THE COMET
/ VISIBLE IN AUSTRALIA.
(UNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
SYDNEY, 22nd April.
A comet,'supposedly Wolfe's, is visible to the naked eye iv various parte of the Commonwealth.
WANGANUI, This Day. The director of the Wangonui Observatory declares that the comet now visible to the naked eye is not Wolfe's comet. Tho latter is Very faint, and not in the 6ame portion of the heavens, although visible with a large telescope at the same hour. Mr. Ward adds that credit for tho discovery of the 6trange comet appears to bo due to Dr. Hector, of the Hutt, Wellington, who first reported it.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170423.2.65
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 7
Word Count
100THE COMET Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in