NEW COMET
: ED FROM WANGANUI POSITION AT MIDNIGHT After waiting patiently all last evening for the sky to clear, Mr W. H. Ward, of the Wanganui Observatory, sighted through a telescope the comet reported as being seen from Wellington recently. He gave its position at midnight as being right ascension 21 hours 23 minutes 30 seconds and declination 22 degrees 10 minutes south. Although the comet has not yet
- developed a tail and appears more as e a hazy patch of light with a star in i the centre, it may be seen with the I - naked eye well up toward the zenith f - in the north-eastern sky. At midnight s it appeared to be almost overhead. s Providing the sky Is sufficiently clear, the Wanganui Observatorv wi’ t be open 1o the public this evening.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 7 August 1936, Page 8
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136NEW COMET Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 7 August 1936, Page 8
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