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...Tombaugh, 24, an assistant at the observatory, saw a strange blotch of light on a new plate. He hastily took the photograph to Vesto Melvin Slipher, director of the observatory. Dr. Slipher joyfully notified his younger brother, Earl Carl Slipher, and the rest of the staff, including Carl Otto Lampland. They were quite excited. Here visibly was Percival Lowell's proof. Night after night they rephotographed the planet. Pictures showed that it moved slightly in the same direction as the other planets. This was additional proof. They might have shouted out their find at once. But they deliberately saved...
Another telegram received at the Observatory from the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, announces the discovery of a new star by Lampland on May 5 in the great spiral nebula Messier 83. The nova was roughly of 14th magnitude, which indicates that it would be visible only with a powerful telescope...
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