Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Comet
Associated Press
CLOUDCROFT, N.M. —
An amateur astronomer peering through a telescope with a 16-inch mirror that he had ground by hand has discovered a new comet.
Howard Brewington, an electronics technician who had discovered another comet Nov. 16, 1989, said he saw the comet Sunday night in the area of the Pisces constellation.
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