RECENTLY DISCOVERED COMET TO BE VISIBLE HERE DEC. 19

Skjellerup's comet will be visible for the first time from Cambridge due west just at sundown on December 19, according to an announcement last night by Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and Director of the College Observatory.

The comet, which will be visible for two weeks following its first appearance, will be of the second magnitude and probably brighter than it was at first expected, said Professor Shapley. Skjellerup's comet is named for its discoverer, an amateur astronomer of Melbourne, Australia, and was first identified as previously undiscovered, according to existing records, on December 4.