University Daily Kansan. March 12, 1982
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Crowds view planet alignment in morning
The "Jupiter Effect" had a mesmerizing effect on people at the University of Kansas early Thursday morning, when about 1,500 people lined up to view the alignment of the planets through five telescopes in Lindley Hall.
However, the world disasters, predicted in the controversial book about the near-alignment of the near-jupiter "The Jupiter Effect," did not happen.
Stephen Shawl, director of the Clyde T. Wombaugh Observatory, said he was overwhelmed by the many people in the city and to view the planets in near-alignment.
Many people, though, were turned away because there were too few telescopes for the crowd and cloudy weather arrived at 5:45 a.m.
THE OPSERVATORY ceased viewing at 5:45 a.m. because of the cloudy skies. Some observers left, but some wanted to look at the observatory, and Shawl said that it finally closed at 6:30 a.m.
"I've been here for 10 years and I think this is without doubt the largest crowd ever," Shaw, who is also an astronomer, said of physics and astronomy.
Oatmeal Rainbow brought out a couple hundred when it was zero degrees out, and we never even saw the thing."
Comet Kahoutek's first known occurrence was in 1975.
Because of the faintness of Pluto, Uranus and Neptune, the observatory did not try to view those planets, Shawl 27-inch reflector telescope, the largest, 27-inch-reflector telescope.
"Mars is just not very visible right now. Part of the problem is being on top of a heated building and the turbulence in the air spoils the effect," he said.
JUPITER'S MARKINGS in the upper atmosphere could be seen, along with three or four of its satellites, Shawi said.
"I didn't go to bed—I just stayed up," Ziegler said.
The earliest arrival for the planetary phenomenon, Tod Ziegler, El Dorado (1874).
By 3:30 a.m., a half hour before the observatory was scheduled to open, about 60 people were lined up on the floor, stairwell near the observatory.
By 4 a.m., the line of people ended at the door leading to the outside, and by 4:40 a.m., the line outside was about 100 feet long, two or three people abreast, and ended within 20 feet of Jayhawk Boulevard.
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At 4:40, Shawl the crowd that those who were lined up would possibly not get to look through the telescopes. The line was within several feet of Jayhawk Boulevard at that time. Shawl the crowd drew in. View the three planets on Friday night.
Three planets will be visible until late spring. Shaw said.
Although the near-alignment of the planets will fade after March 10, observers can attend the regular Friday meeting at 3:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. weather permitting.
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