1835.] - The Planet Jupiter. 'IG^ 



tion, and the dates may be two or three days too early or 

 too late; circumstances which arise from our almost total 

 want of knowledge of the constitution of this comet, and 

 from the long period (76 years) daring which it remains in= 

 visible. 



The first observations which enable us to identify this 

 comet were made in the year 1456, since which time it 

 has already returned four times, viz. in 1531, 1607, 1682, 

 and 1759 ; from the present highly advanced and rapidly 

 advancing state of Astronomical Science, and the su- 

 perior excellence of the instruments which will on the 

 present occasion watch its motions ; w e may venture to ex- 

 pect, that the observers of the next century (in 1912 when 

 it will have completed another revolution) will be enabled 

 to predict its place with as much certainty as we now can 

 that of the Sun or Moon. 



Very sincerely yours, 

 T. G. Taylor, 



H. C. Astronomsf. 



V. — Observations on the Planet Jupiter, ^^c.—By 

 T. G. Taylor, Esq. Honorable Compan/ifs Astronoim \ 



^ To the Editor of the Madras Journal of Lit. and Science, 

 My Dear Sir, 



I beg to forward for insertion in the Madras Journal of 

 Literature and Science, the particulars of my observations 

 of the occultation of 50 Tauri and the planet Jupiter by 

 the Moon on the evening of the 6th instant: the unfre- 

 quency of phenomena of this nature has I hope induced 

 some of your correspondents to make similar observations, 

 in which case the favor of their communication through the 

 medium of your Journal or otherwise will by me be very 

 thankfully welcomed ; the observations made at this Obser- 

 vatory are as follows. 



March 6, 1835. — Occultation of 50 Tauri behind the 

 Moon's dark limb at 9h. 19//7. 11. OG?. disappearance instan- 

 taneous ; observed with 5 feet Achromatic power €0, 



March 6, 1835.— Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon's 

 dark limb. 



