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to or taken from the declination of the ftar with 
which the comet was compared, will give its decli- 
nation. The 9th column contains the magnitude of 
the ftars ; and the loth, which is the lad, has Bayer’s 
letters, and the numbers of the dars, either new or 
taken from Bayer’s catalogue, according to their or- 
der in each condellation. 
The following are the elements of the comet, as 
computed by MelTrs. de la Caille, Maraldi, and De 
la Lande. 
Place of the afcending node 
Inclination of the orbit 
Pkce of the perihelion — 
Logarithm of the diftance at 
the perihelion - — ■ . 
Time of the perihelion • 
Mr. de la Caille. 
S. D. M. S. 
Mr. Maraldi. 
S. D. M. S 
Mr. de la Lande.j 
S. D. M. S. 
I 23 49 0 
17 39 0 
10 3 16 0 
i 23 49 41 
17 35 20 
to 3 16 20 
* 23 45 35 
17 40 14 
10 3 8 10 
9,766039 
9,766115 
9,7670848 
March •> 
h ' " 
h ' " 
12. at 13 41 
at 12 57 36 
at 13 39 24 
Mean time, 
retrograde. 
at the meridian of Paris, the motion of the comet was 
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