Comely Intensive Aurora Display
WELLINGTON, Tue. (P.A.) A comet that was first reported from Greece can now .be observed from New Zealand.
This comet is stated by the Director of the Carter Observatory (Mr I. L. Thomsen) to be of 10th magnitude and to be in the constellation of Hercules. It cannot be seen by the naked eye, but can be observed through an ordinary telescope. It is a diffused object and no reports of a tail have been received.
Preliminary radio reports from Campbell Island received today by the Carter Observatory state that a most intensive aurora display was witnessed there at about 10 o’clock last night and included a flaming corona.
The display was seen in Wellington from 9 p.m. until about 11 p.m. and was visible even later as a glow.
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Northern Advocate, 16 March 1948, Page 3
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