316 Observations on the Comet of 1823—24. 
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Inclination <2. 76 9 40 jes TEA 
Beh G iD Ge 776 Sms 
Motion retrograde. 
By W. Colburn. 
Passage of Perihelion, 1823, Dec. 8d. 14h. 06" 52”; mean 
time, Boston. : 
Longitude of ascending node, 302° 37’ 41" 
Place of the Perihelion, OTT Boat 
Log. nearest distance, 9.396 2088 
Inclination, r Toe 649" 
Motion retrograde. 
By graphical process. 
Passage of Perihelion, 1823, Dec. 9.3978p. mean time, 
Greenwich. 
Longitude of ascending node, 302° 56’ 
Perihelion, 28 492 
Log. nearest distance, 9.35926 
Inclination, (60° 9 
Motion retrograde. 
An extraordinary appearance attended this comet, dur- 
ing a part of its course—a faint stream of light extending 
toward the sun. It was noticed by several persons, on 
the evening of Jan. 23; (it had been previously seen by 
President Day of Yale College.) The comet being in the 
north, and its usual tail spreading upward obliquely, to the 
right, this was seen extending m an opposite direction, but 
evidently inclined a little downward, from the line of the 
first. The angle of the two might be 13° or 2°. In 
brightness and Jength it was variable ; being sometimes 
only visible near the body, but at other times being just 
seen to the distance of the tail itself; though narrower, 
and, aS was imagined by some, even tending to a point. It 
was observed again, through a very clear atmosphere, on 
the morning of the 27th, when both were fainter than be- 
fore, but retained, as well as could be judged, the same 
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