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NIGHT SKY FOR FEBRUAIIY (Second Map of 



Showing the heavens as they appear at the following hours :— 



February 21 at 10 o'clock. 

 Febmary 25 at 9} o'clock. 

 March 1 at 94 o'clock. 



March 5 at 0^ o'clock. 

 March S at 9 o'clock. 

 March 12 at 8^ o'clock. 



Pair), 



March 16 at 8J o'clock. 

 March 20 at 8i o'clock. 

 March 23 at H o'clock. 



Ctiitorial (gossfp. 



Astronomers anxious to distinguish themselves in prize 

 competitions may be interested in knowing that (in the 

 familiar words of the advertisements) " an eligible oppor- 

 tunity cow offers." Mr. H. H. Warner, the founder of 

 the Warner Observatory, Rochester, New York, offers : — 

 " First, two hundred dollars for each and every discovery 

 of a new comet made from February Ist, lf^85, to February 

 1st, 1886, subject to the following conditions : 1. It must 

 be discovered in the United States, Canada, Mexico, West 



Indies, South America, Great Britain and the Australian 

 Continent and Islands, either by the naked eye or 

 telescope, and it must be unexpected, except as to 

 the comet of 1815, which is expected to reappeai 

 this year or next. 2. The discoverer must send a 

 prepaid telegram immediately to Dr. Lewis Swift, 

 Director Warner (Jbservatory, Rochester, N.Y., giving 

 the time of the discovery, the position and direction of 

 motion with sufficient exactness, if possible, to enable at 

 least one other observer to find it. 3. This intelligence 

 must not be communicated to any other party or parties, 

 either by letter, telegrapb, or otherwise, until such time as 



