Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-21 | Page 1 | Scientists Will Travel 2000 Miles for Brief Glimpse of Sun in Eclipse

Scientists Will W II Travel 2000 Miles Miles' For Brief Glimpse of Sun in Eclipse By LEICESTER WAGNER United Press Staff Correspondent PASADENA Cal July 21 For 21 For a fleeting glimpse of the golden olden sun as asIt asit asit It hides itself behind chaste Luna the moon five fie astronomers from the Carnegie Car Car- negie netie institutes institute's at Mount Wilson will travel 2000 miles with a truckload of ot intricate machinery to the White mountains o of New Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire Hamp Hamp- shire next mon month h. h A r rare rc and valuable opportunity for scientists to add to their knowledge of ot the tle suns sun's behavior will be afforded on Just J 31 31 when hen for a scant it will be b in total eclipse along alonga alon alona a parro strip in northeastern United States The Mount Wilson group will be ber beV V r just one of many expeditions of ot as astronomers astronomers as- as from all dyer over ver the world who will gather along the line of the suns sun's totality to photograph the corona corona corona coro coro- na or halo Heading the Mount Wilson expedition expedition expeditIon tion will be Dr Walter S. S Adams di director director dl- dl rector of the observatory who will photograph th tha spectrum of ot the he or vr upper atmosphere of or the sun Or Edison Pettit and Dr Seth B. B who will measure the temperature of ot the coronas corona's radiation radi radi- with thermo couple Dr Harold D. D Babcock who will vill photograph the spectrum of ot the corona and Dr Ferdinand Ferdinand Ferdinand Fer Fer- dinand Ellerman who will take pictures pictures pic pie tures of the he corona in different colored col cal calt t ored lights with three cameras s