Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-11-30
The comets of 1852

NE MPtS va aS
From the frequency with which dis
IA, cbee announcing the discovery OF
:. another comet" have followed each
other Of late. the uninitiated might Of
lp,, to infer that the crop o come'f
thi. year ls TO be so larte as to giut pop
lar cur,o.,ty and scientific interest
This might, perhaps, be true, had eacn
of the many announcements marked
the appearance of distinct comet
In plain fact. th.re have been but I .uF
comes seen thus far in 1882 lnt
fret celestial vsgrant. Of the year M
discovered by Mr. Wells. { the Du"
ley observatory, March II, AID for"
long tine II monopo'iz.d ID the attention
os astronomers in both the old AID
Lev world, owlrg to i,s uplane lea, ~,
tnrpa. A though the period 'of the
w lis cnnet has not yet been fully Cal
! .ulsltd, 4nonsh ls known to sh' "
that ,he comet uill not return tovl'w
unde, | GOO years. Th-aecond comet
of the year WAS seen On: once tut
then for only very short tlme' oy tte
astronomers who were observing the
suns eclipse from Egypt last apring'
IIt WAS descrlb 4 in brief dispatch
which noted the SUCCESS OF the oo'er
va,ion OF the eclipse AZ "a fine, bright
comet close to the sun, and ast opo
mers fer long time watched for 1T
appearance, on the aupposltion tina
II would BIZ visible on 1t return lion
peribelion, but without success. IN
9 third comet of the year waa dtcoV'r
I ed on the morning Of September IL
and duly chro'cled by Prof Barnard
= Of Nashville, Tenn. At first, owlr
e t., the place Of its discovery, ID th
. constellation 0? the Twica, 1t "f
n presu u.ned by some to b" the reappea'
e ance Of the famous Pons comet
Il 1872, but this was subsequently show
I. be an er oneous supp sit'oD, OWL
10 its direction OF motion.
: Tne Barnard comet, which was'
the time OF diadossry, faint tel
", seopic ofj-ot, about one a"a one IL
Sc seconds OF arc in diameter, 10 now q
preaching perihelion, which It will g
II tam about November Z. At t
al brightest 1t will be but soort 'lr
OF times salarge as when FIRST seen q
'vl .hOugesm4y posssss features Of gr'
nd interesSto the scientific observer
pg will nsgtr Rl cause ripple upon /
snri.ce OF the unsclentiEc 10Y
hit Without reference to sny theories {
ut vanced as to its identity, etc, 1t u
wn be stated that the Cruls comet, soss
la ed, will take the front rank. as g" ?
leo ular" obj ct. The many #
|'ZfsEs1 eve diecoyeries OF IT, 4Eave slm(
3 L. been glinpses Of this grand OF jet
ic one or another peraonin one or {
to other locality where the sky, at mo
his ing, was mementarily freed from
ons hesvy clouds which have curtai'
sch the heavens so longof lste. One Il
the s-e i. with the unaided vision
ure clear morning now from four o c!
b. until punri G. 1t rises about it
,n minutes IN advance OF the great Il
ee mary. n little to the South ci the
t.rs point OF appearance. LlkF
nav long, narrow, luminous cloud, inc
mi iag southwark, Its tail hF { c'm4
vi-w, contracting with perfect Re
:. ,ritv as the nucleua alrmonhts
llne Of the hori2 m. The tail on
tpIi.y morning WAS clearly Quill
f,r q distance OF at least thirteen
grees from that point Saint blu
no, ton could be traced for seven or 6
-, degrees further on line with
G ., star R .su.us rhe nucleus 4hore
and the m 'gn,tude of u atAr, sad IN
WAS iaintly visible when H4gulns
oor ben extlngulshed by the daSn.
latest erh .meries OF this great c.
shows shat, brilii .ut ~ II arpaa
.,a IA nov At least as far dl"tant iron
.:,. e4r,n ss il the sun, and that i"
tance from the sun Ia abont ~,
y 600 vf miles ..l6my Argus.
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