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NEW COMET 1902 d (GIACOBINI).—A telegram from Kiel, dated December 3, announces that the fourth new comet of this year was discovered by M. Giacobini at Nice on December 2d. 12h. Its position at 10h. 0m. (Nice M.T.) was R.A. =7h. 17m. 6, Dec.=1° 58′., and it is moving in a northwesterly direction. A second telegram, dated December 4, says that the comet was observed by Herr Graff at Hamburg on December 3d. nh.′5, and its position for 1511. om. (Hamburg M.T.) was R. A.=7h. 17m. ′4, Dec. -1° 51′ S. The daily movement in declination is + 3′, and the projected path of the comet passes near to the border line between the constellations Gemini and Orion.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 67, 137 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067137a0
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