THE NEW COMET.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —The comet referred to 1 under the above heading in the interesting article in your issue of 17th inst. is the one recently seen at Adelaide and reported in your cable news of 2ord October, t w«s also observed here for several evenings, but the weather was unfavourable for obtaining a good series of positions. It was disOov)e.redj : Oil- Sepiteniber Is 1;, by Mr. Perrino tat the Lick Observatory, California, and registered as''b 1902.' It cros'-ed the earth's path on its. way towards the sun, in! October, and will reeross it about New Year's Day on its outward journey from our system, the earth then being about 10D mili lions of miles dii'Staffit from it. At present it is behind the sun, and therefore invisible to us, but its reappearance may be looked for about the second week in December, in the south-east, a little before sunrise. •-! JOHN' GRIGG. Thames; Observatory. - ;
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Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10500, 22 November 1902, Page 6
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159THE NEW COMET. Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10500, 22 November 1902, Page 6
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