THE APPROACHING COMET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 304, 26 November 1883, Page 2

THE APPROACHING COMET.

L .M^ G.; thff : Sydney Evening .ois.^mws regirding a comefi ,now; '..wpujly' l ooining, into vieiejr-rf'l^rpm tl?ia (elements of Xt" Palisa ,« hich ' He jri yes, I Have coßQputed positions of the comet, at successive intervals of 30 days, from which, rdjertgoL to the earth's places at corresponding dates, it is manifest- that wej m ,t>his; southern, hemisphere, shall not be abte tb'feee iV^Sit nextlflgbJuary, during whicil month it wiUMbe k con.spicaoftfobjebt ifl /our; western Wenfnlj sky. Oh 'the niglit. of 3rd February, at which date- ib-ia also nearest to tho sun, it -will b& aK>ufe; 90 mfliitfnsy of 'miles distant from che" earth-r-as near anap^ preach as- the magnificent comet of last year. "Whtn wo. consider that it was visible on 3rd September Jasfc^at a-dis-tance of '236 millions o&tnihßsvfrom the snn, and a li^le less from .tilie , earth, and, moreover, is approaching us at an accelerating speed- of lover two millions of miles a day, we may expect n pro^ dlgious^iticreafeQ of . appauftii si2e and, brilliance 7 at' this >' comparatively! srcfalF ' distance. At this date, (SrcLJEfibpuarylj : hrfw.e<tes'te* will jbpabovej our hor^zbn s ] f -'f : f Vfery short J time - (alwutcin hour }> t afteir sunsec. "■''Thb-inte*cw^jyietween the setting of the sun and the setting of the -will; howete?; .tepi^lf fi^4 : c'reaseMJaily,'aß^ the ; cqaiet' qro^'the .plane^of the earth's orhit,o ok b Jgth 1 Fiebruar^ at a 4»stftuce ot 78 1 of*nnies : From tlie^ap and o^!' rfiffltonj' of;'miidi from the eujtftg'kot" f^,xlel" s f^bn^ oiu* viqw m the s^utUern regions of space."