Corona Photo Planned

University astronomer Donald H. Menzel will be among astronomers from all over the world who will invade the Italan Riviera this month. The astronomers will study a 2 minute 45 second eclipse of the sun expected to take place on the morning of February 15.

Invited to join a Rome Observatory expedition to Imperia on the Riviera, Menzel, Director of the Observatory, leaves on Saturday for Paris en route to Italy.

Menzel plans to photograph the solar corona, an irregular luminous envelope visible only during a total eclipse. An unusual feature of his observations will be he use of polaroid cameras in place of raditional heavy equipment.