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Mars Problem. Most romantic use of "light amplification" is in astronomy. The biggest telescopes do not magnify more than much smaller ones do; their purpose is to gather more light, making dim stars and nebulae bright enough to affect a photographic plate. Much the same result can be accomplished by amplifying dim light instead of gathering more of it. Dr. Albert G. Wilson, director of Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., believes that a 40-in. telescope equipped with a Lumicon will equal a 240-in. telescope in luminescence. The 200-in. Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain, the world's biggest...
...will get its most spectacular astronomical test when Mars comes near the earth late next summer. Astronomers have always been baffled and infuriated by Mars; even in their biggest telescopes it looks like a small, fuzzy, orange disk that jiggles around as irregularities in the earth's atmosphere affect the path of its light. Once in a great while the jiggling stops, and for an enchanted instant Mars stands still, its surface covered with fine and fascinating detail. These intervals of good "seeing," however, do not last long enough to be photographed, and the human eye-brain combination...
...action will affect some 47 sophomores and freshmen in the unit here who might not have been able to receive their commissions if the original order had been carried...
This action will affect some 47 sophomores and freshmen in the unit here who might not have been able to receive their commissions if the original decision had been carried...
...recent announcement of a tuition rise came too late to affect the number of applicants, Henry said. It may mean, however, that more of the prospective students will have to apply for scholarship...