Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1910 — Comet Ytsible Nightly in The West Soon After Dark. [ARTICLE]

Comet Ytsible Nightly in The West Soon After Dark.

Most people have seen the comet by this time.

Each evening it is visible in the west from shortly after sundown to about 10 o’clock. The comet is rather indistinct but is beautified by a ray of light which proceeds from it, appearing much like a search light. Its brilliancy pierces the sky for a long distance. The comet is gradually receding and will not be visible many nights. It is not so large nor so striking as we had been led to believe it would be and the comet of 1882, which many persons hereabouts should remember and which appeared nightly in the north for some time, was larger, more brilliant and apparently much nearer the earth'.

The comet should appear best tonight, if the sky is clear at about 8:30 o’clock. As the moon is full it doubtless detracts greatly from the brilliancy of the comet.