— 26: 



a' 

 13 392" 35' 



14* 369 9 



15* 368 59 



16 380 7 



302" 



21' 



.5 



303 



25 



.0 



304 



28 



.3 



304 



48 



.8 



305 



52 



.5 



305 



59 



.3 



306 



36 



.8 



306 



55 



.8 



307 



2 



.8 



307 



37 



.0 



307 



59 



.0 



308 



39 



.5 



309 



42 



.3 



310 



3 



.0 



311 



5 



.8 



312 



7 



.0 



à 



/ 



— 61" 



57' 



57 



7 



54 



40 



— 54 



56 



s des obs 



ervation 





cl 



— 20" 



7'. 7 



19 



54.5 



19 



40 .9 



19 



36.2 



19 



22.1 



19 



20.6 



19 



11 .9 



19 



7 .6 



19 



5.9 



18 



58.1 



18 



52.6 



18 



43.1 



18 



27.4 



18 



22.2 



18 



6.2 



— 17 



50.4 



9 



10 

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 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 



Les éléments de l'orbite de la comète (Astr. îîachr.., JYs 2785; 

 Oppenheim) ne sont pas exacts, car la comète ne présentait qu'un 

 noyau très faible et sa tête était une masse très diffuse se con- 

 fondant avec la racine de la comei „It (la comète) presented the 

 appearance of a pale narrow ribbon of light; quite straight, and of 

 nearly uniform brightness throughout its length. There was no 

 head or condensation of any kind visible near the and, the light 

 simply fading away to nothing. The tail was quite straight at first, 

 but on the Jan. 27, 28 and 29 a slight curvature was percep- 

 tible. The physical appearance of the comet, its long straight tail 

 of no greater brilliancy than the smaller Magellanic cloud and the 

 absence of head at once recalled to mind the comet of February 

 1880". {Finlay,\. c). 



„At no time was there any defined nucleus [A nucleus was ob- 

 served by Mr. Eddie of Grrahamstown, on Jan. 24, 25 and 



M 2^ 1888. 18 



