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COMET GALE (1912a).—An ephemeris for Gale's comet (1912a) is given in the Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 4651, by Herr M. Ebell, of Kiel, but the object is very dim, being fainter than magnitude twelve. It was observed on April 26 in Uccle by G. van Biesbroeck, and in Bothkamp by Dr. H. H. Kritzinger, and, according to the former, the ephemeris was in error by –3s. and +1·5′. Dr. Kritzinger describes the comet as an elliptical nebula 1′ and 0·7′ diameter, the brightness of the nucleus being 12·8 mag., the total brightness amounting to 12·5 mag. In answer to a telegram sent to Algiers, Herr F. Gonnessiat reports that on May 2 the comet was on the extreme limit of visibility.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 91, 304 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091304a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091304a0