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COMET 1884 a.—The comet notified by telegram from Mr. Ellery as having been discovered in the constellation Grus, appears to have been detected by Mr. Ross, a young amateur astronomer residing at Elsterwick, near Melbourne, on January 7. Observations were commenced at Melbourne on January 12, and were continued to February 4, when the comet had become very faint. The positions, as first communicated to the Astronomische Nachrichten, contained more than one obvious error, and generally (according to a comparison made by Dr. Kreutz with an orbit since received from Melbourne) appear to be strangely inaccurate, a circumstance that will probably have caused useless expenditure of time to computers. We subjoin the Melbourne orbit with one calculated by Mr. Hind from the observations on January 12 and 28 and February 4, as they are printed in Astron. Nach., No. 2579:—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 29, 558 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029558a0
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