HALLEY'S COMET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 13 April 1910, Page 3

HALLEY'S COMET.

I A The following table showing the relative movements of Halley's Comet and the suu has been compiled (says the Hawke's Bay Herald) to allow the interested observer to obtain the maximum number of observations with the least possible inconvenience. Until the comet draws nearer there will be little chance of seeing it during the hour preceding sunrise. The figures refer to the head of the comet. The tail, being directed away from the sun, will, of course, be first above the horizon; and during the week preceding the transit a part of it will be visible 2, 3, or even 6 hours before the head. At 3 o'clock on the afternoon on April 20, the comet will have reached its nearest to the sun, and will begin again its long journey into space. A month later it will pass within fifteen million miles of the earth. Venus, bright as she is at present in the morning sky, is yet some sixty million miles from us. The head • f the comet will pass across the disc of the sun on May 19. Should its course coincide with a diameter of ihe disc, it would take one hour to complete the transit. Up to this time the comet will be visible in the morning sky, but afterwards only in the evening, when, from being a bright, conspicuous object, it will melt aAyay, as every day will put a million miles at least between us. We would suggest the loth as the probable date of the comet's first apuearance.

Comet Rises- Sun Rises a.m. a.m. April 13 .. 4.35 .. 6.5 14 .. 4.33 .. 6.5 „ 15 .. 4.28 .. 6.6 „ 16 .. 4.23 .. 6.7 „ 17 .. 4.19 . . .... 6.8 „ 18 .. 4.14 .. 6.9 19 .. 4.10 .. 6.10 20 .. 4.5 .. 6.11 21 .. 4.1 . ' 6.12 „ 22 3.57 .. 6.13 „ 23 .. 3.53 .. 6.14 i „ 24 *.. 3.49 .. 6.15 i 25 .. 3.45 .. 6.16 26 .. 3.42 .. 6.17 •27 .. 3.38 .. 6.18 „ 28 .. 3.34 .. 6.19 „ 29 .. 3.33 .. 6.20 „ 30 .. 3.30 .. 6.21 May 1 .: 3.27 .. 6.22 ' „ 2 .. 3.24 .. 6.23 „ 3 .. 3.24 .. 6.24 „ 4 .. 3.23 .. 6.25 ' , 5 . . 3.22 . . 6.26 „ 6 3.20 .. 6.27 „ 7 3.21 .. 6.28 „ 8 .. 3.22 .. 6.29 „ 9 .. 3.23 .. 6.30 „ 10 3.27 . . C.32 „ 11 3.31 .. 6.33 12 .. 3.35 .'. 6 34 „ 13 3.44 .. 6.35 „ 14 .. 3.56 .. 6.36 „ 15 .. 4.15 .. 6.37 „ 16 .. 4.35 .. 6.38 „ 17 .! 5.4 .. 6.39 „ 18 ' . . 5.45 • . . 6.40 „ 19 .. 6.36 .. 6.41 At midday the comet passes across the sun to appear in the evening sky. Sun Sots Comet Sets 1 a.m. a.m. May 20 .. 4.33 .. 5.42 „ 21 .. 4.32 .. 6.26 * „ 22 ... 4.31 .. 7.27 „ 23 4.30 .. 7.49 >, 24 ... 4.30 .. 9.21 ' „ 25 1. 4.29 .. 9.54 „ 26 .. 4.29 .. 10.3 „ 27 .. 4.27 .. 10.16 „ 28 4.27 .. 10.27 „ 29 4.26 .. 10.32 „ 30 .. 4.25 .. 10.37