A BRIGHT STAR
NEW ZEALAND OBSERVATIONS (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Feb. 13. The star Coronae Borealis, concerning which a report was published yesterday. is not likely to be so brignt as to be visible to the naked eye, as was suggested. Owing to a misunderstanding when the cablegram about the star’s recent appearance arrived from the United States, it was thought that the star was 1000 times Brighter than when it appeared in 1866. Actually it was 1000 times brighter than a week ago. The difference, said Mr I. M. Thomsen, director of the Carter Ooservatorv, meant that the star had a magnitude now of about two, not minus five, as he had previously estimated. Observations about 3 a.m. to-day failed to show any bright star in the region of Coronae Borealis. This might be because the star was fading rapidly. Mr R. C. Hayes, acting director of the Dominion Observatory, who was on wat r h, failed to find any noticeable bright stars that were not well known.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26077, 14 February 1946, Page 2
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