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Local astronomers
watch eclipse from Ga.
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actly centered on the sun, we will know yells "Hey, all you Michigan people -
that we are on the centerline, this was brought to you by
11:08 am. - The moon is moving the South!" Everybody laughs, and a
visibly. I am observing the eclipse few people clap.
through a fully-exposed, fully- - 11:44 a.m. - The temperature is star-
developed photograsphic plate; most of ting to drop. The moon is almost half-
the people here are using aluminized way across the face of the sun. There
mylar filters on their telescopes. are two sunspot groups visible, one
spread outa sheet I've brought along to year the southeast edge of the sun and
observe shadow bands if any appear. the other in the center, which is almost
Shadow bands were another par- covered now.
ticularly interesting phenomena that 11:57 a.m. - The sky is noticibly
had a chance of appearing at this eclip- * darker, and it is definitely colder.
se. They occur a few minutes to a few 12:17 p.m. - The light is very eerie.
seconds just before and just after the It seems polarized, as though you were
peak of the eclipse. They are rapid pat- wearing polarized sunglasses. The
terns of shadow and light that move and second sunspot group has disappeared.
shift across the ground like sunlight on Colors are starting to look different,
rippling water. Shadow bands are and shadows are sharp and black in a
caused by atmospheric turbulence vertical direction, and slightly fuzzy in
(rippling air), the fluctuations in air a horizontal direction (the direction
density and temperature that occur tangent to the uneclipsed crescent of
constantly. sun).
Star "twinkle" from this same effect. 12:24 p.m. - The atmosphere is elec-
The starlight passes through a small tric. Less than two minutes to go to an-
section (due to the star's small angular nularity, and everyone is excited. The
size) of turbulent atmosphere; and the sky is quite dark, and a band of pink is
light is variously focused or diverged as stretching around the horizon. The bir-
it hits fluctuations in air density and ds are quiet and it seems much colder;
temperature. This varies the bright- people have put extra jackets on.
ness and clarity of the image, causing 12:26 p.m. - Annularity! People are
the star to "twinkle." (The shadow pat- whooping and shouting "Beads! Beads!
terns made are generally much too The moon is centered exactly, ringed
faint to see, as stars are such faint light by a full circle of Bailey's Beads.
sources.) 12:27 p.m. - Venus is visible 3
For objects of comparatively large degrees NW of the sun.
size, like the sun and moon, the light is 2:04 p.m. - Fourth contact. The
affected by a much greater number of mon has cleared the sun, and the sky is
atmospheric fluctuations. The as bright as it was before the eclipse
variations average out, and the image started. Many observers have already
is steady. But when the angular size of left. Three reporters have come by to
the bright sun is reduced (as it is during talk to us. They promise to send us
a total or near-total eclipse), the copies of their eclipse storieseonce
shadow bands produced by this they've been printed.
phenomena should be visible. Wednesday afternoon and evening we
11:32sa.m.-Most people have 35 mm met back at the motel to watch
cameras attached to their telescopes, videotapes and the evenings news. The
with solar filters mounted on the ends of Atlanta groups arrives and claims to
the telescopes, to photograph the eclip- have seen four Baily's Beads.
se with. One of the local astronomers
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IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press.Internationalreports
Man arrested for bombings enough for him to examine church
problems thoroughly.
MINNEAPOLIS - Authorities "Historically and structurally
yesterday arrested and charged 24- Switzerland is suspicious of every
year-old Earl Karr, believed type of imposed authority and
responsible for the manufacture and superiority. That is a fundamental
placement of 24 pipe bombs found in Swiss feeling that the pope will have
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois to face," said one Vatican source,
since early May. asking not to be identified by name.
Officials said they also believe
Karr is responsible for three bombs Union resumes talks in
that exploded in paper bags in Eau Las Vegas
Claire, Wis., and Chippewa Falls,
Wis., on May 5 and 6, injuring four LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Leaders of
people. the Stagehands Union resumed
Death toll rises in India negotiations yesterday with five
major "strip" resorts and
NEW DELHI, India - Sikh threatened nightly street rallies and
snipers shot and killed two soldiers possible casino sit-ins to force a set-
in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar tlement in their 69-day strike.
yesterday and religious violence Stagehands President Dennis
elsewhere in Punjab state left four Kist, talking to about 250 strikers on
people dead, a government sidewalks outside of the MGM
spokesman said. Grand late Friday, said there would
Sikh extremists have killed more be nightly rallies outside struck
than 330 people in the last three mon- resorts to emphasize the strike is not
ths in a terrorist campaign to win over.
political and economic autonomy for Monaco's PrinceS
the rich agricultural state in the nor- s Caroline
th of India. gives birth to a boy
Iraq threatens Iranian MONTE CARLO, Monaco - Prin-
oil terminals cess Caroline of Monaco has given
Iraq threatened yesterday to at- birth to her first child, a 6 -pound
tack Iranian economic installations, boy, and both the princess and baby
including its Kharg Island oil ter- "are well," a spokesman for the
minal, "without mercy," until there Monaco Royal Palace said.
is no oil for Iran to export. The spokesman said the baby was
"We now possess all the means born Friday night at the Princess
enabling us to deal the final blow" to Grace Clinic of the principality,
the Iranian economy, Iraqi state and will be named Andrea Albert.
radio said. "Logic dictates that Iraq The royal family's surname is
deal its blow without mercy.' Grimaldi.
Arab diplomatic sources said oil The baby was born five months
ministers of the six-member Gulf and two weeks after the 27-year-old
Cooperation Council are in- Caroline married wealthy Italian
creasingly worried about an businessman Stefano Casiraghi, 23.
escalation of the Iran-Iraq war, and The quiet civil ceremony on Dec. 29
that they are to discuss joing action in Monte Carlo was her second
to protect gulf shipping at an marriage and his first.
emergency conference today in Taif,
Saudi Arabia.FlOOds plague Midwest
Pope to visit Switzerland A new onslaught of rain-laden
VATICAN CITY - Pope John thunderstorms caused flooding
Paul II tomorrow begins a six-day yesterday in the Midwest, forcing
visit to Switzerland, which broke people from their homes, stranding
normal diplomatic ties with the Holy two people on a street sign for hours
See in the 19th century. and floating away cars in the wake
Many Swiss Protestants have of killer tornadoes that devastated
criticized the upcoming visit or two small towns.
specific parts of it, such as the plan- During the night thunderstorms
ned meeting between the pontiff and dumped heavy rain from Kansas to
the Federal Council, the executive Illinois with many places getting
branch of government. Some Roman more than 3 inches, and hailstones
Catholics are also skeptical, saying the size of golf balls fell across parts
John Paul's stay will not be long of Kansas.
Member of the Associated Press
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