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COMET 1915d (MELLISH).—The discovery of a second comet during the present year by Mr. J. E. Mellish, Madison, Wis., U.S.A., was announced last Thursday in a telegram from Copenhagen. On September 6, at 22h. 9.1m., the comet's position was α 6h. 30.2m., δ 8° 50′ (approx. 8° south of γ Geminorum). No information was supplied regarding the direction or rate of the comet's motion, or of its magnitude.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 96, 79–80 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096079a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096079a0