(4 O' 
enabled, the Night following, to fee the Comet at 
Wanfted . The Clouds hindered me from obferving 
it in the manner that I had defigned ^ but I had Time 
enough to meafure its Didance (with a Micrometer in 
a Telefcope of 7 Foot) from a Star in Aquarius , marked 
g by It oyer. At 6 b. 2i f the obferved Diftance between 
this Star and the Comet was i° 13/ 53", and a great 
Circle palling through the Star and Comet, made an 
Angle with the Vertical Circle of 6 o° ?. The Comet 
was more foutherly and wefterly than the Star. By 
this Obfervation the Comet preceded the Star in Right 
Afcenfion i° 3 ' being 39' more foutherly- fo 
that the Comet’s Right Afcenfion was 307° 6 > 40// and 
its Declination 1 1° 8 / 15" S. 
The Place of g here alfumed is according to the Bri- 
tish Catalogue, as are alfo the Places of the other Stars 
hereafter mentioned from which the Comet was obfer- 
ved. The Right Afcenlions and Declinations, which 
are here fet down, of feveral fmall Stars that are not in 
that Catalogue, were determined by obferving the Dif- 
ferences of Right Afcenfion and Declination between 
thofe fmall Stars and others that were in the Catalogue, 
and had nearly the fame Declinations. 
The fame Evening, at 7 h. 3 ' a fmall Star that was 
more eaflerly than the Comet, and had about the fame 
Declination with it, was diftant from it 3 5' 40". About 
the fame time another fmall Star that had nearly the 
fame Right Afcenfion with the Comet, but was more 
foutherly, was diftant from it 39 ' 58^. The Places of 
thefe two Stars I have not yet obferved. 
The next Night proved cloudy, fo that I could not 
fee the Comet again till October 12. when (the Air be- 
ing very ferene and clear) we had an Opportunity of 
comparing it with two or three fmall Stars that were 
near it } my Uncle, the Reverend Mr. Pound , aflifting 
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