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THE COMET 1786 II.—This comet is of interest as being the first of the eight comets discovered by Miss Caroline Herschel. It was observed for eighty-two days, being visible to the, naked eye for a fortnight. The observers were Maskelyne (Greenwich), Wol-laston (Chislehurst), Machain and Messier (Paris), and Reggio and Cesaris (Milan). Miss Margaret Palmer, who has made a re-investigation of the orbit (Astr. Journ., No. 744), finds the following ellipse as the most probable orbit:—
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 102, 413 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102413a0
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