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COMETS.—Neujmin's periodic comet, 1916 II., has been detected by its original discoverer, Mr. Neujmin (presumably at the Simeis Observatory, Crimea), on Nov. 5 at 1h 37.9m U.T. in R.A. 10h 10m 56s, N. Decl. 18° 29′, magnitude 14.5. The date of perihelion deduced from the R.A. is Jan. 15.93, 1927, from the Decl. Jan. 15.80, 1927. The evidence is, on the whole, against the identity of the doubtful object photographed in 1920 with the comet, but is not yet decisive. The comet is approaching both sun and earth, so should become considerably brighter. The following corrected ephemeris is for oh U.T.:
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 118, 709 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118709a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118709a0