The Great Daylight Comet of 1910
It's unclear who discovered this interloper, though the
first to spot it might have been diamond miners in South Africa returning to the surface before dawn on
January 12th.
By the 17th January it was possible to see the
comet in the daytime sky. At its brightest the comet was much brighter than the
planet Venus. Although discovered in the southern hemisphere people in the
northern hemisphere would have wonderful views of the comet later in the month.
Strange to report this great comet appeared just a few
months before Halley`s comet and many people believed that it was Halley that
they were watching!
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