Scientific Intelligence. 



III. ASTEONOMY. 

 Sunspot seen with the JVaJced Eye ; by Feancis H. 



Smith. (Editorial corresp. dated University of Virginia, Apr, 

 • of the disc. The atmosphere was quite hazy 





one could gaze with impunity upon the sun, which appeared of a 

 bright orange color. The spot came out with remarkable distinct- 

 ness ; as thin horizontal streaks of darker haze passed over the disc. 

 Prof. Peters, who was with me at the time, saw the spot plainly. 

 3 of position, haze and color, Col. 

 distinct view of apparently the 

 same spot, which had moved in the interval to the right of the 

 sun's center. The color of the latter was such, that a light blue 

 glass rendered it almost invisible. 



I tried in vain earlier in the day, when the sun was nearer the 

 meridian, to detect a spot on it by looking through colored glasses. 



Some time after the first occasion mentioned, I examined the 

 sun with a small refracting telescope, and thought there appeared 

 near the indicated position a large spot, with a smaller companion, 

 ..^^ :„ *K„ „i..^„„„ „4^ _; *_: . I ^oui(j not have 



covered by Dr. Luther at Bilk. It is of the 11th magnitude and 

 has received the name AmaUhea. 



3. The following table of the ticenty-five small planets previously 

 discovered may be useful for reference. 





^'^oV/rr 



Discoverer. 



rt^ 



«i^ 



-:-?^i^- 



~^ 



Thisbe, 



June 15, 1866. 



Peters. 



2-7659 



9 ih 



15^2?7 47Ub33 



89 



Julia, 



Aug. 6, " 



At Marseilles 





10 22 





12311 331353 14 





Antiope, 



Oct 1, " 



Luther. 









17 71 20|301 59 





Aegina, 



Nov. 5, " 





2-4917 











Undina, 



July 7, 1867. 



Peters! 



3-1846 







57 102 451331 13 





Minerva, 



Aug. 24, .' 



Watson. 









37: 5 4;275 1 





Aurora, 



Sept. 6, » 











5: 4 34! 45 22 





Arethusa, 



Nov. 23, " 



Luther." 









51:244 22|^30 ^9 





Aegle, 



Feb. 17, 1868. 



Coggia. 













cioa.0, 



Feb. 17, " 



Tempel. 













lanthe, 



Apr. 18, " 



Peters. 









331354 18il47 45 



10? 



S, 



^i\l :: 





2-8339 

 3-0964 



^9 C 



'e 



25 



-ih 





Helena, 



Aug. 15, " 



WaSn! 











343 35,328 41 

 211 37|354 41 





Miriam, 



Aui. 22, " 







14 47 









Hera, 



Sept. 7, " 



wltson. 









24 







Clymene, 



Sept. 13, " 















li 





Artemis, 



Sept. 16, " 



Watson! 



2-3799 









187 54 





Dione, 



Oct. 10, '• 



Watson. 









39 



63 15 



ISa 



Camilla, 

 Hecuba, 



Apr.'2Vl869. 



EX?: 



3-2134 



5 46 







352 20 



",Ul 



109 



Felicitas, 



Oct. 9, " 



Peters. 



2-6941 









4 56 





Lydia, 





Borelli. 





" 37 











m 53 





Ate, 



ASg.\V''^°' 



Peters. 





5 49 





1 



306 26 



112 



Iphigenia, 



Sept. 19, " 





2-4357 







37 



324 6 



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