Comet Borrelly 1903, Isaac Roberts and his 5 inch Cooke telescope

 Discovered on the 21^st July 1903 by M Borrelly at the Marseilles Observatory the comet would become an easy naked eye object at magnitude 2.5 it was observed until August 24^th when it became to close too the Sun to be seen.

Isaac Roberts at Crowborough, photographed the comet using his 5 inch Cooke telescope. He also photographed the comet with his 20 inch reflector.

During the time the comet was in the sky the weather was poor and when the weather was clear the Moon was near full making photography difficult. That sounds a bit like the weather today!