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MELBOURNE TELESCOPE OBSERVING A COMET. MELBOURNE, Feb. 18. For the purpose of observing the comet Pons Winneckc, which will be visible in Australia in June, July and August, the big telescope at the Melbourne Observatory, which has not been used for 40 years, is being put into commission again. The instrument is 166 ft. long, and the moveable section weighs nine tons. It is the second largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19771, 19 February 1927, Page 8
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74IN USE AGAIN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19771, 19 February 1927, Page 8
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