things Mental slavery, he told the center- is the worst form of slavery right in his own back yard he didn't, &:CE,
known. know were there.
OBSERVING NEAR HOME
He plans now na intensive search of the heavens immediately surrou. They must be universal, and the uni-
"Itcason and truth," be stated "cannot be limited by national or racial lines, If they are to be effective, versities must lead the fight to make them so if they are to survive."
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ing the sun lur new low temperature Baru He hopes to find them with surface temperatures even lower than present indication-and if an entirely
The complete proceedings of this black doject should turn up, a celes- congress of scientists and scholars are tal boy visible only through re- broadcast by the shortwave station flected starlight and as cold as our WIXAL, Un World Wide Broadtust
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Some 25 broadcasts are being made Among other papers presented by astronomers of the McCormick Oblin all on a frequency of 11.79 megacycles during the daytime and servatory at the University of Virginia 0.04 megacycles at night, Among were several estimates on the motions men to be heard this week and next and temperatures of faint stars. Eddington, John Dewey, Charles C. are Albert Einstein, Sir Arthur Their work led to new estimates | Jung, Robert A. Milliken, Arthur II. We effective thickness of our galnetle Compton, A. Lawrence Lowell, system, since they have obtained Henry Osborn Taylor and Frank B. average distances for groups of stars Jewett. that are for from the plane of our Milky Way galaxy.
HOW THICK THE MILKY WAY
Independently of Harvard, Mc- Cormick Observatory has determined
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