East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-17
Eclipse Of Moon and 'HalIey's
Comet TO be Visible on
Night Of May23.
WANDERER NO LONGER
VISIBLE IN MORNING
Suns Rays Blot Out Brilliance OF
Sky Tramp for Several Nights-By
Total Eclipse of Moon Next Mon
day Night, Fine View of Comet Can
be Obtained-Can BE Seen in Eve
mag From 0 to 1O-No Danger
From Gases of Tail

San Francisco. May 17.-Halley's
comet has now practically disappear
ed in the morning sky, and today Pro-
fessor T. ]. j. See, government as
tronomer at Mare Island, issued the
following statement in regard to the
temperance of the comet in the west
Just after sunset following the earths
passage through the tail Of the comet
on May IS:
"On May 10 the comets head will
set minutes after sunset: on May
20 the interval will be heightened to
one hour and II minutes: on May 81
two hours and 10 minutes! on May %,
three hours and nine minutes; and on
May 23. three hours and 46 minutes.
Thus the comet will move eastward
from the sun quite rapidly, and ought
to be visible in the western sky after
May 20. The upper end of the tail
may be visible on May 10, but as the
moon is then nearly full, 1t is doubt
ful II 1t can be seen in the strong
moonlight. The head Of the comet
probably will be brightest on May 20,
but the strong moonlight will cut down
the light of the tail: and this diff
ficulty will exist each evening till May
30, when a total eclipse of the moon
will occur. and enable us to see both
the head and tail of the comet in a
dark sky, for an interval of 81 min
utes 1t is during the eclipse that we
may expect to get the best views of
the comet and every one should be
on the watch for both the, eclipse and
the comet. The important elements
OF this total eclipse of the moon are as
follows:
Beginning the totally, May 30, 8
H. 9 NJ. Pacific standard time. Middle
OF eclipse, May 23, 9 H. 34.3 M.
standard time.
''Total eclipse ends May 23. 9 H
56.6 NJ. standard time"
Thus from a little after nine to ten
o'clock the moon will be on total
eclipse. and the comet will show both
head and tail and full tail above the
horizon. On May 23, the sun sets at
about Z H. 20 M. in the latitude of
San Francisco, and as the comet fol-
lows the sun by three hours and 46
minutes. the head will not set on this
ing.
Accordingly from half past till
half past 10 o'clock, when the moon
will be nearly covered by the earth's
shadow in space on the evening Of
Monday. May 23, every one should
watch for the eclipse and the comet.
as both will be visible at very reas-
enable hour of the night, it may be
q long time before we again see two
such wonderful sights.
No Danger in Tail.
New York. May 17.--Professor Har-
old Jacoby Rutherford, professor of
astronomy at the Columbia university
in a special article for the United
Press today says there is little likely
hood of the comet striking the earth
or causing an injury tomorrow night.
though they have struck before and
will in the future. He says the head
is solid, but will not come within four
teen million miles. He says perhaps
the tail will enwrap the earth, but that
there is no damage as the tail is less
dense than the air in best vacuum
made by a mercury air pump.