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The Waxahachie Daily Light
Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
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Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith Observatory and astronomy professor at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., discovered a new comet at 4 AM on October 21 in the eastern sky, in constellation Sextans. This is his 27th comet find.
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Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 22.-Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith Observatory and professor of astronomy at Hobart College, discovered a comet about 4 o'clock yesterday morning in the eastern sky. Its position was right ascension, ten hours 37 minutes 20 seconds; declination south one degree 27 minutes.
The comet is in constellation Sextans, with moderate motion eastward and visible through small telescopes.
This is the twenty-seventh comet discovered by Prof. Brooks.
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Oct. 21, About 4 O'clock In The Morning
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Dr. William R. Brooks discovered a comet in the eastern sky at about 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Its position was right ascension ten hours 37 minutes 20 seconds; declination south one degree 27 minutes. The comet is in constellation Sextans, with moderate motion eastward and visible through small telescopes. This is the twenty-seventh comet discovered by Prof. Brooks.