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with the star marked gamma in Virgo, and Jupiter near his 

 setting in the west. Jas. Veitch. 



P.S. — On the 13th instant, about thirty minutes past six, a 

 large fiery meteor, with an oval head larger than the full moon, 

 and a long and sparkling tail, appeared to come from the west, 

 and moved toward the south-east, in a curve line, with its 

 convex side to the north. — J. V. 



The comet on the 7th of January was in the right shoulder 

 of Hercules, taking a direction towards the tail of the Dra- 

 gon. It moves with astonishing velocity, as it has since 

 passed midway between the back of Hercules and the northern 

 crown, through the right leg of Hercules, and is now con- 

 tinuing its course between the right knee of Hercules and the 

 right hand of Bootes, and at the present time does not set. 

 If the brilliancy of the comet continue, we may expect a 

 more favourable opportunity of seeing it about the 30th of 

 this month, when the moon will be absent; and should the 

 atmo c phere be clear, it will then be distinctly visible between 

 the Pole and the extremity of the tail of the Ursa Major, at 

 any hour of the night. 



ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION. 



M. Schumacher's Astronomical Tables for 1824 have at 

 length arrived, and may be had of Messrs. Treuttel, Wurtz 

 and Co. : accompanied with an English translation. They 

 contain the usual tables, which will be found of constant use 

 in an observatory. 



M. Schumacher has communicated to the Astronomical 

 Society of London, the elements of the present comet, deduced 

 from his own observations and those of M. Bouvard at Paris. 

 M. Mossotti, who is now in England, is engaged in a similar 

 undertaking from observations made in this country. 



COMET OF SEPTEMBER 1822, OBSERVED AT PARAMATTA. 



The followimg are the elliptic elements of the comet observed 

 at Paramatta by Sir Thomas Brisbane and Mr. Rumker, as 

 communicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

 Time of passing the perihelion, mean time, Oct. 24,221201 

 Log. of perihelion on the orbit, \ from mean J 271° 36' 18''*3 

 Log. of descending node J equinox, \ 272 42 23 



Inclination 52 40 41 



Logarithm e (8 = 82° 53' 11") 9*9966440 



Log. | parameter 0*3585731 



Sidereal revolution in days 663554*3 



Edinb. Phil. Journ., vol. x. p. 179. 

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