BRIGHT STAR
OBSERVATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 13. The star Coronae Borealis, concerning which a report was published- yesterday, is not likely to be so bright as to be visible to the naked eye, as was suggested. Owing to a misunderstanding when the cable about the star's recent appearance arrived from the United States, it was thought that the star was a thousand times brighter than when it appeared in 1866. # Actually it was a thousand times brighter than a week ago. This difference, said Mr I. M. Thomsen, director of the Carter Observatory, meant that the star had a magnitude now of about two, not minus five, as he had previvously estimated. Observations about 3 a.m. to-day failed to 6how any bright star in the region of Coronae Borealis. This might be because the star was fading rapidly. Mr .It. C. Hayes,, acting director'of the liominion Observatory, who was on watch, failed to find any noticeable bright stars that were not well known*
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Evening Star, Issue 25716, 13 February 1946, Page 4
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166BRIGHT STAR Evening Star, Issue 25716, 13 February 1946, Page 4
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