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Viewing Comet Kahoutek will be the highlight of the year's sky scanning for Father George Galea, a priest at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Etob(...)
Viewing Comet Kahoutek will be the highlight of the year's sky scanning for Father George Galea, a priest at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Etob(...)

Viewing Comet Kahoutek will be the highlight of the year's sky scanning for Father George Galea, a priest at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Etob(...)

Date12/14/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Viewing Comet Kahoutek will be the highlight of the year's sky scanning for Father George Galea; a priest at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Etobicoke. Galea designed and built this 12.5-inch f/4 Cassegrain telescope. Here; he shows it to Billy Leeming; 11; of Echo Valley Ridge; Mike Dunlop; 12; of Northampton Pt.; and Teresa Kita of Charleston Rd.
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