BRIGHT NEW COMET.
REPORT FROM COPENHAGEN
CAN BE SEEN BY NAKED EYE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Monday.
Dr C E. Adams reports that the New' Zealand Astronomical Society has received advice- by cable from the International Astronomical Union at Copenhagen of the discovery of a bnght comet of the fourth magnitude on August 14 at 9 hours 20 minutes, Greenwich mean time. The comets position at the discovery was 8 hours 4 minutes right ascension and 2. degrees 40 minutes south declination. The comet, which can be seen with the naked eye, should be visible m the eastern sky in the morning, as it rises about one hour before the sun. It is not known by Whom the comet was discovered. It is entirely a new visitor, and a distinct object in the sky.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 194, 18 August 1931, Page 5
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