Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — Twinkling of the Stars. [ARTICLE]

Twinkling of the Stars.

An important discovery to astronomers was made by Dr, T. J, See, who is in charge of Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff. For centuries the cause of the twinkling of tbe stars Jias been sought for, but none of the theories advanced have stood the test of thorough Investigation. Dr. See has found the cause to be the presence in the atmosphere of innumerable little air currents or waves, some no larger than a man’s hand, which dart through the air and cause a break in the light thrown off fey the star, so that to a beholder on the earth It has the familiar appearance of twinkling. These little air currents and "chop” waves can be seen through the tweaty-fpur-inch telescope very plainly on some nights when this twinkling is observed most, by removing the eyepiece of the instrument. The discovery has been brought to the attention of the Royal Astronomical Society of Lon-don-Arizona Gazette.