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REID'S COMET.—This comet has been readily visible with the naked eye provided its position was known. In the telescope it has been most conspicuous with a large coma, a stump of a tail, and a nucleus which, as Mr. G. Merton expresses it, is planetary rather than stellar in character. It will be nearest to the pole (distance 4½) on May 9. The following is a continuation of the ephemeris from M. Ebell's latest elements. A little sweeping may be necessary to locate the comet (this remark applies also to the comet Pons-Winnecke, which was readily visible with 6-in. aperture on April 28, and was glimpsed by Dr. W. H. Steavenson with 2-in.):
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 107, 311 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107311a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107311a0