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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18629, 5 December 1928, Page 7

Since the new comet was reported to have been seen by Wellington observers early last week, the south-east-ern sky in Christchurch has not been clear till yesterday morning, when a local resident, returning home at about two o’clock, discovered the celestial visitor. To the naked e\ r e it is a small, faint object; but a good field-glass discloses a globular mass. It has a dull incandescent glow, and, apparently’, has no tail—though the position of the comet may account for that. It is situated near the Southern Cross, and was fairly high in the south-eastern sky at 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday. The comet can be picked up by drawing an imaginary triangle, beginning at the lowest of the pointers to the head star in the Cross and then east and downwards. The comet is situated a little below where the left side line of the triangle would join the base line.