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Democratic Messenger
Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland
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Halley's Comet, visible to the naked eye shortly after 5 a.m. in Cambridge, Mass., on April 28, has brightened rapidly with a brushlike tail and nucleus of 2.5-3 magnitude. It promises a splendid display next week and an interesting celestial picture next month in the constellation of Pisces near Pegasus.
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Cambridge. Mass.. April 28.-Halley's comet has brightened rapidly since Friday and is clearly visible to the naked eye shortly after 5 a. m. It is displaying a fine. brushlike tail of some three degrees in length. while the nucleus shines with a brightness of between 2.5 and 3 magnitude. The comet has not yet attained so spectacular a stage as that of comet A. seen in the western sky in January. but the rapidity in brightness gives promise of a splendid display in the course of a week. Astronomers have hope that when it emerges from the bright sunlight in the west next month it will be a most interesting celestial picture. It is now moving through the constellation of Pisces, and for a day or two will be a short distance east of the bright star in the southeastern corner of the great square of Pegasus.
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Cambridge, Mass.
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April 28
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Halley's comet has brightened rapidly since Friday and is clearly visible to the naked eye shortly after 5 a. m. It is displaying a fine, brushlike tail of some three degrees in length, while the nucleus shines with a brightness of between 2.5 and 3 magnitude. The comet has not yet attained so spectacular a stage as that of comet A, seen in the western sky in January, but the rapidity in brightness gives promise of a splendid display in the course of a week. Astronomers have hope that when it emerges from the bright sunlight in the west next month it will be a most interesting celestial picture. It is now moving through the constellation of Pisces, and for a day or two will be a short distance east of the bright star in the southeastern corner of the great square of Pegasus.