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pardus : it was observed only on that night and July 5. The 

 position on July 3, at 15h. 4m. 26s. Marseilles M. T., was R.A. 

 3h. 10m. 10s. and Decl. + 56° 36'. On July 5, at 15h. 8m. 58s. 

 the R. A. was 3h. 31m. 46s. and Decl. + 58° W—(Monatliche 

 Correspondent, xviii. 249.) 



1839. On July 14 and 17, an extremely faint comet was 

 observed at the Roman College. It was in Draco, and ap- 

 peared like a double nebula, or as if doubled into two branches. 

 — (Memoria Oss. Coll. Rom., 1839.) 



1846. [ix.] On October 18, Hind observed a comet in 

 Coma Berenicis for more than an hour. Its altitude was low, 

 and being in the morning twilight it was never seen again. 

 Its exact position at 16h. 15m. lis., G. M. T., was R. A. llh. 

 59m. 49s. ; Declination + 14° 59' 32". Its motion was in- 

 creasing in R.A. at the rate of about 4m. a day, and diminishing 

 in Declination at the rate of about 11' a day. — (Month. Not. 

 R.A.S., vii. 162.) 



1849. [iv.] On November 15, being at sea, in latitude 

 10° S. and longitude 30° W., the Rev. J. M. Jenkins and 

 others saw a comet, with a nucleus, as bright as Mars, and 

 with a tail curved and pointing to the S.W. It was also seen 

 on November 28.— (Month. Not. R.A.S., x. 122 and 192.) 



1854. [i.] On March 16, a bright nebulous object was 

 seen by Brorsen. Its position at 8h. 15m. 34s. Senffcenberg 

 M. T. was 2h. 30m. 12s., and Declination + 1° 11-2'.— (Astron. 

 Nach., 897, vol. 38.) 



1856. [i.] In January, a comet was seen in the N.W. sky 

 at Panama. — (Letter in the Morning Herald.) 



1856. [ii.] On August 7, an object, supposed to be a 

 comet, was seen in Virgo, by E. J. Lowe. — (Month. Not. R.A.S., 

 xvii. 114.) A comet was also seen at Arequipa, in Peru, for a 

 fortnight previous to August 21, for two hours after sunset. — 

 (Letter in the Times, October 8, 1856.) 



1859. In February, a very faint comet was seen, by Slater, 

 in R.A. llh. 48m. ; Declination + 19° 49'. He saw it again on 

 May 7 and 22, when it had become fainter, not being visible 

 with any aperture below Hi inches. Its movement was very 

 slow, and seemed to be in a northerly direction. — (Month. Not. 

 R,A.S.,xix. 291.) 



