174 
W. Beebe — The Comet of 1771. 
dy 
log — £ 0-21529 
* d A 
de_ 
dA 
0-50483 
7 T 
“ ~- A 1-91865 
dA 
do 
“ 9-58473 
dA 
loer -rri, 0/1*14082 
dA 
de 
dA' 
dT 
dA" 
9-77036 
l/r69112 
do 
“ -f- 9-33368 
dA" 
dd 
cos n — 
dA 
d6 
cos n 
dA’ 
d0 
cos n — 
dA 
dB 
cos n — 
dA" 
Apr. 6, 
+ -000009 
— 000002 
May 24, 
•000000 
— 000004 
14. 
— •11624 
+ -06481 
June 1, 
+ •11446 
-•10676 
30. 
— •20936 
+13708 
9, 
+ •22268 
— •22655 
Mar 8, 
— 17771 
+ •12782 
25. 
+ •38092 
— •46282 
16, 
— 10375 
+ •08117 
July 11, 
+ •44831 
— 65705 
Forming the equations of condition and solving the normal equa- 
tions as before, 
&Az= -217'-3 A A'= — 154 ,ir 3 
Ax -2' 35'-7 
A£ — -0037620 
aT — -C52605 
Aq - "0005532 
±Q' + 
Ai' — 
Aio' — 
A7r f — 
24'-45 
1-96 
3' 3-24 
239-81 
] 
► equator. 
Applying these corrections to elements (C) and transforming to the 
ecliptic gives 
(F) 
T Apr. 19.156936, Paris m. t. 
log q 9*9556371 
E 1-005901 
7t 103 59 3 - 69 \ ecliptic and 
27 51 41-78 [-mean equinox 
i 11 15 47-68 ) 1771-0 
from Av =— a J — xv we have 
d A 
AV+ 4' 47'-72 Av”+ 4' 7"-59 
y-20° 10' 0"’23 y # + 50° 6' 55'*57 
The values computed in an ephemeris from the corrected elements 
are 
y — 20° 10' 0*-05 y'+50° 6' 55"-66 
and the ephemeris gives the residuals. 
