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26.fi.7^-. in the evening, he faw him between the Head 
of ^M^dt^fi and the JPieudes ; without a Telefcope he appeared 
no otherwife than a Star of the third inagnitude.He appeared big- 
ger by Telefcopes/ and ftirpaffed much the Stars of the firft mag- 
nitudejbut he was very dark,as if it had been nothing but a fniall 
whitiili cloud.and we could hardly perceive him, when we held 
a fight to the threds of ourTelefcopes applied to the inftrumentS5 
inftead of Sight^s ^for to obferve with greater precifenefs. 
His Head^ feen with a Telefcope of 1 7 foot, appeared ahnofl 
round;but it was well defined,and diftinguiih't from the inifHnefSj 
which formed a kind of chevelure, wiierewith it was encompaf- 
ied ; and-even the middle was a little confuled, and feemed to 
have inequalities;>as- are feen in clouds. 
The%'/, which is principally that which diftingulflieth Co- 
mets from Stars^was almoft imperceptible;yet by the Telefcope it 
was fcen turned oppofite to the Sun, and it appeared of the length 
of two diameters of the Head or thereabout ; For it was not eafe 
toraeafureit precifely^, becaufe being thinner according as it wag 
vfarthcr fimu he Head, it s extremity was infenfibly loft^^^^ And lo 
the whole Comet, Head, Tail, and Chevelure taken altogether, 
took up no more than 3 or 4 minutes of a degree. 
H. 7. 4S'. he was in a.ftreight line with the Ludda in the Head 
, of M^^/^^j^jaod with the moft Occidental one oi Vat Fleudes) and 
above the two cleareft Stars of the Southern foot FerTem 'i fd 
that a ftreight -line, drawn through thefe two Stars,did alip.oft 
touch the Southern extremity of his Chevelure, This p'ace of the 
j Comet^transferreduponthe Map of the Fixt Star% fell precifely 
' enough upon 2 3 '.25'. of the fign of 'TdUrm{m 14 degrees of Nor- ■ 
thern Latitude, . Mean time, we werejain to content our felyes 
with determining after this manner the p^ace of the Comet ^ be- 
' caufeof the difficulty v;e found to fee. him by the InftriimentJ?^ 
when the light was held to theni,^as was faid above., ' 
With a Telefeope of 3 foot, we law riear the Comet two fmali 
' Stars,diftant one diameter of the Sun from-one another^which .ftars ■. 
ire not in the Catalogues. The Comer was in a manner between 
' thofe two ftars, and little by little he approached to the ftreight 
line,drawn from the one to the other. Signor waited the 
' time.of its being precifely in this ftreight line ; which hapned at 
' h.9. T ^' : and then he found, that he was not exaftly in the niidit 
> of -theie twdt;rtars, and that his-center-was a littlenigher to that, 
which was weft-ward i But h»9* 3^3 Vl3e was equally diftant from . 
' , ' - ' them:v 
