observations of comet 1906 h (metcalf)
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1892.30 92.40 92.52 92.76
93-21
93.45 94.47 95.49 95.53 96.32
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0.653, 0.648, 0.658,
0.628, 0.626, 0.631, 0.624, 0.630, 0.628, 0.625, 0.621, 0.624, 0.622, 0.619, 0.623, 0 . 6 2 3 ~
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Red. ad 1. app.
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+2.98 +4.9
+3.16 +3.3 D D
+3.16 +3.2
+3.12 +3.1 +3.18 +2.9
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+3.19 ~ 2 . 5 +3.19 +2.2
D D
+3.20 +1.8 +3.21 +1.4 +3.21 +1.2
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Epoch I 8,
I 3 h 5 9 m ~ 4 ? 6 5 2 3 59 34.68 3 3 59 37.62 4 3 59 45.46 5 3 59 52.98
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-5O35' 3!'0 BD-~0809,cp.with*4,phot. -5 28 53.0 Anon., comp. with * 7 -5 13 35.9 Anon., comp.with * 8 -5 35 23.7 BD-5"813,cp.with*5,phot. -5 a 8 23.8 BD-5"814,cp.with*6,phot.
8 , - 44 Observer 40 - 8, Observer
Gill Sellors Tebbutt Pickering Douglass Pickering Sellors Tebbutt Sellors
Tebbutt
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Epoch
1897.08 99.33
1900.33 00.35 00.48 01.08 01.39 01.98 0 2 . 1 I
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03.2 I 05.48 0 5 . 5 I
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2 10.7 2 11.0
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+0.17 -0.37
+0.22
+ 004 - 0.6 -0.5 + 0.6 +0.4 +0.3 -0.3 0.0
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+0.3 0.0
-0.2
Cogs hall Tebbutt
Lunt Innes Gill Innes Tebbutt Gill Innes
Tebbutt Doberck
2 1!'40
2 1.66 21.68
D
D
2 1.67 2 1.65 21.61 27.59 21.51 21.45 20.99
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19:68 19-14 I 9.80 '9.93 20.15
2 0 . 2 5
20.26 20.68
21.03 2 1.24
2 1.40
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21.02
W. Doberck. Hongkong Observatory, I 907 Febr. I I ,
Observations of comet 1906 h m a d e a t t h e R o y a l O b s e r v a t o r y , C a p e of G o o d H o p ,
:Metcalf) w i t h t h e 18-in. E q u a t o r i a l ,
by Messrs. Lunf, Simpson and Baldwin. - Jc
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8 8 8 8 8 2
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6 1
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8 8 1 3 3
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L B L B L B B S L B S L B S L L L B S
- heenw. M.T ba
Distance Ab
Pos. Angle
-0' 2811
+ 5 25.1 + 5 5.3 + 5 27 .2
+5 22.6 + 2 4.0 + 2 4.0 -0 48.8
4oa 46'
37 50
342" 49' 343 38
-4' 819 4 - 2 59.5 - 2 3 5 4
56" 4 1'
5 4 2 0
-1 1.1
- 5' 2 474
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Nov. 2 0
2 0
2 1
2 1
Dec. 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
13 '3 '5 1 8
10
2 0
2 1
2 1
8h 5 0 ~ 5 9 ' 10 2 4 2 1 41 8 8 16 24
8 2 2 2 7
1 43 49
8 9 3 0
8 36 42 I 43 58 I 46 33
8 34 50
8 9 3 5
I 58 40 8 1 2 35 I 35 53 8 I 1 57
8 1 2 9
7 5 2 23
8 5 1 37
- 1"'46)73 --I 4'1.70 - 2 5.25 -2 6.27 - 1 10.77 - 1 11.33 - 1 20.52 - I 20.85 - 1 29.31
3 5:4 28.7
- Irn20!I0
I 80!'8 I 7 1.2
-2m li00
-I 23.17 231:s 244.2
- 1 48.34
4h 3m18689 4 3 17.92 4 3 5.07 4 3 4.05 4 0 5.99 4 0 5.43 3 59 56.24 3 59 55.9' 3 59 41.46 3 59 39.41 3 59 39.04 3 59 20.99 3 59 14.26 3 59 14.49 3 59 15.80 3 59 28.41 3 59 44.23 3 59 54.'' 3 59 54.10
Mean p l a c e s of t h e c o m p a r i s o n s t a r s .
Authority * I a 1906.0 1 d 1906.0 I Authority d 1906.0
- 5" 27 ' 7!'4
- 5 2 5 16.3 -3 32 32.1 -3 49 14.0
-5 1 2 44.8
a 1906.0
4h Om37?90 4 1 4.19 4 I 13.60 4 5 2.55 4 5 7.34
BD - 5 O 8 18, cp.with * 8, phot. Anon., phot. BD- 5"822,Hel.cp.w.Val,ph. BD - 3O695, Hel. cp. with * I o Lick IV (Pi 4h262) 10 9 i
Stars I, 4, 5 , 6, 1, 8 were measured from a photograph of the region, taken at the Cape.
O b s e r v e r s Notes . Nov. 2 I . Comet very faint in moonlight. - Dec. 7. Comet extremely faint, not possible to ob- serve transits. - Dec. I 8. Comet very faint and difficult. - Dec. 2 I . Comet very faint in moonlight, just possible to observe.
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