The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-03

before and s therefore, the more stounded At such
variation from the known habits " comets.
tori, Other wise Mr. Bradley would have had most
mnssIe opportunity for making much acQaai
lance with this interesting vsiter With such glasses
ana instruments he had however he was enabled to
make out the srbotDed which viii be with interest
He watched the comet until hafpast eleven then 70.
tired; swakened about two and continued his obser.
yaions until broad ayght De thinks II will be about
tonight again. and would earnestly urge our readers
TO be on the look out for it, here Is Mr. Bradeys do.
nR GRKAr COMET OF 1861, AS sur FROM THE AIIxdHANY
OBSERVATORY, JUNK 80, AT FIVE MINUTES PAST NINE IN
Nucleus IN be Lynx about 96 deg r. A., and about so
deg decl'patmn well de1Ded, both TO the unAssisted
eys and al.o by msgnifypg power OF sixty ninety,
and In either case apparently much larger than planet
Jupiter Tan deg broad and more than 60 deg In
ltgih extending between the head OF Ursa Major and
the Camel leopard, and about midway between Paris
and Bete Ursae Mnoris and onward almost to Lyra II
does not set In this latitude but ID visible during the
night tkirtng the northern horizon. II will DO on the
meridian TO cay at about twelve O'Clock, and about 10
deg 10 the north OF our zenith By the appearance Of
the tail there to infer that II approaching tho
Jib ebo will probably be remembered and also recorded
~ one Of the most extraordinary craft that has foatsd
into our HORIZON for hundreds Of years. BRADLEY.
AIInGANY OBsxHv ATORY July /, 1851
APPEARANCE OF THE COMET AT ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin
have been looking for worthy account Of the
the short notice your paper yesterday seeing none
eepd you the Following notes The comet became vis
ole as daylight declined, but nrst saw al about quar-
ter past MIR O'Clock. was then about ten twelve
degrees above the horizon, and the direction about
twenty degrees west Of NORTH or what would
call nor' nor west The nucleus head was large
bright srd toles ably well defined. When viewed with
small Telescope II Illuminated the field Of view nearly
a. much ss Venus when that planet Is brightest, bat
no singular or striking picture observed In It's
conformation as II sometimes the The tail Of the
comet, though perhaps less brilliant than that viii a
peared some three years ago, yet much longer
teDdps when the bead was near the horizon TO within
or fifteen degrees OF the zenith In other words could
be plainly traced through Of full seventy five de-
II passed just 70 the left Of the pole star and
terminated lear the Constellation Lyra In consequence
OF It's petition 90 far to the north 1t only few hours
below the horizon; for setting about ten O'Clock,
saw 1t at about balS-past two in the morning
already six or eight degrees above the hori-
zop, in The Forth northeast, while lis tail
might be at any time during this interval
projecting far above the northern horizon. Ga the
WHOLE it was most magnificent celestial phenomenal
no such In its rarity and splendid srannour
expect 10 ace only once twice in lifetime How this
copet came To display itsef In such fully developed
condition al at once, cannot tell but II seems
mos 10 suppose that has been setting before
or wi the sun, and having rapid motion eastward In
the heavens (or northwaid which would produce the
eect It has been far behind the In setting
On the evening referred TO- to become visible through
the sbseIcs Of the suns light. W.D.
ATLANTIC CRY, July 2, 1851.