ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1072, 10 March 1911, Page 5

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

TWO EXPEDITIONS TO VAVAU, B/Tclceraph—Pre63 Association-Oopyrißkt. Fremantle, March 9. The members of two scientific expeditions are passengers by the steamer Otway. They are proceeding to Vavau to observe the eclipse of tho sun on April 20. One expedition is in charge of Father Corte, Professor of Physics at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire. He is the accredited representative of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Society. Tho other is under Dr. W. J. S. Lockyor, First Assistant at the Solar Physics Observatory at South Kensington, representative of the British Government.

"Whitaker's Almanack" gives the following particulars regarding the eclipse:— In the year 1911 there will be four eclipses, two of tho sun and two penumbra! eclipses of the moon.

A total eclipse of the sun, April 28-29, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally on April 28, at 7h. '19mi:i. morning, in longitude 101 degrees east of Greenwich, and latitude 32 degrees south. Central eclipse begins generally on April 2S, at Bh. lOmin. afternoon, in longitude 119 degrees east of Greenwich, and latitude 37 degrees south. Central eclipse ends generally on April 29, at Oh. 9min. morning, in longitudo 80 degrees west of Grsenwich, and latitude 11 degrees north. Ends on tho earth generally on April 29, at lh. Grain, morning, in longitudo. 103 degrees west of Greenwich, and latitude 16 degrees north. The lines of central eclipse lies across the North and South Pacific Oceans.

At Adelaide a partial cclipso is partly visible, ends on April 29 at Bh. 12min., morning, standard mean time, 194 degrees from the vertex towards tho cast. Magnitude of eclipse, 0.98. The sun rises at Ch. 51min., morning. At Melbourne, a total eclipse is partly visible during its partial phase; magnitude, 1.01. Ends on April 29 at 7h. ■limh., morning, standarcl mean time, 190 degrees from the vertex townrds tho east. The sun rises at. 6h. 59min., morning. At Sydney, a partial eclipse is partly visible; magnitude, 0.95. Greatest phase, -April 29, 6h. '10mm., morning, standard mean time. Ends, April 29, 7h. JGmin., morning, standard mean time. Ends, 192 degrees from tho vertex towards the cast. The sun rises at Gh. 28nrin., morning. At Wellington. New Zealand, a partial eclips- is visible; mognitude, 0.61. Begins, April. 29, 7h. 28min„ standard mean time • Greatest phase, April 29, Bh. 25min., morning, standard mean time. Ends, April 29, 9h. 28min., morning, standard mean time.. The first contact occurs 3G degrees f:jni the vertex towards tho east, and last contact 182 degrees towards tho east.