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THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, JUNE 8, 1918.—The total eclipse of the sun on June 8, 1918, will be visible in the United States along a belt having a maximum breadth of sixty miles, extending from the State of Washington, through parts of Oregon, Wyoming, and Idaho, across Colorado and Kansas, and finally reaching Florida about sunset. The duration of totality will diminish from 2m. 2s., at the coast of Washington to less than half that amount in Florida. It is reported in Science (October 26) that Profs. Frost and Barnard have made a personal investigation of certain localities, and have decided upon Green River, Wyoming, as the principal station for the expedition from the Yerkes Observatory. Green River is situated between Cheyenne and Ogden, in the so-called Red Desert, and with a rainfall of about 10 in. per year, and an elevation of 6000 ft., it appears to be one of the most promising stations along the belt of totality. The transparency of the air on the day of the visit of the Yerkes astronomers is described as extraordinary. Denver is a possible observing station, but there appears to be some risk of cloud in the Colorado mountains on a June afternoon. It is probable, however, that a spectro-graph from the Yerkes Observatory will be attached to the 2o-in. equatorial of the University of Denver. Another site very favourably reported upon is near Matheson, Colorado, about sixty miles south-east of Denver, at an elevation of 6000 ft. On account of the war no British expeditions have been organised for observations of this eclipse.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 100, 252 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/100252a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100252a0