The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-22

In his observation Of the new come,
,,len At the Naval Observatory at 8 L. NJ.
or Tuc>day. Professor rriSby determined
-. position in right ascension eleven hours
ninrtcen minutes and thirty seconds, dccli-
,af;ou north no degrees, eight minutes. and
,,rtv seconds. Professor Frisby also ohScrv-
~ Il before sunrise and again at O'Clock
"wednesday morning. IL was very prom-
,ent object. rising aboat half an hour be-
so~c The sun and 10 the southwark OF il
@hon' ten or twelve degrees. The tail. OF
houi one degree in length. was very
nhinlv Viible.
when Professor FriSby made the second
observation Of lis position. about \. NJ.
!. wa, very easily followed with tclc-
scope. 1900. ,...,......-....-
- ,,o>ition were made by Professors skin
mn. Boss. and Flint during the forenoon,
,tv. furnishing q knowledge 81 the direc-
.i,u and rate Of lis apparent motion.
Thee observations enabled the aStrono-
mn. 10 estimate IL position az the time oi
,,..ing the meridian. From these data
'he comet was Observed with the transit
.;~ele on the meridian by Professor Win
i,rk. thus giy,n. thc position with an &C.
...rrracv unat;..nahlc 10y other methods.
An observation oi comet IN broad day-
Nebt wiihawUdian instrument i unique.
Mi, i yc.har> The third instance in more
lsn hundred years Of L. having been
dome. Wells, comet WAS thus observed
,.f month, since 20 the Dudley obscrya-
tory.
..ry',i.n Is right 8>coniion. IL hours, ii
minutes. sea .ccond>; defamation, south,
.tr.nf H.
l.ywofion oi tlo comet Is IN right a>con-
...r minus minutes, 6 seconds. in dccii-
..t.an mines minutes. s. seconds.
Ta, CONC, ro-c yesterday Wv cdnc>dly)
,..rli0s shortly ai:cr > O'Clock. and may
,.>.c discovered with the naked eye.
f. NAV Lc readily followed in daylight
t.n good >ly-ia~>. provided The gla>, Is
l0r.l-h! >haI-i from tie SUN rays.
I'D
t,r,-.EylEw WIN PROFESSOR LEWIS loss,
4t. Dudley Observatory. Albany. inior-
...n WIS fgni she'd anou, The comet
t 3 seems 20 Hc important IN the highest
degree.
Professor Boss i now in Washington,
~f-u thetycCi h.dcpaItura for santiago
q. C.u. where De j. 20 observe tGe transit
.tk.nu> GOD December nest. IT, SAYS III,
Thesis. lu- ,rom what follows It can-
r. .. doubted that the fullest powers a
.>.rr.m.r> a,l over the world Will De- en-
listed n the solution oi problem OF such
Startling significance.
a, related ly Professor Bo>~. hi- hyfoih-
,.. +, briefly ibis: He believes that tht
comet which Wc now see near the sun T.
ArETrEN or THE GREAT COMET
discovered by pr. Gould in South America
DID,. -i. j.h ri February, 1sSo. II" says hc
l..dto This suspicion in the first place
t, his cNo,t~ o. suppose the present comet
identical with t.e one discovered ~ RIO
I.r..ro 'y Cruz, on the 10Th Of september.
d. order to tina, identity the Two objects a
MIS- necessary t1-urpo>c thai trUl>'s comet
when discovered was on it> WY 10 l'rihe-
zion. Somewhere about september lJth II
mast lat. n,.u oscipoWcrcd 10y the blind
fr-r.liluceol tle> jln and thus lost 10 view.
OuIIel>'hof> elt,mber it va, past IL perl
l.i.u and oi such dazzling spl,ndor - II
EMERGED from dose proximity 10 the sun
a. o. B., seen ly several Observers III H.
position three or Jour degrees west oI the
.a.. The comet was u0W ON liz return
Journey into space. ON the l3th al noon
+. ys, about ,izht de-rec- west from
f.. sun and sill -oinc westward. ASSUME
m- these facts T. uc true We must also Is
.-.. tl4. -lr r,rihciiOn distance J. Very
.,.n. I'm ,rd,r 70 fulfil these relations the
..-..t must have
p...--, .rot-lD TIE SIN
.l-.. ...t, 49,, clos. obi. almost to
" '"' m, .,,,,,,.ition.
v.ro established yesterday iN rough cat
c ton, oi nature which astronomers
'' ' .,,l, - Prof..,or Bo-,
...., nut b.,,.
..t 49,. ,r,.r. ,n,nct Is #
49, 80. and only l,ral-
'.'.. i ~. Nv, ti. rrca,
B" ~ i.t.. ''''' lisa oni,. y. >trikin-
t.S. H.. nubli,bcl
'.'''. 800 fSfe L..',r.a .trik-
.ii.',', ~, ,,.i,,t j. written OF the
,r..,n, comet.
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