The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-27
LOrs OF COMErs.
Another One DIsCoVeFtd-The BiE Ono
Photographed by Prof. Draper,

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Photographed by Prof Draper.
EVANSVILLE, IND, June 25,-Pilot Geo
Williams, Of the Shlnkle, reports thI
appearance Of another comet in the north
west by north, between eight and min,
o'clock last night, nearly as large and a
brilliant as the one discovered In thI
northeast Thursday morning.
OBSERVATIONS AT CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY
Boston, June 25.-The conclusions O.
the Cambridge Observatory are that tht
comet is now moving away from the eartt
at the rate Of 800, 900 miles per day. 1t will
probably bs visible for several months
and will without doubt be conspicuous
during that time to the naked eye. Il
reached its maximum oil brightness Thurs
day night last. The tail Is 100000 miles In
length. .......
TIE COMET PHOTOGRAPHED ny PRoPESsoT
DRAPER.
New YoRK, June 25.-Proiessso Henry
Draper writes as follows to the Tribune!
" succeeded, on Friday night, June "a
In photogrsphiug the great comet In
Auriga. This Is the first time a GOMEZ
has been photographed. ,..-
"HRNRY DRAPER.
Conservatory, Hastings on tho Hudson,
New York June 25, 1884,"
Professor Draper passed this afternoon
and evening in bis observatory, returning
10 his house, q. Dobbs' Ferry, for only a
short time at his dinner hour. There he
was found by Tribune reporter, and said
that he had already sent telegram to the
London qimeS, as well rs to the Tribune
announcing bis success. To obtain such
a photograph ss he would like, he said the
plate ought TO be exposed for at least an
hour, but he had succeeded In getting an
exposure OF only seventeen minutes. The
result, however, was satisfactory In 40 far
that 1t demonstrated the possibilities OF
photographing comet.
"Was tho photograph complets2"
ut showed the nucleus OF the comet and
a part OF the tail. / shall try tonight, II
the sky Is fair, to obtain q long exposure.
| wish to take larger photograph, II
possible, 90 as TO examine more carefully
the structure OF the tail, but the larger
the photograph the more difficult II 10 Ia
obtain, owirg to the diffusion OF the
light. The adjustment Of the mechanism
Is matter Of the greatest delicacy. The
clock work, which ordinarily moves q
telescope, ID adapted to counteraCt the
effect OF the earth's rotation 40 ss TO keer
star constantly within the field Of vision
but this comet has 40 rspid a motion In
deClinatiou that special mechanism Ii
reQriried. Even during the seventeen
minutes OF exposure that l obtain
ed this morning the northEard
mo oVemsnt was plainly preceptible
II am successful In obtaining two good
photographs l shall next turn my atten
tion to Ito spectrum, which is much more
difficult To photograph than the orb itself
The reason why the spectrum of q GOMEZ
10 80 ipterestlng Is that no trace Of carbon
has ever yet been discovered In any bodies
outside the earth, except In some rpeteoriC
stones which are supposed to be Of kin.
dred nature with the substance of comets.
Now, as far 90 we know, carbon ls q nee.
esssry element OF all organic matter.
Should the speCtroscope, therefore, reveal
the presence OF carbon In the comet, one
argument against the existence Of organic
lie In other worlds than our would he
destroyed, and the possibility OF such life
partially demonstrated"
UfioA, N. Y, June 28.-Dr. Peters
LitChReld, OF the observatory Of Hamilton
College, says that the dark line through
The centre Of the comet Ia the shadow ol
tho nucleus. He thinks that this comet is
the one aeen by Lord Crawford about lS'
from the sun, In Europe June 9th, and on
ACCOUNT OF the position Of The node Il can.
not be tho comet ot 1912, and still lees
that Of 1907.