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Show Mount Hauimon, Cel., Deo. 6. I'crrln's comet was again observed hero this morning at the Lick observatory observa-tory after u Interval of several day of cloudr waathar. The coml has grown much brighter aud it now plainly vlainle to tbe naked ve. It I a bnxy uejaol of about tha fourth marul'ufle and uow rites about five bonis llfluea uilnutes lu lba morning a little s'iuth uf east. As tl Is rapidly nearlng the sun II will continue to riso later e-ch morning. Decembor id 11 will cross tbe sun about aeveu drgrees to tne south aud will then become an evening object, but will ba rather uu-ravornniy uu-ravornniy situated lor oaaeivation lu the uorinerii beoilsphere. The uaarest approaoh to tha sun will oeour on le-teiubarlSal le-teiubarlSal a distance of at'out lb,. tHMl.nuO nil I On Dcnember 17 tne comet will obtain Us niHximum brlghtueM as seen from the eurth , being at that time about eighty Unit's as bright as at Its dlai-overy. Abjut December i.7 It will be farthest east from tba sun el a dls-Uucsuf dls-Uucsuf at oul thirteen d gri ss, wht u It will again approach thuaitu, paeilug elrlil dvgrave to lUu north uu Jai.tisry III when It airuln will become a im.ru-Ine im.ru-Ine object. It is uow situated iu thu easlwru part of lb Ojualellalluu libra aaaaiBejBwaiiinaiBwniimsaaw'isiH I'HSiirii In the rlgl-t B-C'-Liloti lo Inn s. 'it ml Rules aud South d i h net Ion. A I pbotngrapn waa taken tl uiortiine I .' I A. L, Cullon and II shows tne Ixil in be compo-cd of nne loin- str am r nn I srvr.il a'tnrl Oliff. I li principal tri.Atni-r I much i urve l a:nl i i t .n l show lotpe of the r -'idt n-a'loii eluu tar to the t hennmeiia whicn lievt been photnirMt.hed In fVi rl of the brighter comets of rrcvnt years. |