Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1901 — A New Star in the Sky. [ARTICLE]

A New Star in the Sky.

A new star of the brightest magnitude has appeared in the heaven, within the past few days, and astronomers say its appearance is the most interesting astronomical event for a century. It is probably not a new star but one heretofore dim has, through some unexplained cause grown bright. Such stars have appeared before, and have always grown dim again after a greater or less length of time. This one is now brighter than any other fixed star except Sirius, and bids fair to eclipse even him. In the evening about 8 o’clock the bright star Capella is right over head. The new star is directly west and no great distance away from Capella. Except these two there is no other star of the first magnitude in that portion of the sky.