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ASTRONOMICAL NOTES, 1889. 



Comet e, 1889. 



This Comet was observed on the nights of August the 

 1 6th and 17 th, but unfavourable weather prevented any further 

 observations. 



On August 1 6th the night was not very favourable ; fleecy 

 clouds being scattered about; which prevented a careful scrutiny 

 and eventually drew a veil of cloud over the sky. 



The Comet was well seen with the Comet eye-piece giving a 

 power of 24, and appeared like a ball of milky light surrounding a 

 star-like nucleus, with a short wide tail reaching away in a 

 following direction. Around the nucleus was a coma of milky 

 light which faded away gradually. 



The colour of the Comet was bluish white. 



60 Leonis. 



If previous observers can be depended on, this star is losing 

 colour. 



Birmingham includes it in his list of red stars* giving the 

 colour as red — Schmidt being the authority. 



In Mr. Chambers' working catalogue of red starsf the colour 

 is given as pale yellow, whilst three independent observations of 

 my own record the star as white. 



Mr. Chambers has also favoured me with other observations 

 of this star, and collating the whole, I find we have the following 

 result : — 



