COMET REAPPEARS
OBSERVATION IN AUCKLAND DETAILS OF ITS MOTION Geddes' Comet, was discovered so long ago as last June, is still visible to New Zealand watchers. On Thursday morning an Auckland astronomer determined its position as right ascension 15h. 16m. 305., declination sdeg. 50m. south, or 3deg. north of the star Beta Librae. The comet presents much the same appearance as when seen last July and August,' the tenth magnitude nucleus being surrounded by a roughly-circular coma perhaps a magnitude fainter and with a diameter of about l^min. When discovered by Mr. Geddes, the comet lay near the southern celestial pole. It has subsequently moved steadily northward and was for ..some time lost behind the Sun. It has now become prominent in the morning sky. As its distance from the Earth is decreasing more rapidly than its distance from the Sun is increasing, the comet's brightness may remain almost unaltered for some time to come. It remains visible only telescopically.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21401, 27 January 1933, Page 10
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