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TEMPEL'S COMET.—M. Fayet has given a very probable explanation of the discordance of the Kudara observation of this comet on May 25. He finds that its true R.A. on that day was exactly 2h. greater than the Kudara one, the declination being correct. Hence the alteration of a single figure in the announce-ment, which may have been set down wrong by inadvertence in preparing the message for telegraphic transmission, will make everything accordant, and further explain the fact that whereas Mr. Kudara stated that the comet was visible in a small telescope, many European observers searched in vain round the position indicated. The calculated daily motion on May 25 is +3m. 34s., N. 8′, which agrees fairly well with the observed value +3m. 4s., N. 8′; the latter was probably deduced from observations extending over an hour or two. The following positions have been announced:
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 105, 789 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105789a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/105789a0