6.3 T Me for computing the position of Ilalleifs ComeL [Jan, 



PONTECOULANT. 



D. 



November 7,42 

 o i a 



From the Madras 

 Observations. 



D. 



Perihelion Passage. 



November 16.1$ 



Place of Perihelion. 

 Long, of the ascend, node. 

 Inclination of the orbit. 

 Ratio of the eccentricity. 

 Semi axis major. 



304-31-43 

 55-30-0 

 17-44-24 

 0-967521 

 17-93705 



304-12-10 

 55-9-16 

 17-491 

 ,967632 

 17-98705 



Motion. 



Retrograde. 



Retrograde. 



With my apology for troubling you with these hasty re 



X.— - Table for computing the position of PI alley's Comet. 



Sir, — Having been favoured with the elements of the orbit 

 of Bailey's Comet, which have resulted from the observa- 

 tions made at the Madras Observatory during the last three 

 months, I have set to work to compute an Ephemeris of its 

 place for the month of January next year, (when it will be 

 visible to a good Telescope if not to the naked eye) which I 

 beg to forward for insertion in the Madras Journal of Lite- 

 rature and Science. In computations of this nature where 

 the ellipse is very eccentric, the labour of computing the 

 eccentric anomaly from the mean, is by far the most tedious 

 part of the work, to facilitate which, I have herewith for- 

 warded a Table by which it may be taken out at sight, by 

 this means any of your readers may compute the place for 

 any day in half an hour. 



marks, 



I beg to remain, 



Very sincerely yours. 



T. G. TAYLOR. 



II, C. Astronomer. 



I beg to remain, 

 Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



Goday Yen cat Juggarow, 



