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I OBSERVED a telescopic comet in Leo on the mornings of October 4, 5, 6, and 10. The rough positions, as I estimated them, were R.A. 9h. 22m., Dec. 16° N. on the 4th, and R.A. 9h. 36m., Dec. 15° N. on the 10th. The motion is about 30′ daily eastwards. When the present bright moonlight is gone the comet will be a fairly bright object in the telescope. At the end of the present week it must be looked for immediately preceding η Leonis.
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DENNING, W. A New Comet. Nature 24, 557 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024557b0
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