BELIEVE SKJELLERUP'S COMET SIGHTED--DUE TODAY

Skjellerup's comet, due to appear on the western horizon this evening, may have been sighted just after sunset yesterday from the Harvard Observatory, it was learned at a late hour last night from Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and Director of the College Observatory.

The comet, which was discovered a month ago in Australia and has been traced in its course north as far as Washington, D. C., will be most easily seen by the naked eye on Christmas day and will be the brightest one visible in 17 years.

If it can be seen tonight, it will be visible five degrees south of due west just above the horizon and during the half hour after sunset. When it becomes readily visible, photographs in different colors and a spectral analysis of it will be made by the observatory, and from these findings it is hoped that its chemical and structural composition may be determined.