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A NEW COMET.—A telegram from the Kiel Centralstelle announces the discovery of a new comet by the Rev. J. H. Metcalf at Taunton, Mass., on August 9. The position, at gh. 15.2m. (Taunton M.T.J, is given as R.A.=16h. 10m., dec.=15° 20′ N., and the comet was said to be moving in a south-westerly direction; at the time of discovery the brightness of the comet was about equal to that of an eleventh-magnitude star.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 84, 213–214 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084213a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/084213a0