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FINLAY'S COMET.—This periodic comet was discovered by Mr. Finlay, Chief Assistant at the Cape Observatory, in 1886, and was observed again in 1893, 1906, 1919. S. Kanda and S. Hasunuma, of Tokyo Observatory, calculated from the 1919 observations the conditions of the present return, the perturbations by Jupiter in the interim having been considerable, producing an increase of about 6 weeks in the period. With the aid of their ephemeris, Dr. J. Stobbe succeeded in photographing the comet on August 3 at Bergedorf Observatory, near Hamburg. Its magnitude was 11.5, and its position at oh 40.6m U.T. was R.A. 4h 3m 48s, N. Decl. 17° 48′. The position indicates that perihelion occurred Aug. 7.9 U.T., which is 0.7 day later than the Tokyo prediction.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 118, 242 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118242a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118242a0