THE NEW COMET.
SEEN FROM STRATFORD, In our issue of last Friday it was stated in a cable message that a comet had been discovered at Benin, near the star Delta Ophiuchus. Mr A. W. Burrell, of Stratford, from his private observatory, located the conn's on Sunday, the sth, at 2.30 a.m. Its position then was: Right ascension, 16 hours 29 minutes; South Declination, 6 degrees 20 minutes. Owing to adverse weather conditions ho was unable to re-observe the comet until 2.15 a.m. to-day, when ho found it had moved to the following position: Right Ascension, 16 hours 39 minutes; South Declination, 4 degrees 20 minutes. It is a very faint object, with a very slow motion in a north-easterly direction.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 91, 8 April 1914, Page 5
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121THE NEW COMET. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 91, 8 April 1914, Page 5
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