A NEW STAR SEEN
ADVICE FROM MELBOURNE OBSERVATORY’ (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, 17th August. Dr. C. E. Adams, the Government Astronomer, to-day received a cable message from Melbourne—presumably from the observatory there—announcing the discovery of a nova, or new star, in Ophiuchus, an extensive consellation which lies north of the Scorpion. It was seen on 15th August, and was of the sixth magnitude, so that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is not likely to increase in brightness, but it will no doubt be closely studied by owners of telescopes, especially those fitted with spectroscopes. No indication of the exact position was cabled.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 August 1933, Page 11
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106A NEW STAR SEEN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 August 1933, Page 11
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