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COMET 1889 d (BROOKS, JULY 6).—The comet reported in NATURE of July 11 (p. 255) as having been discovered by Swift on July 5 appears to have been an observation of Barnard's comet of 1888 September 2, there having been an error in the transmitted position. The position should have been:—
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Our Astronomical Column.. Nature 40, 284 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040284a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/040284a0