Find Comet-Like Object
(P.A.) DUNEDIN, This Day. The Director of the comet section of the New Zealand Astronomical Society (Mr. D. C. Berry, of Wakari), announces the discovery of a faint comet-like object of magnitude 10. Its position when noticed at 10.35 p.m. yesterday, was: Right ascension, 11 hours 39 minutes; declination 10 minutes north. The object, which was close to Jupiter, is at present invisible to the naked eye.
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Northern Advocate, 6 March 1945, Page 5
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70Find Comet-Like Object Northern Advocate, 6 March 1945, Page 5
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