THE LOWE COMET.
;; ADELAIDE ASTRONOMER'S DIS- .. . , COVERY.: r. ../ , : ; ;'- ; Further details . are to - hand,\ in' Australian flics/ of the reported discovery of a new comet.'by.'Mr. B. Lowe, of Laura. 'It, vcas 'first seen, by Mr. Low© at 3 oil the'morning,of December 31, through a small' telescope ;of 3hi.":. aperture, and up to,.the present it' has ,not brightened sufficiently to be seen with the naked eye Or.even with field glasses.; Y\ '■'<.•"'•:• The positions in which it has Jjecn observed, according lo a rough'chart forwarded by Mr. Lowe, arc as follow:—December 31: Eight ascension 13dcg. 18min., declination i south Gdcg. SOmin. •: January 3: 13dcg. SSmin,. and 17deg. dOmin. January s:'. Udeg. 7miri. aud 25dept. 40min. January 61 fideg. SOmin. and ; 29deg. ;50 ' ''.-, .-. '•■ ■•'■',■■;' '■'•'■ , ;/'.■ •': " At' the time of the discovery', it was, therefo'ro, near,the bright star Spica, in the .constellation of Virgo, and''it-has since moved through Hydra and Scorpio in the direction of tho'Milky AVay. ' , ' Mr. Lowe is an enthusiast in-astronom-ical matters,'and for some time past has devoted a considerable amount of tnuo to the study of the constellations, and particularly to tho interesting .pursuit, of comet-hunting, .' ■" ;■■■'■- ■■■ ■■' ' •'' ■■'■': ■',•,,,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 4
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182THE LOWE COMET. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 4
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