Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-26
BROOKS COMET IS
seen NEAR VENUS
Early Morning Riser May
Observe Body of Exception
al Brillianey Wooing the
the Morning Star.

BROOKS comet is making his appear
ance h the eastern sky these morn
inge and his proximity 10 Venus would
suggest q heavenly Filtration. In fac,
Venus seems 80 be highly impress
slonnhle and to welcome the ntten
lions OF the newcomer with show oI
almost dazzling btlliancy Prof Her
bert a Howe of the Chamberlain Oh
! scryatory has given directions as "a
where and when the comet may hest
be seen. His directions follow
Comet Brooks Is NJ the heighth oi
iis glory: It's head is OF the second
magnitude. that Is. It Is nearly as
| bright az the brightest Of the fixed
stars. n disappeared from the evening
| sky week ago. the latest evening
measure OF iis position. being made
| AZ the Chamberlain observatory on
Monday. Oct. i6. II is nov coEspicions
| In the morning sky. on Monday morn.
| ing Oct. %, II was fine object. III.
! tie north OF east. low down In the
sky, with a fine tail stretching up.
ward and a little 20 the lett 10 dis.
lance OF % OF 30 degrees from i,s
| head The tail IL quite faint. except
| HfNA Wv NFN'AffNW 'hAtFNA w WNN H''h
whore arc lights interfere The high
around In the eastern part OF town Is
| the best part Of the city so observe
from
"On Monday morning the tell ap
pcaIed 20 the observer at University
Park 30 branch finely and 10 curve .
little 20 the north. The comet now
rises at about a. m and the best
/ 4 L. t...fs 4
the earliest part OF the half hour he.
Ing the more favorable, because OF the
morning twilight which asserts itself
low down In the sky before the cas-.
ual observer pcrceives that 10 is
| spreading over the heavens
AT the close of the week Il viii
still rise at about I a. M. and may
then be- hest seen AZ a. m. It's bright.
ness being not perceptsbly less than
az present
Throughout the following week q
will continue 10 rise a. about I o'clock
aud will he best seen Ut a. n. During
the week beginning Nov. 2 the moon
viii then be In the morning sky, and
will completely blot out the faint eE.
tensions Of the comets tail Ate.
that the conditions for viewing Tho
comet IN the northern hemisphere
grow steadily worse. as 4 gets fainter
and finally loses itself In the morning
twilight Anv one who wishes 10 see n
should therefore look this week or
ncM In tho early mOrning
The comet Is nearest 70 he sun
IN The middle at this week being then
$4,000 GOO miles from Il and $4,000 600
from NJ After that II begins 60 rccedc
from the sun and continues 10 draw
away from the earth Al the close OF
next We. SATURDAY Nnv - IL VII
DO 40 h00 .O00 miles from the sun aud
~ 600 .Ou0 from the earth
The planet Venus reached ils
greatest brlllia:cy last SUNDAY morn
ing aud will remain at practlcalls The
| same brightness this week and next
| II should not be mistaken Tor the
comet after the twilight has robbed
tho latter of us tail Venus Is far and
laway the brightest object IN the
morning sky and Is south of The east
point Of the horizon. the comet being
below and ~ the left of II Daring this
week aud the following Venus Ia
very readily visible 10 the naked eve
NJ . a. m. when II may he seen d.
rectly In the south, q little over 81
degrees above the horizon This makes
q more than halfway up 90 The zenith.
In a small telescope us crescent form
Is easily perceived