ASTRONOMY FOR 1889, 1890. 



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Comet 1890 VII : 



= Comet/ 1890. 



This comet, the most interesting perhaps of those 

 found during the year, on account of its short 

 period, was discovered by R. Spitaler at Vienna, November 16, 1890. 



Dr. Spitaler, in looking for the comet discovered by Zona, turned the 

 27-inch telescope towards the place which it should occupy, according to 

 the dispatch received by him, and immediately perceived a very faint 

 comet, but concluding from the description that Zona's was brighter, by 

 turning the telescope a little he found the latter, physical connection 

 between the two being excluded by the slower motion of his own. The 

 period appears to be about 6.4 years. 



Approximate elements of the comets of 1889 and 1890. * 



See Astronomical Journal, Kos. 212 and 238. 

 METEORS. 



A valuable resume of meteoric astronomy has been published by Prof. 

 J, K. Eastman in the Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washing, 

 ^ou, (Vol. XI.) Abstracts of the various tUeoiies propoi;wd«?d iu e^- 



