The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT VISITOR WHICH is
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
j Will Be About Ten Days Before
the Comet Will Be Visible 10 the
Naked Eye Some Observations
Have Already Been Made.

throughout the country are greatly i'll
terested in everything that pertains
to Halley's comet, and are eagerly
reading every item that will, in any
way, throw light en- the subject. To
say the least of it if nothing can ne
gained that is of a definite nature
people can know in measure what TO
expect, SO far as the astronomers
themselves can tell.
The following story to the Chicago
Record-Herald is quite interesting:
Halley's comet has tail at least
? 100000 miles in length. What is
more it is probable that the tail VIII
grow apace as the comet shoots to-
ward the earth at the rate of 5000
Gee miles a day, and that we shall be
able to view the fiery phenomenon in
its entirety without telescope with
in 10 days.
These facts in all their numerical
dignity, are made public on the author
ity of the astronomers at Yerkes OBJ
servatory., Villains Bay, who observ-
ed the comet for almost an hour yes
terday morning under ideal conditions,
Professors Edwin b. Frost and E. Il.
Barnard operated on it with tele-
scores, spectroscopes and photograph
ic telescopes to their hearts content
effectually dissipating the suspicion
that the eccentric Joy rider had
/ mislaid its appendage in its recent
| journey behind the sun.
Comet is Photographed.
| Professor Barnard secured a salts
factory photograph of the comet, tail
| and all, with his observatory's Bruce
+ Photographic telescope, which had
l cen specially equipped. Professor
Frost watched the sky visitor through
his 12-inch instrument and made Il
| spectroscopeic examination, revealing
the fact that the comets light at
J present comes largely from the sun
whereas at the last inspection the
bodys luminous gases were more in
evidence.
TO Professor Frost's eyes the comet
appeared to be Cne-hird the diane
ter of the neon in length while on
the photograph it appears as two di-
ameters of the moon length. Its
{ brightness was comparable to the
brightness of a star of the sixth mag
nitude. the faintest star visible to the
naked eye. The dawn, however, made
the comet invisible to the naked eye.
Professors Frost and Barnard be
gan their observations shortly after 4
o'clock, and stopped few minutes be-
fore ) O'Clock. The Photographic
plate was exposed II minutes to a
clear sky and it's development was a
matter of much interest at the observ-
atory. y $g&l EMWgE
Is Brighter Now.
THE comet locked so per cent
brighter than it did five or six days
ago said Professor Frost. If the
sky had been dark it would have been
visible without the use of the tele-
scope. The comet rose an hour and a
quarter before the san, the dawn be
ing still too strong for view with the
ndhCu eye.
q found il easily with the three
inch finder attached to my instru-
ment, and Professor Barnard and OBJ
served it for some time. 1t looked
simply like bright star with fuzzy
extension OF tail pointing away from
re sun. Ii will look about that way
when it becomes visible to every
body. though the tail may appear
much larger.
1T is not yet safe to predict when
the Genet will be plainly in view, BIZ
I think it will be within 10 days,
The 100000 miles Of tail visible TO
us may represent only a part OF IS
T real length, and that is another poinl
we Shall soon learn
Many students Of the University Of
Chicago plan to get a glimpse OF the
comet this week. The students m
tend to hold comet party as soon as
the celestial visitor becomes visible
TO the naked eye.