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Show HALLEi S COMET VISIBLE WITH TELESCOPE SAN JOSE. CaJ., Mav t Director W W. Campbell of Lick observatory has issued is-sued th following report on Hslley's j comet I "Halley'a comet, srnioh was nearest to th sun and to the earth and at Its greatsst brillfanoy mora than a year ago. has been followed .on .Its ourney Into distant spae with the. telearope of th Lik observatory. The comet la now a little farther than Jupiter is from the sun: ths. is. about 3V0oe aoo mi), but Astronomer Curtis hss photogrsphed it with the Creesley renortr-r tm two nights ! this week, exactly In the predicted positions po-sitions Even with th powerful photo graphic telescope th Image of the comet Is extrmelv faint on the plate, and .It would no doubt he Invisible tn th most powerful telescopes If looked at visually. Thc"tnt ts now ft per rent farther from the son than l waa when Its approach ap-proach to the sim waa discovered photographically photo-graphically la September. 10. |