In the constellation of Hercules there is a small dull speck which looks like a star, but use a telescope of sufficient power and there is revealed to you one of the most wonderful effects in all the mighty dome of heaven. Tho faint star breaks open into a Bphoro like a cluster of suns, and they are perfectly symmetrical in arrangement. From centre to circumference an inconceivably vast spaco is enclosed, and tho mighty suris that make that sphere number 14,000, and have a diameter of 45.000,000,000 of miles. Let us suppose that the distance of each from the other is 9,000.000,000 of miles. Now, by analogy oach and every one of these stars or suns—and it is a fair inference—is the centre of a separate system of worlds like our own solar svstem.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19170425.2.162
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3293, 25 April 1917, Page 51
Word Count
135Untitled Otago Witness, Issue 3293, 25 April 1917, Page 51
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in