Otto Klotz Diary - September 17, 1887 (Vol 10)
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Title
Otto Klotz Diary - September 17, 1887 (Vol 10)
Creator
Klotz, Otto, 1852-1923.
Source
Part of R6645-0-4-E (LAC)
Publisher
Stakeholders Project
Date
1887-09-17
Contributor
University of Ottawa Library
Faculty of Arts
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Format
Diary entry
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Text
Identifier
Klotz_Vol10_1887_09_17
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I set up and adjusted zenith telescope. Not having received a letter from home this week I fell anxious and hence wired + in reply found all well, in evening I got the looked for letter, the train passing here so early in the morning the mail clerk is asleep + takes my mail to Winnipeg, return a day or so following.
Got a good nights observation 24 pairs, although I lost one pair by the movement of the train (about 75 feet distant) the bubble would run clear out of sight (one end) when a train passed and would not retain its former position. From the [trenur] stars would appear quite blurred and render a good bisection impossible. At none of my stations have I noticed such bad effects from moving trains; a lake adjoins the railway immediately to the south and the ground is undoubtedly “[mus] kegy” for which this rocky country is noted. With observation under such conditions of course nothing can be done but to discard them. I had about nine hours work tonight, but when the work is satisfactory the labor is of no consequence to me. I was unable tonight clearly to distinguish + [Cresipaiae] as a triple star and in consequence appeared brighter than a star of 21.1 magnitude.
I set up and adjusted zenith telescope. Not having received a letter from home this week I fell anxious and hence wired + in reply found all well, in evening I got the looked for letter, the train passing here so early in the morning the mail clerk is asleep + takes my mail to Winnipeg, return a day or so following.
Got a good nights observation 24 pairs, although I lost one pair by the movement of the train (about 75 feet distant) the bubble would run clear out of sight (one end) when a train passed and would not retain its former position. From the [trenur] stars would appear quite blurred and render a good bisection impossible. At none of my stations have I noticed such bad effects from moving trains; a lake adjoins the railway immediately to the south and the ground is undoubtedly “[mus] kegy” for which this rocky country is noted. With observation under such conditions of course nothing can be done but to discard them. I had about nine hours work tonight, but when the work is satisfactory the labor is of no consequence to me. I was unable tonight clearly to distinguish + [Cresipaiae] as a triple star and in consequence appeared brighter than a star of 21.1 magnitude.
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Klotz, Otto, 1852-1923., “Otto Klotz Diary - September 17, 1887 (Vol 10),” stakeholders, accessed September 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/stakeholders/items/show/490.