NO. 9 BRIGHTNESS OF LUNAR ECLIPSES FISHER 2$ 



1903 X 6; 0.869; Grade 2 



c Antarctica, S. Pacific. 



Johnson, Shepparton, Australia, (207) ; night fine and clear. 

 c::= 1.4 Means not stated. A very light one. At mid-eclipse the whole outline 



of the disk, and, on the shadowed part, considerable detail, were 



clearly visible. 



Bordage and Garsault, Reunion, (205) ; breaks in clouds. 

 c 2.T, e Opera-glass and spy-glass ; at mid-eclipse, Aristarchus. Later, the 



lunar topography clearly seen- — eastern border of Mare Humorum, 



Grimaldi, Oceanus Procellarum. 



Dubiago, Kasan, Russia, (206) ; troublesome clouds. 

 e = 2.7 24.4 cm.; 9.6 cm. The craters were hardly visible, and the eclipsed 



part was dark red. 



" Mathcmaticus" Syra, Greece, (208) ; sky and means not stated. 

 • The eclipse was indeed a bright one, as the whole dark border of the 



moon was clearly visible. 



1905 II 19; 0.410; Grade i 



c Southern Ocean, Antartica, S. Atlantic O. 



Rengel, Lyons, (220) ; break in clouds ; astronomical twilight. 



c := 3.2 7.5 cm. ; shadow ashy gray, no details visible. 



Larronde, Cenac, France, (216); sky not stated; astronomical twi- 

 light. 



c = 3.7 Opera-glass ; shadow slate gray ; in it there were feebly distinguishable 

 the important details in the form of spots just perceptible; like the 

 ashy light just before the first quarter. 

 Moye, Montpellier, (218) ; sky not stated; astronomical twilight. 



c = 3.3 Eclipsed part was plainly seen with the n. e., even since the beginning. 

 The rosy hue was evident, but perhaps less strongly than usual. With 

 2 inch I saw in the shadowed part some features of the lunar topog- 

 raphy ; Aristarchus was shining in the dark as a little star. The 

 eclipse was a bright one. 

 Crommelin, Greenwich, (213) ; sky not stated; astronomical twilight. 



c = 3.9 Binocular ; could see the limb distinctly, but no markings. 



Hanhidge, Hackney, Engl., (215) ; sky not stated; astronomical twi- 

 light. 



c = 3.9 2]/^ inch ; the eclipsed part was very dark .... there was not a trace 

 of surface features. Part of the moon's eclipsed limb showed brightly 

 through the earth's shadow. In fact, I could trace it all round, but 

 disconnectedly. 



"Meteor," Worthing, Engl., (217) ; very satisfactorily observed. 

 Conditions as perfect as could be desired. Astronomical twilight. 



c = 3-9 3^ inch ; . . . . when the illuminated portion of the disk was put out 

 of the field .... the markings on the lunar surface, as well as the 

 dark limb of the moon, could be very plainly seen. 

 Caron, Lillebonne, France, (211) ; sky not stated, astronomical twi- 

 light. 



c = 4.i Marine glass; limb visible throughout, but no details. 



Chczremont, Quiberon, France, (212) ; sky not stated; astronomical 

 twilight. 



