Halley's Comet.

Progress, Volume V, Issue 7, 2 May 1910, Page 224

Halley's Comet.

This comet is now fairly visible to the naked eye, and will grow brighter till the 19th of the current month, when it will cross the disc of the sun. Dr. Kennedy has compiled the following table, which intending observers would do

well to preserve. It shows for each day the hour at which the comet rises and the sun rises, and the distance of the comet from the sarth in millions of miles : —

The transit of the comet across the sun's disc will take place on 19th May, between 1.50 and 2.50 p.m.

Date May 1 „ 2 B „ 4 v 5 „ 6 „ 7 „ 8 9 „ 10 „ 1] „ 12 „ 13 „ 14 « 15 « 16 „ 17 » 18 » 19 Comet rises a hi. 3.41 3,38 3.38 3.37 3.36 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.40 3.44 3.48 3.57 4.9 4.28 4.48 5.17 5.58 6.49 Sun l'ises a m. 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6 42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 6.49 6.50 6.51 6.52 6.53 6.54 Distance of Comet 73 70 66 62 59 56 52 48 45 41 37 34 30 27 24 21 18 16 15