NO. 9 BRIGHTNESS OF LUNAR ECLIPSES FISHER I3 



was Utterly obliterated — lost in the dead slaty tint of the sky. I could 



not distinguish a single crater after once it was fairly within the 



shadow. Not the slightest trace of the coppery tint was visible 



throughout. 



Ballot, Rolfontein, Transvaal, (66) ; detached clouds ; astronomical 



twilight, 

 a 4.0 c 6 inch ; when the shadow line had reached to midway between Plato 



and Aristarchus, I could plainly trace the limbs of the obscured part 



all round. 



Broune, Odessa, (68) ; sky pure to the end; bright civil twilight at 



beginning of observations = mid-eclipse. 

 c ;= 18.2 12 cm. ; Kepler and Aristarchus shone brilliantly as usual. The eclipsed 



part was colored blue like the surrounding sky. The eclipsed limb 



was invisible in telescope and in opera-glass, even quite close to the 



bright part. 



1887 VIII 3; 0.424; Grade 0? 



c Siberia, Kara Sea, N. Atlantic. 



Rayet, Bordeaux, {jti) ', sky very fine; astronomical twilight at mid- 

 eclipse. 



c = 4.4 38 cm.; the whole disk of the moon never ceased to be visible in the 

 telescope, and the eclipsed part showed no coloration at all sensible. 

 Klein, Cologne, (71) ; clear sky; astronomical twilight. 



c = 4.7 3 foot {■=z2'%. inch?] and 6 foot [=43^ inch?] No details visible in 

 the eclipsed part, except toward the end. 



Grade 0, with interrogation point because all observations were 

 made in weak twilight ; this weakens the evidence for a dark eclipse, 

 though it would strengthen that for a bright eclipse. 



1888 I 28; 1.647; Grade 2 



c Antarctic ice, S. W. Atlantic, Pampas, Ecuador, Mississippi Valley, 



near Pt. Barrow, E. Asia, Cochin China, S. W. Indian O. 



Brugiere, Marseille, (74) ; sky not stated, 

 b = 1.2 Opera-glass ; of the lunar surface in the shadow, the seas are dark and 



the plains are bright, easily visible. 



Terby, Brussels, (78) ; lunar corona in light clouds at beginning, and 



a halo at end. 

 c^ 1.2 Equatorial and n. e. ; remarkable for the intensity of the red coloration, 



which caused the surface details to be constantly perceived. 



L. TV (tVjf^w.?),. Brussels Obsy., (76) ; advantageous conditions. 

 c= 1.2 During totality, for i h. 38 m., it was not absolutely obscured, but as if 



covered with a red veil, through which the eye could follow the 



contours of the principal spots. 

 Soc. Astr. France, (77) ; several members report corroborating the 



above. 



Fromme, Giessen, (75) ; sky continuously clear. 

 c=:i.2 The seas easily visible to the n. e. throughout totality. 



