Abstract
A NEW COMET.—A Copenhagen telegram reports the discovery of another comet by Mr. J. E. Mellish. In addition to the signatures of Profs. Pickering and Strömgren, the message bears the name of Aitken, and the position of the object appears to have been measured at Lick. Thus there are sufficient grounds for presuming an authentic comet has been detected, although the communcation contains no information regarding the movement (or magnitude) of the object. Its position on September 19 16h. 19m. 2s., Lick time, was R.A. 10h. 37m. 54s., dec. 26° 13′ 17″, i.e. between 40 and 41 Leo Minoris.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 96, 123 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096123a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096123a0