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MELLISH'S COMET (1915a).—A recent number of the Comptes rendus (vol. clx., No. 9, p. 301) publishes observations of Mellish's comet made at the Observatories of Lyons and Marseilles. The observations at the former were made by M. J. Guillaume between February 20 and 26. The comet is described as of the eleventh magnitude, with the aspect of a circular nebula about a half-minute of arc in diameter, with vague boundaries, and with a condensation or very small nucleus excentric towards the sun. The note by M. Coggia on the observations at Marseilles describe the appearance of the comet as diffuse, irregular, without any brilliant part or condensation. Its magnitude is given as 11. The ephemeris given in this column last week extends up to March 24.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 95, 75–76 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095075a0
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