Show BRIGHTEST THE PAST TEN YEARS IN SIGHT san cal july WW campbell of lick gives out the following the comet discovered by benelly Be relly at marseilles three week ago hw in a deir observation by bariou a of the lick 1 staff a tobe an interesting malts brightness bright nesa has increased very until now it je as easily fourth magnitude star on bionday evening ere experience no in about one or two degrees el the bright star alpha cagni it tan carrying it about degreed daily anc orbit jat the comet habbep hae bep coni by prof perrine it jenei in a parabola sri such way that ap to the nn will occur mt at a distance of about 31 miles its present distance fitow the sun is about jalcs and from the barta about to the unassisted eye the coett byear as a hazy patch of night n i ah ef acute eye should to detect a abort ibort tail from the sun our photos have recorded two prominent tails each several degree in length while it is always unsafe to make predictions as to how brighta comet will grow yet there little doubt that thi ona will be a fairly conspicuous object in be eky in fact ex itji to be the brightest teat comet of the ten years |