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ee m. t. Greenwich. 
Dec. 3, 65 16m 175 
m. t. Josephstadt. 
Dec. 8, 5 48 650 15 46 9:04 +30 14 15 2 
R.A. Dec. 
15h 46m 358-8 + 30° 16717” 
was confounded w ; 4 
2. Comet V, 1863.—This comet was discovered on Oct. 9th by Mr. 
Backer at Nauen. The following elements were computed by Mr. Her- 
mann Romberg. 
T = 1863, Dec. 27-°70863, Greenwich m. t. 
m == 180° 17! 53-4 ) Apparent equinox 
Q = 104 51 28 °8 t of Oct. 14°5. 
Be 16 20 sk 
log.g == 0°131934 
. Motion direct. 
This comet appeared as an oblong nebula, strongly condensed in the 
middle. Its diameter was about 14, and it shone as a star of the 8th 
magnitud 
3. Comet VI, 1863.—On the 28th of December, 1863, M. Respighi, 
Director of the Observatory at Bologna discovered a new comet (the 
sixth of 1863). It exhibited a nebulosity condensed toward the centre, 
with the trace of a tail about half a degree in length. The following 
are two observations of Dec. 28th. 
m. t. Bologn RA: Dec. 
64 43m 4s 18h 49m 245-80 25° 57! 33"7 
gS: ee 18 50 1 “76 26..13.°2 = 
M. E. Weiss has calculated the following elements of this comet. 
Perihelion passage, 1863, Dec. 27:9915 
ngitude of perihelion, 60° 31’ 22" 
Longitude of no 304 47 17 
Inclination, 64 43 40 
Perihelion distance, 0°77301 
Motion direct. 
Comet of 1490. Comet of 1810. 
Perihelion passage, Dec. 24°477 Sept. 291062 
Longitude of perihelion, 5 52° 44’ 42 
Longitude of node, 8 45 310 21 2 
Inclination, 1 37 61 11 15 
Perihelion distance, 0°7376 0:97579 
Motion direct. direct. 
This comet was discovered at Ann Arbor on the 9th of January, as 
“ttounced in the following letter from Prof. Watson: 
AM Jour. 8c1.—Szconp Series, VoL. XXXVII, No. 110.—Mancu, 1864 
