Show tIN fiNE PHOTOGRAPHS oi Of nALLEY'S 9 COMET FLAGSTAFF Ariz April April- 27 37 Important Important tant observations of or Halley's 1 comet have been made recently at the Lowell va tory The finest series of photographs were obtained the thc morning of ot April 19 when the tall tail measures about 9 degrees or approximately 22 miles mUes The tall tail has generally divided divided into two dIvergIng di diverging dl- dl verging branches and the distance from the nucleus of the point of divergence has lias 1 varied from 1 day to day ha has On nb been the a larger marked scale variation photographs gr In the there position position tion and number of ot the finer streamers leaving the head As the tail tall is directed away from the sun It is at present foreshortened foreshortened fore tore shortened as viewed from the earth Numerous photographs show the comets comet's to give an unusually bright continuous spectrum which is attributed attributed attributed at at- to reflected sunlight Bisecting and paralleling paralleling- the comet are numerous bright spectrum bands chemically attributed attributed attributed at at- to hydrocarbon and These bands however are said to be less Intense than in most comets |