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NEW COMET.—The first cometary discovery of 1924 was made on March 30, at 6h 7-7m Greenwich M.T. by Mr. William Reid, of Rondebosch, Cape Town the position was R.A. 2h 58 19-8s, S. Decl. 33° 38′ 16″ daily motion +3″ 28s, N. 30′. The magnitude is not stated. Mr. G. Merton notes that the position permitted the possibility of identity with De Vico's Comet of 1846. This, however, could only be the case if the actual northward motion was considerably more rapid than the value telegraphed. The Cape is now taking the lion's share of cometary discovery. There are evidently very few workers in this field in the northern hemisphere, and it is likely that several comets have been missed in consequence.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 113, 545 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113545a0
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