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^heiii both. This Obfcrvation was made on purpofe to know the 
parallax of the Comet, if happily fome other Obferver lhall have 
obferved him in a. remote Country : whence it may be judged, 
how far he was diftaut from the Earth. It was taken notice of,that 
from h.8.5". oftheevening,untilh.io. 26'. he made, in refpeftof 
thefe two ftars, an oblique motion fenfible enough, going from 
North to South in the fame time that he advanced from Weft to 
Eaft. 
Eefides thefe two Stars,there were on the North of the Comet 
three other fmall ones,equally diftant from one another, and pla- 
ced in a ftreight line ; and Weft- ward we faw a fourth beneath 
the Head ofthe Comt t,from which flie was diftant about tv\ o dia- 
^ meters of the Comet. Thefe 4 laft Stars were fo fmall, that v^e 
could not fee them,even with a three foot Telefcopejbut we cafily 
diftinguifli't them with one of 1 7 feet. 
The Clouds hid the Comet about h. i o. at night, and they alfo 
kept us from feeing him the next night of March 2 7. 
March 28. h". 7. 42'. in the evening the Comet was diftant from 
the lefs bright ftar of [he Southern foot of Perfeus^ no more than 
about 2'4V weftward» He had almoft the fame Latitude with this 
Star ; fothat he was precifely enough at 26.deg. S'.of thefignof 
Tmru^yzwd in the larit. of 1 2 deg.S'.We tryed to take the diftance 
of the Comet to the moft remote fixt ftars ; but we found great 
difficulty in it : for we faw the Comet not diftinftly enough by 
the Telefcopes applied to the Inftruments,when wc held a light to 
the threds ; and befides,there was a very rough wind, which did 
exceedingly difcommode the Obfervers. 
Yet notwithftanding, h.8. 14'. we took^as well as we could,tke 
diftance of the Comet to the Star in the Eye of Taum^ called Jlde" 
iara^^md we found,that this diftance was of 1 9. deg.3 8' : And h. 
8.2 9'. the diftance of the Comet to the Star, called Ck/^^iZ^, v^^as 
found to be of 2 2. deg. 3 2'. When we were preparing our fel ves 
to verifie thefe diftances, the clouds covering the heavens inter- 
rupted the obfervation. 
The fame evening, when wt beheld the Comet with Telefcopes, 
we faw about his head a chevelur^ of an almoft equal length,with- 
out being able clearly to diftinguifli his tail oppofiteto the Sun. 
'Tis true,that the Air was not clear enough, and even at the place 
of the Comet there v/ere fome fiuall clouds. 
March 2<), we could not obferve,becaiile the Sky was wholly 
over-caft. 
March 
