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(1.) Asteroid (122). 
1872. Ham. Coll. m. t. APP. a. App. 6. No. of comp. 
Bom! & h. 8. Seats id 
4 16 9 37 «31 48 sea? 1 41 84900 
Soke AT. 89: 49... 2k 48, 2986 cn Bie ES 12 
coe AAS 0 a a Oe 12 
Oe ee eae 21 46 5952 —11 52 382 10 
Ce ree ee ae ee et ee. 10 
SEO OER BY 21 45 3547 —12 0 21 10 
pear Wa : 10 (21 —W 8 131 8 
per&, 40. .B1y,48. WSL Ap12, da ed 10 
sO 28 BS. Oh 42 ade. 18 ea 10 
The magnitude of the planet is between 11th and 12th. 
(2.) Asteroid (12 3). 
1872. Ham. Coll. m. t. App. a. App. 6. . No, of comp. 
Sete. ee m. ‘ 4 
Aug 1, 12 8 29° 21 «BY 3003 100 4 BBS 12 
S00 oS IS MS 1S. 1 Oh BORE, Ne. BSS 8 
Wi sei Meee 1 55 491 —10 10 155 5 
Doct vldy OS: SB: Aly Bh ee 18 oR, 8 6 
Py eB a es Sis ae te Ae 10 
Po & 18 8258: SR Re ees 10 
8 12 29 68 1 50 4320 .—10 20 267 6 
The magnitude of this planet is estimated about 12th. On Jul 
31 I succeeded only in obtain ning a rough e estimate of position, 
pea aon not permitting accurate measurements. 
will be no difficulty in finding the planets pr after the disoae 
heht, even without ephemerides. 
‘Speet tra of sar-ehine; night-light, - peocewee light ; by 
S. Pra 221-SMYTH.—* And what sort of spectrum ought 
such stabahite > and night ‘ear to offer to senha 
ad locality of its formation, very much “like the waite of the 
ast twilight fact, according to numerous observa- 
tions on the Sicilian night sky, when free from any accusation of 
aurora, I found such ohuaniee to yield a short iesnereg hna c 
trum; and that culminating, not at the aurora line place of W. L. 
5579, but near W. L. 5350. 
ow this place evidently corresponds within the limits of error 
of observation to that of the rit residual portion of the continous 
ence we are led to she Fon olanita that the spectram 0 4 
acal light is the same in kind as that of either s 
Sunshine. Whence the further deduction is caritable. that the 
