Fabry's Comet and Barnard's Comet

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May 1886

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Nature, Volume 34, Issue 863, pp. 29 (1886).

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NOT having seen any mention of the rapid apparent growth of the tail of Fabry's comet, probably some of your readers are not aware to how great a length it extended. On April 26 occurred the first fine night after a very unusual series of overcast ones, and about 14h. G.M.T. I was surprised to see the tail reaching up to, or at least to within 1° of, δ Cassiopeiæ, a distance of 38° from the place given in the ephemeris for the nucleus, which was far below the horizon; and the tail would doubtless have been visible to a greater distance but for the brightness of the Milky Way. The following night, about 10h., it reached at least up to the Cluster in Perseus, a distance also of 38° from the predicted position of the nucleus; it was very narrow both nights. The next night, which was pretty fine, I failed to find any trace of the tail.

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