If Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, then Pluto is definitely an endless interstellar dust.
The huge 28-inch telescope at Greenwich Observatory can play around with the entire solar system, but if you don't know the coordinates, it is extremely difficult to find Pluto, because it is really small. Even through this telescope, there is only one point. .
It is no exaggeration to say that the difficulty of finding it is like finding a pixel on a large screen that fills the entire earth's night sky.
Fortunately, with the exact location given by Li Yu, this telescope is now like a cannon pointed at the night sky, just waiting for the expected light.
Pluto naturally does not emit its own light, but only reflects sunlight. When the faint light reflected tenaciously from Pluto in the distant starry sky finally arrived at Earth after more than 5 hours, time seemed to have stood still!
Director Christie blinked hard, confirmed again, and then shouted in an almost tearing voice: "I saw it! It is indeed a celestial body that has never been marked!"
Everyone present was excited instantly!
"let me see!"
President Huggins also saw the faint dot through the eyepiece. It was so inconspicuous that it seemed to disappear with a gentle blow, "Holy...God!"
Lord Kelvin was obviously not good at astronomy. He felt lonely after watching it for a long time, and he couldn't help but pull Huggins to tell him in detail where it was.
After struggling for a long time, I still don’t know whether I saw it or not. Anyway, since both Huggins and Christie saw it, there can be no mistake. After all, one is the president of the Royal Society and the other is the president of the Royal Observatory.
Perhaps the happiest person is Huggins. His observatory was the first to observe Pluto. His own observatory is so proud that he will charge admission for future visits!
Christie was the first to calm down. As an astronomer, just seeing it is not enough. He still needs to observe for a period of time and eliminate all uncertainties before he can definitely announce the discovery of the ninth planet.
Christie immediately mobilized everyone at the observatory to invest in the observation, photography and analysis of the new planet. Since the orbital parameter calculations given in Li Yu's paper were very clear and concise, their verification work went smoothly.
Lord Kelvin was not much help. He only knew a little bit about astronomy, but he wanted to witness this historic moment. He actually moved a table next to him and drank coffee one cup after another.
"Director Christie, can you move faster?" In the middle of the night, Lord Kelvin was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes.
"My lord, I am already very fast, but this kind of thing must not be careless."
"That's that! Don't make a mistake!"
Lord Kelvin drank another cup of coffee: "Director Christie, your coffee is too bitter! Why is there no milk?"
"My lord, the milk won't be delivered until tomorrow morning."
"Okay, then keep moving faster."
Lord Kelvin couldn't stand it any longer and accidentally dozed off. His head tilted and he woke up immediately: "How is it? Have you got it done?"
Christie had a dark look on his face: "Sir! You only fell asleep for 10 minutes!"
"I'm really sorry, how about I sleep a little longer."
"Don't! Your snoring is too noisy. I might as well listen to you keep talking!"
"Director, you..."
Lord Kelvin drank another cup of coffee, eyes widening and determined that he could never sleep again.
On the other hand, Li Yu next to him was sleeping soundly on the table. After a while, Halazi was left behind, wondering what he was dreaming about.
Near dawn, Christie's team finally completed the check. He said with a slight trembling: "Okay, everything is okay! It is a planet beyond Neptune!"
President Huggins and Lord Kelvin cheered in unison. Li Yu was so surprised that he woke up and wiped his tongue, "Is it over?"
"It's absolutely true! What you found is the ninth planet in the solar system!" President Huggins said to Li Yu excitedly, "It's so exciting!"
Lord Kelvin shook Li Yu's shoulders vigorously, "Boy, you are going to be prosperous!"
President Huggins put on his hat and said, "I'm going to see Editor Joelson now."
"Take me with you," said Lord Kelvin, "and publish it not only in your Proceedings of the Natural Sciences, but I think the Times will also be interested."
Huggins smiled and said, "It's really yours!"
When they returned to the observatory, there was not only editor Joelson behind them, but also a tall reporter. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Yu: "Sir, is he the Li Yu you mentioned?"
Lord Kelvin said: "Yes, that's him!"
The tall reporter reached over and said, "Mr. Li Yu, it's an honor to meet you. I am George Buckle, editor-in-chief of The Times."
Good guy, Lord Kelvin directly invited his editor-in-chief this time.
"Nice to meet you."
Li Yu shook hands with him.
Editor-in-Chief Bakker said: "On the road just now, Lord has told me about your discovery this time. It is incredible. I feel that the headlines on the front page are not enough to set off your discovery. I..."
Before he could finish speaking, a voice came from the door: "I think so too. If you only let The Times report on such a shocking discovery, it would be really unfair!"
Editor-in-chief Buckle twitched the corner of his mouth, and a man with a slightly bald head walked in. He continued: "Without our "Daily Mail" and "Daily Telegraph", I think it is indeed not enough to make this great project possible." Inform more people about our findings.”
The speaker was Harmsworth, but like Lord Kelvin he was better known as Lord Northern Rock, although he was not yet knighted.
This man is a newspaper tycoon. The "Daily Mail" he founded sells for only half a penny, only half that of the "Times". It has a very high share among the public, especially the poor.
Not only is the price low, but Beiyan is also a very powerful marketing genius. When the newspaper was first launched, he advertised that the person who guessed the most accurate deposit figures in the Bank of England would receive one pound a week. This caused an immediate surge in the circulation of his publication and opened up sales instantly.
When the Daily Mail was founded, its slogan was: This is a newspaper for busy people, this is a newspaper for poor people! For half a penny you can read all the news.
This has a strong appeal to ordinary people.
The Daily Telegraph also has an amazing circulation and is also a civilian newspaper.
In fact, by the 21st century, the circulation of the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph has been far greater than that of The Times.
It is also worth mentioning that Sir Beiyan once came to China and met with the Chinese newspaperman Shi Liangcai who later bought "Shen Shen" mentioned above.
