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BRIGHT OBJECT NEAR THE SUN.—Prof. Campbell, Director of the Lick Observatory, reports by telegraph an object brighter than Venus that was seen on August 7 3° east of the sun and 1° south. The message states that there is no doubt of the object being a celestial object. It is either a comet or a nova. The former appears more probable, owing to the distance from the Galaxy, where most novas appear.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 107, 759 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107759a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107759a0