712 IMaXJKESS Ol' ASTK'()N<).MV I'ol," IS'.U ANJ> IHitU. 



jippiiiciitlyciittiii.u olT tlic tiliiiuciits ;it, llu' somcwliat incjiular line of 

 se])avatioii. The impression conveyed to the eye is tliat tlie ecinatorial 

 stream of denser coronal matter extends across and throu^uh tlie fila- 

 ments, simply obscuring- them by its greater brightness. Tliere is jiotli- 

 ing in the photographs to ])rove that the filaments do not exist all round 

 the suu. 



IJcUpses of 1891 and 1892. — In tlie year ISDl there were two eclipses 

 of the sun, an annular eclipse on June 6, aiul a partial eclipse on No- 

 vember 30-1 )ecember 1; and two eclipses of the moon. May 2.") and 

 November 15, l)oth total. 



In 1892 there were also tour eclipses, two of the sun and two of the 

 moon: a total eclipse of the sun April 26, and a, partial eclipse of the 

 sun October 20; a partial eclipse of the moon May 11 and a total eclipse 

 November 4. 



Eclipse of the vioon. 1891, May 23. — A total eclipse, visible throngliout 

 the western )>art of the Pacific Ocean, Australia, Asia, Africa, and 

 Europe. No observations of S])ecial importance. 



Eclipse of the sun, 1891, June (>. — Visible as an aninda-r eclipse only 

 in the northern part of Si1)eria and the Arctic Ocean. A few observ- 

 ations of contacts were secured in the western part of the United 

 States. 



Eclipse of the moon, 1891, November i.->. — The total eclii>se of the moon 

 on November 15, 1S91, was visible generally tliroughout North and 

 Soutli America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The whole of the eclipse 

 was visible in the eastern and central parts of the United States while 

 in the Avestern part the moon rose eclipsed. Dr. Dolleu selected from 

 l)hotographic plates nmde at Potsdam some 138 stars to l)e occulted at 

 established observatories, but the weather seems to have been gener- 

 ally unfavorable. A few contact observatiims were secured. 



Eclipse of the sun, /<s.9/, Noremher .W. — A])artial eclii)se, visible oidy 

 in the Antarctic ocean. 



Eclipse of the sun, 1892, April 26. — Total eclipse, visible only in the 

 Southern Pacific: no observations of imixntance reported. 



Eclipse of the moon, 18'J2, May 1 1. — The phenomenon of the partial 

 eclipse of the moon on May 11, 1802, was studied at Greenwich and 

 elsewhere, and the occnltation of a considerable numl)er (tf small stars 

 was observed. 



Eclipse of the sun, is9i\ October 20. — Partial eclii)se, visible in North 

 Anun'ica; a few observations of contacts rejtorted. 



Eclipse of the moon, 18!>2, November 4. — Total eclijise visible gener- 

 ally in iMiroiM' and America. N(t ol)servations of special im])ortance. 



SOI.AK PARALLAX AND THE TRANSITS OF VENIT8. 



The United ^States tr((nsit of Venus obserralions. — In a report dated 

 Sei)t('mber 21, 1891, the Sn])crintendent of the United States Naval 

 Observatory states that no provision has yet been made for puldishing 



