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THIS comet already has a tail, though a very faint one. With a 41/4inch refractor I traced it last night to a distance of 20′ from the nucleus, at a position angle of about 75°.
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BACKHOUSE, T. Pons' Comet. Nature 29, 7 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/029007c0
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