The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-03-23

tail and magnitude of ncbula. il ,nav me
elassed among the most remarkable tbo,
nave ever appeared. In the year AZ, b.
IT, historians tell us of hairy star Thai
was seen by daylight. In the year A. ID.
i4u%, Two Comets were seen in broad day
and The tai OF one Of them at noon. Tvcho
brahe discovered a Comet by daylight in
1877. The Comet Of I74i could he seen
IN the day time without the aid of glasses.
It's tail, though not so long as this. was
curved, and formed an arc OF 90 dcu. !.
though, tor part of the time, it had sew.
eral tails, the length of which varied from
30 deg. TO 40 deg. The Comet Of 1850
the most celebrated of modern times
had tail computed at from 20 deg. TO 80
deg. That of 1913 had the largest tail on
reeord-lOi deg. and this ycs with that
in length.
THE tail" says vrxcr in his Astronomy,
increases as the Comet approaches its perihe
non immediately after which il is longes, and
most luminous, and then it is little bent and
convex towards those parts 10 which the Como,
IS moving the tail then decreases
II this Comet has obcyed this rule, il
has already doubled the sun, and is now
on lis way back, to be again lost in the re.
glons Of space.
NJ, /. MAuRY, Lieut. L s. Navy
That this phenomenon bears some re-
semblancc to the Zodiacal Light our read.
ers may infer from the following descrip.
ton gwen BY Il. ". IIashins, author Of d
work on Astronomy
ZodiacaI Lighi.-The annual e,b;bi.
ton, IN our western evening skv. of tbis
unexplained astronomical phenomenon, has
again returned. This light, in appear.
ahcc, somewhat resembles the tail of
comet, It's form is that Of cone. its base
resting upon tho horizon, above the sun.
from which body II is never found scpara.
ted aud projecting upward, somewha,
obIiqueiy, among the zodiaca stars. lis
apex = az present IN the Constellation Aries.
II = visible every clear evening, and
vii 50 continue for some months 10 come.
when no, obseurcd by the presence of the
moon II IS bes, viewed at the close oc
twilight, or, at present, about half past six.
from which period It decreased in hclaht.
owing To the rotary motion of the earth
so as soon to fall WHOLLY below the western
horizon IN common with that portion Of
the heavens which it occupies.
This light, us already observed, is OF
forms il is much the strongest in
the centre, and fades away so gradually, .
towards the borders that ITS exact outline .
cannot bc perfectly traced. Ii varies in
intensity, N different years, but without
the observance Of any known law; and al.
though II has enga ged much of the a,ten.
ton OF Astronomers, vet il has not fire.
luently attracted the attention Of others.
u has sometimes been mistaken, whef,
'cen, for the llgnt Of some distant conna.
grafton; and at others il has passed for
ne aurora Borealis. Astronomical class
:, IN schools, private students, and all per.
ions, IN short, by continued and careful
Observations for some tne to come, NAV
low SO far iamlliariXc themselves with the
POSITION and appearance OF this phenomc.
ION as 10 avoid all subsequent mistakes in
.ceard to Il.
The cause Of the Zndiacal Light is IN.
.nown that il permanently pertains to the
CELESTIAL mechanism is proved BY its con.
fancy, both IN time and IN posilson.-
dominique Cassini, French Astronomer,
irst noticed thus light in 1865, but more
IN 1853, and in his researches
cspecting il, he found i, mentioned as
remarkable, in Natural Ills.
DRY of England by ChIdrcy, written about
lie year 1863. From 1853 to the pre-.
zen. time, Astronomers have sought, in
sam, a solution of the phenomenon in ques.
i0u. They have learned that the Zod.
zeal Light always accompanies the sun,
appearing IN certain months before tina,
urinary IN the cast, and in others, after
I, Ia the west and II always has the same
orm, though 1t differs somewhat, as be-
ore observed, IN its intensity.
Il. W. HASkINS.
Buffalo, January 25th, 1913.
On Tuesday night. We had fine view OF this
the sky being perfectly elear--it
appeared in all is b,illancy. We incline to the
opinion now that q IS no Comet, hH, The Zodacal
isbt as on The night above alluded TO we per.
,eiyed that it did no, extend to the horison by
several degrees, and we could sec nothing Of the
,ody Of Comet at the extremity.
HsrThc Carolina Waterman gives it rs
N "on DIT that the Hon. G.. w. Cald.
we'll IS to receive the appointment OF Su-
pcrin,cndcnt of the Branch Mint in this
place vice Burgess s. Gather, removed
or non.conlormity to Tylerism. 1t is
rue, lha, rumor has been rife with the
removal Of the present incumbent but for
once rumor is at fault. Mr., Caldwell We
earn has made no effort to get the appoint
nent aud il Il is conferred !, will be alto
gethcr unsolicited on his part. Another
HING AIR Tylcr would make a bad OK