The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

DEC 01, 1968

An international clearinghouse makes possible rapid dissemination of news about comets, novae and other celestial events when every day counts.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034646

Owen Gingerich

WHEN A NEW STAR bursts forth in the sky or a comet appears unexpectedly over the horizon, astronomers all over the world hope for prompt notification lest possible observations be irretrievably lost. To provide the required world‐wide communications, the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams operates under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass.

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Owen Gingerich, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University.