PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
I. An Account of the Discovery of a Comet. In a Letter from 
Miss Caroline Herschel, to Joseph Planta, Esq. Sec , R. S. 
Read November 7, 1793, 
SIR, 
Last night I discovered a comet near 1st (J) Ophiuchi, but 
clouds covering the part of the heavens where it was, its place 
could not be obtained. 
My brother has just now (7 o'clock) determined its situa- 
tion, as follows. 
The comet precedes the 1st (J) Ophiuchi 6 ' 34" in time, 
and is T 23' more north than that star. 
I remain. Sir, &c. 
Slough, 
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1793. 
CAR. HERSCHEL. 
^ MDCCXCI V. 
B 
