Several photographs of Comet Barbon, 1966 c, and Comet Rudnicki, 1966 e, were obtained with the 125-cm ( 48-inch ) Palomar Schmidt telescope. Three of them are presented here, all with north at the top, east to the left. * On leave from the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, t On leave from the Warsaw University Observatory.

During 1960, nineteen supernovae were found with the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar. One of these was found by P. Wild at the Berne Observatory 1 two days before it was found independently at Palomar. All of the supernovae have been confirmed on two or more plates. No supernovae were found with the 18-inch Schmidt telescope where the brighter galaxies are being searched by H. S. Gates.The number of galaxies searched and the frequency of the observations were about the same as given in last year's report, 2 except that several clusters of galaxies are now being observed more extensively by Gomes. Weather permitting, nightly observations of the cluster fields are made by Gomes on the last three or four nights of the direct runs, and a single observation of the Gomes fields is made by Humason at the beginning of the direct runs. The interval between observations in the direct runs is about one week, the interval between the direct runs about two weeks. With this spacing of the observations it should be possible to find all of the supernovae that appear in these fields during the observing seasons. The possibility of discovering a supernova during its rise to maximum brightness should also be greatly increased.The supernovae found in 1960 are listed in Table I. The estimates of the magnitudes of the galaxies have been made by E.

Sixteen supernovae were found with the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope in 1961. They are listed in Table I. Estimates of the apparent magnitudes of the galaxies in column three of

The first photographs of Comet Mrkos, 1957 d taken at the Palomar Observatory were obtained with the 48-inch Schmidt on the evening of August 17, 1957. These plates showed fine filamentary structure in the long, straight tail that pointed approximately away from the sun. It was thereupon decided to obtain

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