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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 22:31, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
... that cometC/1963 A1 (Ikeya) was discovered by 19-year-old amateur astronomer Kaoru Ikeya using a self-made telescope? Source: "Discovery of a new comet by a 19-year-old Japanese amateur astronomer on January 2, 1963, brought the first addition in eight months to the list of new comets. Kaoru Ikeya found a diffuse object of twelfth magnitude about 3° southwest of π Hydrae while observing with an 8-inch reflector he made him-self." Roemer, Elizabeth (April 1963). "COMET NOTES". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 75 (443): 199–201. doi:10.1086/127932. ISSN0004-6280. JSTOR40673982. S2CID250743275.