the comet-1

the comet-1

The Comet – I is a story that revolves around the revelation of a comet whose discovery took place by Manoj Duttada. Duttada is an ambitious yet amateur astronomer who discovers a comet. The name of his telescope was Dibya Chakshu whose meaning is Divine eye. He spends most of his time with his telescope. His wife’s name was Indrani Debi who had a wish that this discovery didn’t take place. This was because she was superstitious by nature. Duttada tried to assure his wife that comets are not responsible for the calamities that happen on Earth. Most noteworthy, a British astronomer made a claim that there will be a collision between the Earth and the comet. Also, the estimation was that this comet would collide with the Earth in exactly ten months. A decision was made to arrange for a conference of international experts to deal with it.

The story Comet- I begin with a moonless night in December in which a cool breeze was flowing. There was a disturbance in the sleep of Indrani Debi due to this cool breeze. Indrani was the wife of Duttada, an amateur scientist.

Duttada was at this time observing stars with his telescope whose name was Dibya Chakshu. Duttada had not closed the door nor was he wearing a sweater. This is because he was too busy with his telescope.

To Indrani Debi, the telescope was like a cunning woman who took hold of her husband. Duttada had a need for money to buy a telescope and spare time to observe the stars. Now at retirement, he had both.

Duttada had the ambition to discover a new comet. Comets can be new because they come from far away places of the solar system. The longish tail of a comet shines in the sunlight when it comes near the sun.

Duttada was optimistic about discovering a new comet because other professional astronomers were focusing more on galaxies. Then that night, Duttada was able to discover a new comet. Furthermore, there was no mistake in his calculations.

There was the publishing of Duttada’s discovery in the ‘Ananda Bazar Patrika’. Duttada had informed the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore about the location of the comet. Afterward, IIA made a confirmation of this discovery and the comet was named comet Dutta.

Duttada didn’t like many functions and receptions which he was made to attend due to his introvert nature. Furthermore, his wife said that comets bring bad luck and so she had a wish that this discovery never took place. Moreover, Duttada told her that comets had nothing to do with the problems on Earth.

Sir John Macpherson gave James a typescript whose publishing was to take place in ‘Nature’. John told James that the editor of ‘Nature’ was his friend. This was an important manuscript whose publishing was to take place.

James had made a prediction that Comet Dutta would collide with earth. This would certainly be a great catastrophe. He told Sir John that his calculations were very accurate. With the exception of some rare circumstances, the collision would certainly take place.

This collision is going to take place in exactly ten months. This leaves living beings with only ten months only to survive. Sir John’s suggestion was that there should be a meeting of experts and that the matter must remain a secret to avoid panic. Sir John began to make preparations for an international conference.The Comet- I story tells us that not every discovery is necessarily delightful and that some could be disastrous.