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MR. L. E. CUNNINGHAM, at Harvard, recovered this comet in the following position: 1938 May Id 5h 51·6m U.T.; R.A. 17h 23·4m ; S. Decl. 13° 4' ; mag. 10. It is described as diffuse without central condensation or nucleus, and there is no report of a tail. Dr. A. C. D. Crommelin has deduced the following elements:
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Recovery of Comet Gale (1927 vi). Nature 141, 931 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141931b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141931b0