Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-20
WILL EARTH GO
THROUGH THE TAIL?
Or. Adams Of Carnegie 0bserva-
tory Thinks It Probable and
Calculations Not Show 1t.
TAIL NOW IN EVENING SKY
NJ Atmosphere T. Clear Can be Seen
With Naked Eye soon After
shutdown.

Carnegie Observatory, Mount Wilson,
| Cal May 20-"1t is not improbable
that we win pass through the tell Of
Haucy's comet. and our calculations
not show &c." said Dr. w. S. Adams at
$3.50 O'Clock this morning Pacific time.
.When the tail disappeared below the
eastern horizon 70 was long but much
fainter than yesterday morning. We
may have passed through a portion OF
IT, but that can only Doe determined 10y
calculations SO unusual phenomena
was observed during the night
TAIL IN EVENING SKY.
Carnegie observatory Mount Wilson.
cal. May 2O-Vlrtually an of the tail
OF .HBlley's comet has passed into the
evening sky what little remained this
morning above the eastern horizon viii
have disappeared In the next "a hours.
That section of the tail remaining in
the eastern sky early today stretched
from the horizon 10 the milky way.
near the star Alatir. II was much
fainter than has preceding mornings
II the atmosphere Is clear this eve
ming the comet viii be visible TO the
naked eye soon after shutdown. Much
of the tail viii be seen in the western
skies.
NO TAIL IN THE EAST.
williams BAY. wis. May 20.-Prof
r. r. Frost. i'm charge of the Nerkes
observatory here. expects To make an
observation OF Halley's comet I'm the
west some time shortly before night
Although cloudy skies prevented th-
making Of any positive observations
early today Prof Frost and Prof. r.
r.. Barnard the comet expert. agree
that there viii be no display Of tho
comets tail In the east tonight Tho
scientists say the earth has either
passed through the tail while clouds
obscured the sky or that the tail curved
TO such an extent as to miss earth en-
tirely
IN COMETS PATH.
Denver. May 2O.-Dean Herbert A.
Howe. OF the University Of Denver, says
lac discovered hyc new figures In the
heavens this morning, in the path OF
Hallcy's comet They were moving
swiftly vanished quickly and were 80
small that the dean does not attempt
TO explain them
They looked something like ordinary
shooting stars" he said. and were
moving swiftly i'm the direction OF TIC
path of-the comets tail. only little
higher up I'm the sky They vanished
quickly. ] did not see the tail OF the
comet itself"
WIRELESS NOT AFFECTED.
New York. May 20.-The passage or
near passage of the earth through the
tail of Hallev's comet which some
scientists thought would affect tho
sending of wireless messages, had not
the slightest effect. according To re-
ports from AN parts Of the world re-
celycd here by the wireless companies.
speaking wirelessly,' said the man
agcr of the MarcOni company, I'VE
don't know that the comet has tail
Il has not affected our system at ALL
Tests between New York, Washing
ton and Chicago by wireless expert
mentors. showed no extraordinary at
mosphcric conditions that interfered
with wireless communication. All tho
operators were on the watch for Gee
lestial music" but none was reported.
"The operators Of the telegraph com
pany were also told to observe any
thing out Of the ordinary. as the in
nucnce OF the comet was an unknown
quantity and sun spots We're expected.
Appearance Of sun spots and auroras
and Interference with telegraph serv-
ice are sometimes coincident, but 20
unusual phenomena have been observed
since Hallov's comet came within the
possible sphere Of influence.