Logan Republican | 1915-12-30 | Page 3 | Star is Lost

Star Is Lost. In a recont communication to l'As-tronomie, l'As-tronomie, M. Raymond of Antibos reported re-ported that ho was no longor able to seo tho companion of Alpha Can-crl, Can-crl, which ho had proviously observed, and asked to havo his observation verified ver-ified ot institutions equlppod with largo tolcscopes. Tho object has slnco boon sought In vain with tho 31.B rn. floctor of tho observatory ot Marseilles. Mar-seilles. It will bo Interesting to loam whothor still moro powerful telo-scopes telo-scopes can detect It. Tho companion In question has heretofore boon do-scribed do-scribed as a star of tho olovonth or twelfth magnitude dlstnnt nbout eleven elev-en seconds from tho primary. M. Raymond Ray-mond nlso notes an apparent chango of color betweon tho tlmo tho binary was first obsorvod by Horschol In 1820 and his own observations of 1909 and 1910. Sclontlflc Amorican.