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By LeAnne Lovings
Staff Reporter
Promotions from comet pills to fris
bees are advertising the return of Hal
ley's Comet this fall. For most people,
this will be their only chance to see the
comet.
The comet was named after Edmund
Halley, an English astronomer, who
correctly predicted its return in 1682.
According to Ed Schmidt, professor
of physics and astronomy at UNL, the
comet was last sighted in May, 1910.
"Back in 1910, they weren't too sure
what was going on. Everyone thought
they were going to be poisoned," said
Jack Dunn, program coordinator of the
UNL planetarium.
That is why comet pills came around,
Dunn said. The pills were supposed to
keep poisonous gasses from the comet
away from a person's body.
Comet pills again are being offered
for nostalgia's sake.
According to Dunn, the comet will
first be visible to the naked eye some
time in December. However, the comet
will only be visable early in the morn
ing, around 3 to 6 a.m.
By March, the comet should be vis
ible later in the day.
The comet will be visible this winter
in the western sky. However, he said
the comet will be visible in the eastern
sky in March. The comet should be
closest to the sun then.
"In April it (the comet) is closest to
the earth, but it will be hard to see then
because it will be so close to the
horizon"," Schmidt said.
It's closest point to earth will still be
40 million miles away.
Dunn suggested that people should
view the comet from the countryside
where it is dark.
"The lights of the city make it virtu
ally impossible to see the comet," he
said.
The Ralph Mueller Planetarium at
UNL's Morrill Hall is sponsoring a pres
entation called "The Return of Comet
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Halley" and is planning another show
about the comet. The presentations
will be shown throughout the time the
comet is visible.
Also, Behlen Observatory in Mead
Neb., will be open for public viewing of
the comet. Viewing hours include: Oct.
12 and 19 from 3 to 6 a.m.; Nov. 1 and 8
from 8 p.m. to midnight; and Dec. 6 and
13 from 7 to 10 p.m.
The Hyde Observatory at Holmes
Lake in Lincoln opens Oct. 13.
Roskens finalist
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"I haven't even had time to think
about it," he said. "I don't even know
what they know about me. I am not
familiar enough with Iowa State at the
moment to know what I'd do.
"There's a certain degree of just
plain feeling flattered to have been
asked," Roskens said.
Roskens received his elementary ed
ucation in a one-room country school
near Spencer, Iowa. He earned his
bachelor's and master's degrees from
the University of Northern Iowa and his
doctoral degree from the University of
Iowa.
Roskens became UNO chancellor
and professor of educational adminis
tration in 1972. In 1977, he became
president of NU.
Salaries priority
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The state's depressed economy has
caused the university to review its mis
sion, Roskens said. He said a lower
budget request this year resulted from
the depressed economy.
"Salaries remain our highest prior
ity," Roskens said. State money, reallo
cating state money and private dona
tions are three appraoches to increasing
faculty salaries, Roskens said.
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