SUN PHOTOGRAPHED

A Harvard Observatory expedition photographed Wednesday's total solar eclipse from Italy.

Primary objective of the expedition was to photograph the solar corona, an envelope of burning gases around the sun. Three cameras, loaded with ultra-sensitive film, determined the structure of the corona and its polarization.

Donald H. Menzel, director of the Observatory, headed the group, which included Gail Moreton, director of the Lockheed Solar Observatory in Burbank, Calif.

The University astronomers were stationed along with French and Swedish groups at the Monte Mario Observatory in Rome.