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definitely to the year IL. B. c. Chinese
astronomers recorded that visitation
and subsequent ones. Some authori-
ties trace it back to 500 years b. c.
On its return this yea it was dis
covered almost exactly in the region
OF space where eminent mathematic-
ians had computed its position. AT
that time it was over 300. 900 900 miles
from the sun. That was in Septem-
Der. At midnight on December 1, it
was on the meridian. a few degrees
south Of exactly overhead. 1t APP
preached the earth to within 125. 000,-
600 miles. but comet and earth are
separating now owing to contrary
orbital motions. 1t is rapidly ap-
%proching the sun and March oath will
be exactly on opposite side of the sun
from the earth, as you will note in
the diagram showing positions and
dates April goth it will swing out
in the morning sky. tnen appearant-
ly Jack toward the sun. but in reality
swinging in to pass between sun and
SoA ~ 1919 Abas WIN oS III
visible for a short time before and
after this events and then will appear
in the evening sky, and slowly vanish
ing will return again to the point OF
its appelion. several hundred millions
of miles beyond the orbit of Neptune,
whence our sun would be a glow
worm light in a cosmic night.
A little westward of directly over
mead about eight o'clock in the even
ing. il you care to look. you will no
tice a little cluster of stars; the
Pleiades. Only a few deereese west is
the rudy star. Mars. ami about half
way down the sky is a star OF yellow
ish hue. Saturn, these mark almost
exactly the comets path i'm January.
High in the northeast is the Big
Dipper. Everybody knows some
thing about the Dipper. Notice
the star at the bend In the %handle--
Mizar. and notice nesting closely to
IL a comranion OF muc lesser light:
Alcor. You may ave to look sharply
10 see IL. for the ancient Arabians ac-
counted IL a test OF eyesight to dis
cover IL. Richard A. Proctor says
that the distance separating those
stars is so great that the orbit OF the
great comet OF 1911 would only span
o~re-fourth OF il. The comet Of 1911
ha.s an orbit six times as great as
HaIey's This means that you
could place twenty-four HALEY come,
orbits end to end ard have a chair
barely long CROUCH to connect these
two stars The orhit OF Halley's
comet LIS between thirtv-fve and forty
thousand millions of miles.
Divide a mile into inches. the inch
would represent, the distance OF tn,
earth from the sun. and the mile. In.
distance 1t would take the suns iigh'
10 travel In a year: a light year: az Il
Is termed technically. And yet. Their,
are stars SO remote. II In affirmed
thousand years.
Wonderful. Is ii not? But listen Il
this from an who stand
among the first In this country today
Prof. Edgar Larkin of Mount Low
observatory, says that the thousand
OF stars we see by natural vision ma.
be cast aside as negligible In comput
ing the sun and world material Il
the Universe.
Please don't worry about what !
going to happen from this Visitation
OF Hailey's comet. There is directly
tty in matter" and all IL he'll
by leash of law.
, Get in the attitude OF mind Elmer
son was when an enthusiastic re
~lieionist declared the world woul
speedily end on a given date. Tn
grea transeenlentalist reflected a mo
ment and said: "Well. l guess I cal
Z get along without Il.