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DISCOVERY OF A NEW COMETA.—A telegram from the Kiel Centralstelle announces the discovery of a new comet at Copenhagen on November 10. Its position at,7h. 3.5m. (Copenhagen M.T.) was R.A.=9h. 16m. 3.2S., dec.=12° 28′ 31″ N., and it is travelling in a north-easterly direction. The daily movement is given as +4.2m. in R.A. and +1° 10′ in declination. When discovered, the comet was about 8m. west of ε Leonis, and is therefore travelling towards the constellation Leo. Its position rises, at present, at about 11 p.m.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 75, 63–64 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/075063a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/075063a0