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Mean long. 1847, Sept. 0, Gr. m. t., 

 Long, of perihelion, 



tt 



" ascending node, 



Inclination, . 



Angle of excentricity 



or e, 



356° 9' 13 " 3 



26 9 48 -5 



251 41 14 -5 



4 37 22 1 



25 35 22 1 



0-43192 



. 0-4598916 



. 4-896 



m. eqx 

 1847-0 



Log. semi-axis major, 

 Period in sidereal years, 



This orbit, as Mr. Hind observes, is remarkable for its great excen- 

 tricity ; and the period of revolution is longer than that of any of the 

 other asteroids. 



Hebe is the name given to the planet discovered by Mr. Hencke, 



Prof. Colla, at 



July 1, 1847. (See p. 286 of this volume.) 



2. Comet of May 7, 1847, (Astr. Nach., No. 603., 

 Parma in Italy, discovered, May 7, 1847, a faint telescopic comet in the 

 constellation Leo Minor. D' Arrest of Berlin has given the following 

 elements. 



Perihelion passage, 1847, June 12 d -41336 m. t. Berl. 



137° 41' 33' -7 



Long, of Perihelion, 

 " " Asc. Node, 

 Inclination, 

 Log. Perih. dist., 

 Motion, . 



173 25 50 -3 



80 16 56 -5 

 0-3257617 



Retrograde. 



m. eqx 



18470 



., _, In the Comptes Rendus, July 26, 184/, 



Mauvais gave the following elements (second approximation) of the or- 

 bit of the comet discovered by him July 4, 1847, (see p. 287, this vol- 

 ume,) viz. 



Perihelion passage, 1847, Aug. 8 d '451318 

 Long, of Perihelion, 



<& 



it 



Asc. Node, 



Inclination, 

 Perihelion dist., 

 Motion, . 



247° 9'46"-7 



338 8 45 -4 



83 27 25 -9 



1-767552 



Retrograde. 



m. eqx. 

 July 0, 1847. 



M. 



9 



6 Auriga. It was round and without tail. In 24 hours its R - A ' 

 minished about 13 minutes of time, and its declination lessened about 



10 minutes of space. 



A telescopic 



«•• View wr#>*/*, yuuoiuu -luvtrumg x ranscnpi, kj%*i. v»j- *~ ~~ - ,< . 



comet was discovered by a lady of Nantucket, on the morning of uc 

 1, 1847, in the constellation Cepheus. It is now visible to the naked 

 eye. Its position determined at the Cambridge Observatory, from com- 

 parisons with zeta Draconis, was 



Oct. 7, 7 h 56 m 31% R.A. 17** 10™ 56 s 2, and T * 



nt rw *7ao t/ to//, referred to M. Eqx. J an l# 



The following letter from 

 Mr. Bond, the Director of the Observatory at Cambridge, Mass., , 

 specting the performance of the Grand Refractor recently moun 

 there, will be read with much interest. 



The New Telescope at Cambridg 



