HALLEY'S COMET.
VARIOUS OBSERVATIONS. United Press Association--? By Elsitrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 19. The Reynolds reflecting telescope at Heluan Observatory in "Egypt . securpd splendid photographs of Halley's comet, showing a vivid nucleus enveloped in a tail of parabolic outline. The Observatory at the Cape reported that no indications were found of the earth traversing the tail. The passage was nowhere observed in thu United States, though brilliant auroral displays occurred. The comet, as seen at Aden, resembled a searchlight, but the head was invisible.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13739, 21 May 1910, Page 9
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84HALLEY'S COMET. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13739, 21 May 1910, Page 9
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