A NEW COMET
DISCOVERY AT COPENHAGEN (Per Ptea* Asaoclatlon.—- OopyrigM.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Dr. C. E. Adams- reports that the N T ow Zealand Astronomical Society has received advice- by cable from the International Astronomical Union at Copenhagen of the discovery of a bright cornet of the fourth magnitude on August 1-1 -at 9 hours 29 minutes (Greenwich mean time). The comet’s position at the discovery was 8 hours 4 ipinutes right ascension and 22 decrees Id minutes south declination. The comet, which can be seen with the naked eye, should be visible in tho 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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Northern Advocate, 18 August 1931, Page 7
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132A NEW COMET Northern Advocate, 18 August 1931, Page 7
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