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A NEW COMET.—Edinburgh Circular (No. 40, dated October 19) informs us of the discovery of a comet by Mr. W. R. Brooks, of Geneva, N. Y., at 15h. 52m. local time, its place then being R.A. 12b. 21m. N. declination 12° 55'. The comet has also been observed at Hamburg, October 17, 17I1. 5˙8m. Hamburg mean time. R.A. 12h. 22m. 42˙9s. Declination + 13° 25' 24”. It has a tail, and is about as bright as a star of the ninth magnitude.
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Our Astronomlcal Column. Nature 48, 622–623 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048622a0
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