At a few minutes past eight the nucleus of the comet appeared, as usual, hazy and ill-defined, but gradually it brightened until it equaled the glow of the first-magnitude star Regulus, in the constellation of Leo near by. Only a few degrees of tail were visible at first, but as the twilight deepened into night more and more came into view. By 8.40 P.M. it stretched outward about twenty degrees in the direction of the planet Jupiter. The train was long and slender, and not more than five degrees at its greatest width. By 9 o’clock it was clearly visible, a dark streak apparently dividing it just beyond the nucleus; the edges were more or less sharply defined for a distance of about three or four degrees. By 10.30 the train of the comet had almost faded from view; at 10.40 it had become invisible and the nucleus was barely perceptible. Within three minutes the nucleus was almost lost to sight in the haze and mist near the horizon. Meanwhile, the moon had risen in the eastern sky, and by eleven o’clock it was several degrees above the horizon. Its arrival on the scene was the climax of an evening rich in glory, as far as the celestial display was concerned. The view of the comet on this occasion was the best that had been obtained since May 20, and settled beyond doubt the vexed question that had arisen as to whether the comet had lost its tail or had divided in two. Nevertheless, a glance at a photograph taken by Professor Barnard on June 6, shows an apparently smaller comet nestling to the left of the larger, keeping it company, as it were, in its celestial voyage outward from the neighborhood of the sun. By this time the comet had faded sadly, as Professor Barnard expressed it, and, though a noticeable object, was only the ghost of its former self. [Illustration: HALLEY’S COMET From photograph taken by Professor E. E. Barnard, June 6, 1910, at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin ] Where is it now in its outward journey, at the present time of writing (1925)? Science can answer the question as definitely as though it were actually possessed of magic glasses, enabling it to follow the path of the retreating comet, although it has long since passed beyond our range of view. It is now approaching the orbit of the planet Neptune, crossing it in 1933, and reaches its greatest distance outward from the sun in 1943, or 3,200 million miles. In 1964 it draws near to Neptune again, and will be halfway between Neptune and Uranus in 1974, arriving at the orbit of Saturn in 1984. Once more it will gladden the eyes of mortals as it approaches the planet Jupiter, and draws near to pay its respects to its mighty ruler, the sun.