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PREDICTION for the place of Finsler 's Comet for the next three weeks is given in Announcement Card No. 421 issued by Harvard College Observatory. The ephemeris is based on a parabolic orbit computed by Dr. A. D. Maxwell of the University of Michigan. The time of deduced perihelion passage is August 15·76946 U.T. This comet was discovered on July 4 last by Finsler at Zurich ; it was then of the 7th magnitude. It is now possible to locate the comet with the naked eye. The following predicted positions at Oh U.T. show that the comet will pass 3 ° or 4 ° west of the bright star, Arcturus, between August 22 and 23. In the latitude of London, Arcturus sets in the north-west about an hour after midnight (Summer Time) in the middle of the month.
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Comet Finsler. Nature 140, 273–274 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140273f0
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