James Keeler at the Lick Observatory in California used the 36 inch reflector telescope which had been presented to the Lick Observatory by Mr Crossley of Halifax, Yorkshire in 1896 into fair working order and employed it in photographing the comet discovered by Mr Brooke on October 20th 1898.
Keeler obtained photographs on 11 consecutive nights from November 4th to November 14th. After this the work was discontinued by the twilight and the construction of the mounting for the telescope the maximum exposure for the photographs had been reduced to 13 minutes.
The best photograph was taken on November 5th and on appearance the comet resembled comet b 1894 Gale, the tail measured only about .75 of a degree long and is very straight and not too distinct.
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