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MELLISH'S COMET.—A note in the Times of March 10 states that the orbit of this comet obtained by Andersen and Fischer, of Copenhagen, places perihelion passage at about 1 p.m. on July 25 next, the distance being no million miles. The comet will remain visible to English observers up to the middle of May, by which time it is likely to be faintly discernible with the naked eye. It now rises about half an hour after midnight, the best time for observation being 5 a.m., when it is a little east of south. Its positions at 5 a.m. on the dates named are as follows:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 95, 46 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095046a0
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