Observatory News.

Over four hundred meteors were observed Thursday night at the Harvard Observatory, but only three hundred and fifty of these were Leonids, the rest consisting of the ordinary shooting stars. Comparatively few Leonids were observed until 2 o'clock, but after that the showers became thicker, and between 4.30 and 5 the majority of the number appeared. The color of the meteors was principally a light green, but in some cases they were blue and red. The trial of one unusually large one was visible for fifteen minutes. About three dozen photographs were taken and at least one Leonid was photographed. The remaining plates and those of the camera used in the apparatus for determining the spectra of the Leonids have not yet been developed. The shower was not as large as that of two years ago when about 800 Leonids were counted, but is considerably larger than last year's shower.

Computations have been made at the Observatory on a new asteroid discovered last summer at Arequipa, Peru. These computations prove that its daily motion around the sun is very large, showing it to be nearer the sun than any asteroid previously studied. It has been found to have a greater ellipticity than any other similar body.

Sunday evening a famous phenoenon, the conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Venus, will be observed. These planets will be situated in the southwestern part of the sky and will be visible soon after sunset.