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Show COMET IS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. Salt Lake. April 21 Halley's comet was seen by the naked eye Wednesday Wednes-day morning at 4:4:J o'clock. Professor Profes-sor J. I Gibson, In company with others at tho University of Utah, kept a night vigil, In the hope of catching a glimpse of tho comet, and were rewarded re-warded by getting a good view of the comet at the time mentioned. Professor Gibson said: "The comet had Just arisen above the mountain at 4:43 o'clock. It appeared ap-peared to bo a star of the third magnitude, mag-nitude, but by means of averted vision vis-ion one could see the tail. When the comet was first sighted, the telescope was at once pointed In its direction, and through the instrument a great deal of nebulosity could he seen around the head. The tall appeared to bo from one-quarter to one-half degree In length. We were able to follow tho comet for half an hour, until un-til daylight came on the horizon, when it faded from view. "The comet rises about 2 degrees south from that in which the sun rises. It Is now near the Omega Prlf-clum, Prlf-clum, a star, aud of course, a number of decrees south of the star known a.s Ppasi Gamma. It is about the samel brightness as Pgasl Gamma, and j arises a lew minutes after that star." |