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BRORSEN'S COMET.—From an observation at Krems-munster by Prof. Strasser on March 14, it appears that this comet has passed its perihelion several hours later than the time calculated by Dr. Schulze of Dobeln, the corrections to the ephemeris on that date being —31st. in right ascension and — 3′.5 in declination; yet observations at Rome on February 17 and at Arcetri, Florence, on March 10, give different corrections. For the present, as the ephemeris is sufficiently near for finding the comet, the following positions and distances may be extracted from it:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 19, 510 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019510a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/019510a0