A Celestial Visitor.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 32, 27 April 1917, Page 5

A Celestial Visitor.

MAY RIVAL HALLEY’S COMET. In the eastern sky early on any clear morning there is plainly visible to the naked eye, the new strange comet that the astronomers have become so absorbingly interested in since it first floated into their line of vision. The new comet is already well above the horizon. It has the intensity of a dear white star, with a long tail pointing almost directly to the zenith, with just the slightest inclination northwards. The tail does not appear to taper at all, a fact which signifies that the comet, as it approaches the sun, will become a wonderful phenomenon, possibly outrivalling the great comet of 1910. The new comet is regarded as a total stranger. Nobody can say when it last visited the sun. It is supposed to have a period of anything up to thousands of years. It is bound to be an object of absorbing interest from now onwards. As it approaches fhe sun it will be more seen every morning. After it has circled the sun it will be visible in the evening sky.