A NEW COMET.
DISCOVERY IN SYDNEY. By Telegraph—Press ABsociation-Copyricht Sydney, September 10. Mr. Walter Gale, the astronomer, reports the discovery on Sunday night, with a field glass, of an unexpected comet. Subsequent examination through a tele6copo shows it is of the sixth magnitude nt 7.20 o'clock at night, and that the apparent place determined would bo right ascension 13 hours 37 minutes 1 second, and declination south 3G degrees 31 minutes 2 seconds. This position is nearly midway between (ho stars Tliota. and lota' in the constellation of Centaur. It has a strong central condensation and a short brushlike tail is just visiblo to tho naked eye.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 11 September 1912, Page 7
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107A NEW COMET. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 11 September 1912, Page 7
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