Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — New Comet Is Disappearing. [ARTICLE]

New Comet Is Disappearing.

The new comet which excited so much comment a few weeks ago has proved an elusive disappointment. It is now rapidly disappearing from sight and has. been practically of no importance to astronomers. There was much of mystery connected with its visit. The three tails which were seen on the earliest observations seem to have disappeared, leaving only a faint nebulous streak. Then, too, the object seen by Prof. Frost of Williams Bay, Wis., on the morning of April 27 and believed by him to be this comet was away out of the orbit which was computed from later observations