HALLEY'S COMET.
The director of the Wanganui Observatory reports that Halley's comet continues to increase rapidly in size and brillancy. Its nucleus has now become star-like, and the corona extends towards the sun in greater volume than when seen previously. The magnitude of the tail was quite 3 Yi deg., angular measurement as seen on Saturday morning last, at 5 o’clock, and it begins to show signs of its perihelion passage in a distinct twist about half-way down its length, the tail, from this point to the end, being directed at a different angle to the rest of it. The moon will now interfere somewhat with observations by the naked eye for a matterof a fortnight or so. Ur. Kennedy, Rector of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, who has been closely observing the daily progress of the comet, states that it is now almost as bright as a star of the fourth magnitude. Its tail, as seen through field glasses, measures about one degree of arc, equivalent in length to 1,645,000 miles. It is now daily increasing in brightness, and at present is most favourably observed about 5 a.m. directly under Venus.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 831, 26 April 1910, Page 3
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191HALLEY'S COMET. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 831, 26 April 1910, Page 3
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