New Comet Found At African Station

Discovery by the Harvard Observatory in South Africa of the second new comet within a few weeks was reported yesterday by Professor Harlow Shapley.

Shapley stated that a telegram from the South African station credited M.J. Bester with making the discovery According to the cablegram from J. S. Paraskevopoulos, superintendent of the Observatory location of the new comet is seven hours, 37 minutes and its declination is 75 degrees south. Its magnitude is 7.5 making it visible through a telescope.