RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS OF COMET VI. 349 
were commenced at my observatory on the morning of November 
29, civil time, and were continued, with interruptions from strong 
moonlight and cloudy weather, to June 19. The comparisons 
of the comet were made throughout by means of a square bhar- 
micrometer in a dark field, the four and ahalf inch equatorial 
being employed on the first two dates, and the eight inch instru- 
ment on all subsequent dates. In November and December the 
comet had a fairly bright condensation in its centre, but this 
gradually grew fainter and smallers The gradual diminution of 
the condensation facilitated its observation at the edges of the 
micrometer-bars. A faint tail was seen in the telescope during 
November, December and January. In consequence of cloud or 
haze, observations were unsatisfactory on December 20, 21, Janu- 
ary 7,25, February 28, March 13, 20, 24, 26, April 19, 21, 23. 
The observations of February 14, March 20, April 17, in conse- 
quence of the proximity of small stars, were made with difficulty. 
In the first seven comparisons of April 17, the comet gradually 
approached a star of the eighth magnitude, and in the last three 
comparisons both objects were observed as one. After March the 
comet was reduced to a very small hazy speck without the usual 
coma, and in May was observed with difficulty in consequence of 
its projection on a bright branch of the Milky Way. In June the 
comet was, notwithstanding its increased distance from the sun 
and earth, quite as conspicuous as in the month of May. This 
circumstance was due to the fact that the comet was now projected 
on a comparatively dark sky. After the withdrawal of the moon 
an attempt was made to re-observe the comet in July but without 
success, as it was again projected on one of the branches of the 
Milky Way. I may add that the parallax corrections furnished 
in this paper are based on an equatorial horizontal parallax of the 
sun = 8°85” and on the ephemerides published in the Astronomische 
Nachrichten, Nos. 3127, 3131, 3155, 3162, by Dr. F. Ristenpart 
of Carlsruhe, whose parabolic.elements closely represent the 
comet’s movements down to the close of my observations. 
