THE COMET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 49, 26 January 1884, Page 2

THE COMET.

The ocinietwhicl^was again clearly visible last evening, was first seen upon its return by Mr Brooks m the United States. Its present distance from the earth is a little over sixty million miles. It will be m perihelion with the sun on the 26th January, and is, therefore, about its brightest at the present time. It was expected to be visible to the naked eye about the end of .December, but astronomers sometimes find, as m the case of the Wepjs pqmet of JBB2, thatjthe calculated and observed brightness does not agree, . -. . Thia comet wa* detected by Pens at Marseilles on July 20, 1812, and indepeudecently, at a 'ater date, by Wis- . niewsky, at Novo»Tcherkask; It sub* sequently became visible to the! naked eye, but only remained m sight for about a week, and was not remarkable for. either size or brilliancy. Tt w s chiefly interesting to astronomers, wh «ere able from a study of its movements to fix a probable lime for its rex tv n. It was computed that it would revist the Bo'^syptem m about 71 or 72 years. JV is considered, both m America and Europe, thaj; the celestial body which recntly made its appearance m the northern hemisphere (\i was noticed at. Washington m September last) is no other' than Pong' comet, although the qaestioa cannot be positively determined until the obserrers have more material m their possession.