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194 April 16, 1908. Exam. of plates for Comet 1902I. See letter of Dr. Hermann [[strikethrough]]C[[/strikethrough]]Kobold. [[7 columned table]] Plate|Date|Centre|Centre|Object.|Object.| | | | |R.A.|Dec.|R.A.|Dec.| | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |I28630|April 3, 1902|21^[[h]] 30^[[m]]|+42.0°|21^[[h]] 20^[[m]] 11^[[s]]|+40° 19'|(1855)| |Position of Comet for April 3, 1902, according to V.C.W.| | | |21 1.0|+40 24.9|(1855).| |Pos. det. by Ruth Waterbury. Dec 11, 1908, Book 5, p. 3| | | |21^[[h]] 20 11.5|+49 19.1|(1855) from +40 4518| | | | | |21 20 7.8|+40 19.2|(1855) from +40° 4524| |Mean| | | |21 20 9.6|+40 19.2|19'15"| 8 inch Draper and 1 inch Cooke records examined in region of ephemeris Letter sent. Dec. 14, 1908. Then at pl. Apr. 3. '02 21^[[h]] 1.0^[[m]] [[strikethrough]]3^[[s]][[/strikethrough]] +40° 24.9 (1855) John C. Wolbach Library, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Provided by the NASA Astrophysics Data Systems
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Hermann Kobold was a German astronomer, active about the same time.
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