THE COMET.
TO, THE EDITOR. ./ - . Sir, — Those of your readers'" who have not yet seen tlie new visitor, tnay perhaps be glad to know when and where to look tor it. I saw it yesterday iribrniug, a few minutes after four o'clock, in the eastern sky, about, t I should think, 20 degrees above the 'horizon. It then presented a very grand appearance ; but half-an-hour later the day was dawning, and it had begun to pale. The comets we have seen during the last few years have been small, and the interest taken in them has, therefore, .not been great. This, however, is a very fine comet, and I remember nothing that approaches it since that of 1858. A cfear morning is, of course, indispensable. I had previously looked for it, both in the morning and duriug the afternoon, but it was obscured by clouds. — I am, &c, W. N. de L. Willis. S. Andrew's, Cambridge, Oct. 4, 1882.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 5 October 1882, Page 2
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159THE COMET. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1600, 5 October 1882, Page 2
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