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Star i° 13' 24". Hence the Comet’s right Afcenfion 
was 355 0 2' 36"; and its Declination 18 0 1 9" 
North. 
'January 23d sh if) The Comet’s Didance was 
obierved by the Quadrant from Aldebaran 69° 26'-§-, 
corrected for Rcfradion 69° 28' j"; from {y) c PegaJi 
8° 42' d.; corrected 8° 42' 35''. 
January 23 d 7 h 2,9') The Comet preceded (<p) 
Fegafi 2 0 43' 27" in right- Afcenfion ; and was North 
of the Star, in the 8 Foot Glafs, 2 6' 32''. Hence 
the Comet’s right Afcenfion was 352® S' 4-6" 5 and 
its Declination 18 0 8' 27". 
The Comet this Evening appeared exceedingly 
bright and diftind, and the Diameter of its Nucleus 
nearly equal to that of Jupiter's ; its Tail, extending 
above 16 Degrees from its Body, pointed towards (Q of 
Andromeda ; and was in Length (fuppoling the Sun’s 
Parallax 10") above 2 3 Millions of Miles ; but cloudy 
Weather fucceeding, we loft this agreeable Sight- 
till Feb. 5 th . 
Feb. 5 d 7I 1 3 1' -f-) A fmall Star of Fegafus, marked 
(a) by Bayer y preceded the Comet in right Afcen- 
fton i° 40 7 20" j and was South of the Star 54' 23'': 
The right Afcenfion of the Star, by the Greenwich 
Obfervations at that time, was 3 4 3 0 o' 4"} its 
Declination 13 0 49' 56": Wherefore the Comet’s 
right Afcenfion was 344 0 4c 7 24'' 5 and its Declina- 
tion 14 0 44' 19 7 ' North. 
Feb. 1 i d 6' a 37' L) The Comet followed (£) Be* 
gafi ; the Corredion for Refradion being allowed 
4 3 7 1" in right Afcenfion and was South of the 
Star 50' 3": The right Afcenfion of (£), by the 
Greenwich Obfervations at that time, was 3 3 8° 2 8' 24'b 
its 
