Astronomical Discovery
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Astronomy, Observation, Amateurism, Instruments |
Describes how an 'amateur astronomer', after eating and drinking in a pub, 'discovered the existence of a second Comet', which was the same magnitude as Giovan B Donati's, but only visible 'by the help of a champagne-glass'. | |
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