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VISIBLE AT PRINCETON,
,rT NOBODY WAS LOOKING FOR
SBE COMET HERE LAST NICHE
<,o,unnbin'. TELESCOPES 20 Be Turned on It
To.night-Beiieyed TO he New Come.
MAYER seen Before by Mortal Eyes

<.,,mb,n,s Telescope 20 Be Turned on It
Top,rht-Beiieved TO he y New Comet,
never seen Before by Mortal Eyes.
pptScrToH. n. j.. July 11.-At $50 tonight
Assistant Prof. Taylor Reed who has charge
~ tho university observatory during Prof.
younr's vacation, was able to see the now
.omet for tho first time. He turned the tel
sscope upon 1t and pronounced II to be Of be-
tveen the second and third magnitude. about
tsn minutes in diameter. and ut that time it's
no,Ition was right ascension 9 hours and 80
minutes.
nThe conditions were unfavorable for observ-
.tion. ms clouds soon obscured the field. At
tbo most favorable MON ent he could trace but
two degrees OF tall. but no said he had no
doubt but that observations in other parts Of
Tho country would show It to be six or even
sight degrees longer.
The most remarkable thing about this comet
IA its very straight tail. When he applied tho
,pectroscope. th6 lights which are generally
secn IN comets were indicated. namely, those
due to hydro. carbon. which are the same as
The spectrum OF Bunsen burner. How long
II will remain visible is not known. as its rate
OF speed is not yet determined.
The comet which ought to have been visible
s ssf~, SnH Thc Observatory at Coumbi"
GSl'Sss %ts tower 01s
s SfG tss as n u pa
as he only had a meridian telescope. he could
not search the heavens for the comet,
10 Understood it was visible to the naked eye.
ecss sa ss'f hc
the, newcomer would be plane1 in few
GroIumbis College observatory at fiftetR
street tonight and try to make an ohserva-
Arss RsS f IN Salt L%fs CITY last satur
day Sh It MADE SO plainly Ssse thSt
sSs rs "a o;ia, f. ~
ss sm nSbs has sass sep the Ssse
observatory in New Haven it has been photo
s AZ s som se Is enrsy ssH
which has never been seen from the earth be-
fore. 1t will probably 20 down into astro-
comet It is a very brilliant body. and appears
to have n strong central condensation.
so MY eG has The only
explanation given By the astronomers Is that
sstms ssdasn gf Brilliant TaDf 0m or S sse
Ing passed through some portion OF space
where there is an atmosphere Or some other
comet is moving southeast, and Is said to have
atsil from Aye to to ton degrees s- in length; .
IL
able to see it in the northern heavens as soon
Rs darkness comes on. As tho night grows
late tho comet sinks nearer to the horizon.
and It Is then more dif1icult to distinguish 1t
on account Of the density Of the atmosphere.
At o'clock the comet ought to be. visible in
the north. about Is degrees above the horizon.
AS OBSERVED AT BAN FRANCISCO
sAS Francisco July 11.-San Franciscans
who CHANGED to look out toward the north
western horizon last evening might have
caught glimpse with the naked eye OF the
comet which was first seen on the night OF the
9th inst. by Alfred Rordame o! Salt Lake. and
on Sunday night by Prot: Swift at Warner OBJ
bervatory. Rochester. N. Y.
! Prof. George Davidson Of this city saw the
visitor soon after sunset last night with Q
binocular. and between 8 and 8 o'clock It was
plainly visible to the naked eye. Said the
observer:
AT $3.50 tho comet was about fifteen de-
grees high It was in tho constellation Of the
lynx very near the outer points Of the Great
Bear and not far from the two stars Iota and
Kappa Ursa Major. In magnitude It appear
sd to be about like that Of o star Of 3H magni-
tude. with large coma diffused. and q nucleus
not made out with tho binoeular."