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Flash Video  |  2010-05-28  |  124.9 MB  |  640x480  |  25fps  |  16 minutes, 32 seconds
Transcription: Good evening. We have a new comet. Only a faint one, but it's in the evening sky now. In the general area of this square of the Pegasus, which you can see in the south corner west after dark. And tonight, December the 21st, it is here. It's not moving very quickly, and by December the 27th, it will have reached that point. It's known as Sorel's Comet because it was discovered by the American astronomer of that name. I'm afraid it's not going to be bright. You can't see it with the naked eye, or even with binoculars, but telescopically you can. And here's a photograph of it taken by Alan Young. ...