The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-26

Dr. Campbell Tells the Approach of Visitor the Heavens
Visible To the Naked Eye-Point That VIII Touch Us
Will Do No Harm. Says the Scientist

Mount Hamilton California March 16-Haeys comet Of
late claimed great deal of attention Lick OBJ
servaoy here and Of the most interesting and important
suits OF the observations taken included bulletin issued
from Director W. W. Campbell Office In his bulletin Dr. Camp
bell states that Haleys
ton chiefly by Astronomer Curtis with the Crossey rejecting
telescope from its edscovey September the present me
this interval the comets distance from the has decreased from
more than 300 miles about S 900 miles The bright
has increased corespondngy object could
be in the most powerful telescope nearly sixth magnitude
During the days the head of the has been
close to visibility by the naked and of conspicuous OBJ
ect In the telescope The comet is at the present time really
large body and far the other side of the and because
OF its great distance appears relatively small and faint Recent
photographs recorded the tail usually consisting of
slender streamers radang from the head degree
long Inasmuch the tail pointing away from and
consequently oeshortened its actual length space about
100000 miles.
The comet is not observable for is the
direction and rapidly passing the On March rs its dec
ton from us will be six degrees due north of the Thereafter
and until May Io 1T will be morning object On April the comet
will rise hour and four minutes sunrise while
never safe to predict how bright comet going to be- it
peced that the head of the comet aud perhaps little of the TAIL
will be visible to the naked shortly following that date
Its position slightly above the Eastern horizon will eight
degrees north of the east point
The comet will reach its closest approach the April
o with distance OF 54OOOOOO miles separating the two bodies
1t will still be farther from the earth this dis
ance will rapidly decrease until May 18 the will pass
100000 miles from the earth Late April and early in May the
comet should be fairly conspicuous the low sky break
of dawn
The passage exactly the and the earth
event. and astronomers taking great the
phenomenon though unfortunately the passage after the
and the comet have for all European Observers and for all
American observers except those living west of the Rocky Mountains
Mathematical have predicted that the head of the
will the space exactly between the earth
622 o'clock Pacific standard m the evening of May 49, and
of this space 1872 o'clock OF the evening The
phenomenon feared cannot be observed to advantage from
California because the that time will be close the horizon
and observations must be made through great of
atmosphere Observers the Hawaiian islands, Australia and Asia
will be we'll situated in this regard.
Inasmuh the tail of the comet always points approximately
from the the earth due pass through the tail of the
May Is distance of 900 miles from the head
In this the will be great and
considerable scientific Inasmucha especially
at such great distance from the head extremely aenuated
there the slightest chance of deeterious effect upon
restrial life.