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was supposed to be Daphne, was not Daphne, but a new planet. . Gold- 
schmidt accordingly gave the new planet the name of Pseudo- Daphne. 
er at Bilk made a careful computation of the orbit of Pseudo- 
. He 
gust, 1861, the planet should appear of the 10.11th magnitude, or 
somewhat brighter than in 1857, and he accordingly published an ephem- 
eris to guide astronomers in their search for it. The planet was discov- 
ered by M. Goldschmidt Aug. 27th, 1861, 
in R. A, 204 25™ 58 Dec. —6° 487 5”. 
Its place according to the elements of Luther should have been 
in R. A. 21h 2™ 128 Dec. —4° 49"°5. 
The observed place therefore differed from the computed place 
in R. A. 36™ 165 Dec. 2° 0’. 
aphne seems entirely lost, and can only be re-discovered by the same 
ich i in 1856. 
3. Comet II, 1861. (Continued from p. 165).—Captain Earle of the 
34° 19’ S. long. 179° 55’ E. on the 18th of May. 
On the 25th the tail was 10° long, and on the 26th 15° with a slight 
curve, the round side being presented to the N.E. Time 5" 10™ p.m, 
lat. 50° 43’ S, Jong. 163° 8’ W. . P. Bonn, 
Director of the Observatory of Harvard Coll, 
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‘ being equal to a star of the fourth magnitude. It continued to 
increase in brilliancy, and on the 21st of June, the tail subtended an angle 
of about 18°, 
