[ io6 ] 
J 771 
Jna. 10 
16 
17 
20 
True Time, 
h > » 
8 44 24 
10 16 45 
10 46 3 
12 48 58 
•9 
16 
41 39 
27 35 
40 34 
2 
21 
^3 
7 
7 
6 
6 
7 
7 
S 
8 
8 56 49 
8 56 49 
19 24 
19 24 
37 
23 
18 30 
18 30 
9 
9 
R'.Afcenfiou 
O ' // 
22 27 46 
121 47 16 
'21 35 31 
120 49 lb 
120 24 21 
84 3 n 
84 1 32 
80 41 58 
80 40 28 
80 37 13 
80 35 28 
72 52 2 
72 52 25 
72 47 47 
72 48 17 
72 47 17 
72 47 32 
No.Declin, 
o / // 
5 
5 
5 
6 
6 
4 
21 
36 
1 
37 
15 
51 
Eftimat® pofition to ^ Hydrae. 
/ Determined pofition by a of the 7th mag. 
L then unknown, as alfo by ^ Hydrae. 
By ^ Hydrae. 
47‘By the fame if- of Hydrae, repeated. 
46 By Procyon. 
22 39 
22 40 
23 45 
21 
51 
25 
23 46 51 
25 55 
25 55 
25 5 ^ 
25 56 
25 57 
25 57 
By ^ the South horn of the Bull. 
By the fame. 
f By Flamfteed’s 121 of Taurus and the 163 
1 of La Caille. 
By the fame. 
By the fame if . 
By a if of the 8th mag. obferved on the merid. 
By the planet Mars. 
By the above if of the 8th mag. 
By the planet Mars. 
3'By the above if of the 8ih mag. 
4jBy Mars. 
25 
28 
47 
46 
Such are my obfervations, from whence M. Pingre has deduced the following Ele- 
ments of its orbit. 
so'/' 
Afcending si 3. 18 42 10 
Indication of the orbit 31 25 55 
Place of the perihelion 8. 28 22 44 
Log. of the perihel. dift. 9,722833 
Faffed the perihel. the 22d of November, 1770, at 22^^ 5' 48''' M.T. 
at the royal obfervatory, motion retrograde. He adds, “ that this 
“ comet refembles none of thole whole elements are determined, 
“ on comparing its motion with the places of its Perihel and ^2 • it 
“ is eafy to fee, that it was impolTible to difeover it at Paris before 
“ the year 1771 ; and it may even be added, that it mull; frequently 
have paffed in the Sun’s neighbourhood, imperceptible to the 
‘ Northern parts of the Earth.” 
u 
XIV. 
