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A spectroliel ios eo pe has been offered to tho Dominion Observatory by Dr. G. E. Hale, ail American astronomer, who has helped to perfect the instrument. There/ is a stipulation attached to the offer, so Dr. O. El. Adams told the annual meeting of the Astronomical i Section of the Wellington Philoso- | pineal Society on Wednesday, to the effect that, if it is accepted, a regular observational programme shall he carried out with it. This, Dr. Adams explained, would entail a fair amount of work,- but unfortunately at present there was no one who could be spared to do this work. He hoped, however, that some means would be devised to get over the difficulty and allow the generous offer to be accepted. Tho instrument would permit the visual observation and analysis of the sun’s prominences and of the floeculi on its disc. “Lt would be a valuable addition to our equipment. ’’ added Dr. Adams, out here,” because generally if anything of interest happens on the sun we know nothing about it until if is all over. With this instrument here, vve would be able to see and know for ourselves what is happening.”