New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16
THE COMET.

The come. which i now visible in the nofth-Wcd
region os the heavens short time after sunset was
frsi discovered on the % Of last June by Prof Ds-
sari in Florence Italy. II was also discovered ~
HEsRN M. PsRHHrBsr, esq. of Perth'Amboy New
Jersey, june ~. very striking characteristic -
this comet was. when first discovered its extremely
SLOW motion. The great distance II the comet and
the direction of its motion from the earth.
combined 10 render its apparent geccentric motse
very small In consequence Of its slowness NJ motcs.
IT, period Of visibility will be very great, has A.
resdy been visible through n telescope nearly tive
months and half; and il will probably remain -
sight for considerable ength OF time yet The heed,
~ star Of the comet appears about eqnol to star q
the second magnitude and as il has not yet rcached
the periheon that point nearest TO the sum OF its Or
Bit will yet BE- considerably brighter AMI present.
splendid appearance. It's tail. viewed with smaA
telescope msgnfyng about eight times, was about
or dess in length Sunday evening. the 18th a
Ssptemf~r. II is well-known fact, however, thsf
,h. tail has much greater length immediately sav
the perih,iion passsge than at any other time; as1
hen.e we NAV expect that its length vii be muca
more considerable thar s' present.
isthc ff,h come, discovered since the irginn'as
of isss the irst O! which discovered on the NJ
of January; but as the iisH four will form the sobCa
for ano,her aricle We win say mrre about then
here.
The come, now visible VIII pass its pcrihchos-sc-
coriing 10 the elements of Mr.. GroRos SSARLh, A.
| sstant at the Dudley servaiory-sn the lSeh a
September. The parabolic elements Of scomets ortA
are six in nmber namely: time OF perl'hon passage,
| longitude sf the perihelon, osgitude II ascending
node rclinstion of the plane Of its orbit IN the plssc
the ecp,c the pcriheon distance, and the dircstse
of lis motion. II the melton ben the sarw drectise
around the SIN as the melton of the planets, 1t ssaA
to be direct in tn, opposite direction, re esosrsde
The longitude Of the perihelion OF thi, comet -
about 30 deg, and of the ascending node shout les
deg The inclination is about 6s deg. The perihelise
distance is abcat 40 600 OOe miles, ~ ttli greater
than the mean distance Of Mercury from The Snn its
motion is retrogrse, thai its apparent notion u
from right to left, as sen ut this time. The velocity
of the comet when at It's perihcoa, will IS abost
$50 900 miles per hour It's distance from the Earth q
this time, roughly estlnsted, is shout Sc 00o, %
miles, Its tail is at least 900, 100 milss in bengh
| Several paraboEc elements have hen computed.
but as these differ considerably from cdch Cthes u
thought with much probability, thatthe coset moves
in an epsc of moderate eccentrsty, and h'ncs thst
is time OF revolution around the sun n vary greet
The elements correspond With those Of the first cos
of 1927. and with those of E64. This will make tho
period Of revolution about n yesss The period Of -
years eomprehended between 1884 and 1877 will en-
brace two returns to its periheion. The difference a
hall year s within the limits of perturbation. This
will make its return, previous to 1877 in lT95 thAs
be its true period, its neat return may be expe-ted
about 1899 or 1890. Time will soon determine these
questions. With this period ts mean distance from
the sun will be about the tat II Saturn; rsA
when is in the apheon greatest distance from tAs
sum Of its orbit il will be about the mean distance u
| Uranus. DAVID FkowBkLnGt-
| Perry CITY ~ T., Sept. IL
| p S-The best view Of the comet can BE- had in the
morning. about 3i or o'cioch. Tie direction Of 10
tail points toward the north polar star.
Running back two periods from l7G4 to 1902, We faA
the recorded appearance of n comet visible 10 thu
naked eye. We also find one in 1872, one pens&
| back ID. 7.