The Heavens in January. 
By Professor Samuel G. Barton of the University of Pennsylvania. 
I N January we naturally look for- 
ward to see what is to occur in the 
starry heavens during the twelve 
months to come. During the year we 
have the smallest possible number of 
eclipses, namely, two. There must be 
two eclipses of the sun every year. 
There are no eclipses of the moon this 
occur. In 1915 the eclipses were both 
annular eclipses which could be seen 
principally over water areas. This 
year the first eclipse is an annular one 
on March 27. It has no great scien- 
tific importance. A very small partial 
eclipse may be seen under very unfa- 
vorable conditions from a part of 
NORTH 
Figure 1. The constellations at 9 P. M., January 1. (Hold the map so that the direction faced is at 
the bottom; that is, it facing east hold east at the bottom as south now is.) 
year. This is not very unusual. It 
occurred in 1904, 1908 and 1915, and 
will occur again in 1926, 1929 and 1933. 
At these times, excepting 1908, only 
two eclipses of the sun occurred or will 
Florida, but cannot be seen at all from 
other parts of the United States. The 
second eclipse is a total eclipse occur- 
ring on September 20. This can be 
seen principally from Australia and 
