The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-15
COMET GROWING BRIGHTER
SAID To BE MOVING FURTHER
WEST
Many People Saw 1t Last Night From
Pacific Heights and Other High
Polnts-What Prof. Lyons Says.

1t seems practically certain that the
comet now visible in the early evening
i'm the southwestern sky, and first re-
ported by Charles a. Elston is the one
seen at the Cape of Good Hope, April
%. 1t is attracting the attention of
astronomers all over the world. The
mainland papers devote considerable
space to the subject. The discovery
and movements of this celestial Vsitant
are told in the following dispatches:
ELKHORN, (Wis.), April 27.-The
new comet which was observed this
morning at the Yerkes Observatory at
Williams bay is said by the astrono-
mers to be the brightest that has APP
peared for nineteen years. Notice was
received yesterday by telegraph from
Harvard University that a comet had
been discovered at Queenstown, April
odd and observed at Cape of Good
Hope on the morning of April 25th. It's
position at that time was about six
| teen degrees southwest Of the sun. Its
position this morning was some fifteen
! degrees north of the sun, indicating
very rapid northeasterly movement.
Nothing could be seen of the celestial
visitor last evening at sunset, but this
| morning Professor e. X. FROST, as
/ sisted by f. II. Sullivan, saw the new
comet appear above the horizon. About
| twenty minutes before sunrise it could
/ be plainly seen, although the sky was
! quite light. 1t was of an orange color
with two prominent kites or streamers
! 1t remained visible until fifteen min
utes or more after sunrise, when it
! faded away in the growing light 1t
was too low in the sky to be observed
by the forty-inch telescope and the sky
was so bright that nothing could be
seen with the twelve-inch instrument
CAMBRIDGE (Mass.), May A
telegram has been received at Harvard
Observatory from its station at Are
quipa, stating that very bright comet
was seen at II hours 25 minutes, Green
witch mean time, in right ascension 3
hours 80 minutes and declination l de-
gree.
LIMA (Peru), May A bright comet
has been visible from here during the
past fortyeght hours. 1t is approach
! ing the western horizon.
| CAPE TOWN, May 3.-Another COM
ct was observed at 6 o'clock this even
ing. 1t was travelling in northwestern
| ly direction.
CAMBRIDGE CMass.), May IA
cablegram to the Harvard Observatory
from Professor Kruntz at Kiel Obser-
vatory says that the comet seen at the
Cape of Good Hope will appear soon on
| the northern hemisphere.
Thus it seems probable that Hawaii
is the first portion of the United States
in which this comet is visible. A con-
siderable number of people went IN Pa
cific Heights last night to see the COM
ct. The hotel site at the upper end of
the electric car line offers a splendid
place from which to view it. By Sc
lecting a proper position on the hotel
terrace the lights of the CITY are shut
off entirely by the edge of the terrace
giving a clear and unobstructed view
of the heavens from the horizon to the
zenith. The altitude also takes the OBJ
server above the mist and smoke in
! the atmosphere THAT obscures the view
near the horizon. Prof. Lyons says
that the comet set last night almost
exactly in the west. He made sure of
this by looking up the declination of
| the stars near which it is seen. The
direction in which to look for the comet
may be readily found by first locating
! the north star and then the Southern
Cross, which is very brilliant as seen
| from the Heights. and then looking in
the direction midway between these
Prof. Lyons says he estimates the
| length of the tail at ten degrees. The
comet is rising higher in the heavens
and can probably be seen more plainly
| tonight, even than it was last night.