MOON AND A STAR
ZKOADCAST OF BAYS EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS LONDON, Oct. 4. “British listeners last night heard moonlight and starlight by wireless,” says the Daily Mail. It was one of the most extraordinary broadcasts ever made. “The moon’s rays and rays from the star Vega were first focussed on the lens of a special telescope at Stara Dale University, Czecho-Slovakia. Then the rays were transferred to a photo-electric cell which changed them into sound, and which was relayed from Prague. “The moon’s rays sounded like the tolling of large bells deprived of resonance. Vega’s rays had two distinct sounds, the first being like the subdued shouting of a huge crowd and the second like the galloping of distant horses.
Dr. Sternberg explained during the broadcast that stars can be recognised by the sound of their rays. ‘‘Such sounds are catalogued,” he said, “and when we hear a new sound we know that we have discovered a new star.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18529, 16 October 1934, Page 7
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