AT THE OBSERVATORY AT PARAMATTA 
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The greater part of these Stars have been observed by myself in the Me- 
ridian, whence I have deduced their mean places for the beginning of 1823, as 
follows. 
Stars. 
Mean At. 
Jan. 1, 1823. 
Ann. 
Va riat. 
Mean Declination 
Jan. 1, 1823. 
Annual 
Variation. 
o / // 
o / // 
// 
a 
92 46 33 
52.02 
17 50 13 N. 
— 0.966 
b 
93 42 25 
52.04 
17 4 54 
-1.291 
c 
94 34 8 
51.75 
16 20 31 
— 1.593 
d 
96 12 15 
51.40 
15 27 35 
-2.219 
f 
97 27 26 
50.53 
13 8 5 
-2.600 
g 
98 50 14 
50.496 
13 4 45 
-3.417 
h 
99 47 23 
49-97 
i 
100 32 11.7 
49-718 
11 0 0.3 
-3.664 
n 
101 32 8.3 
49.039 
9 5 41.6 
-4.001 
0 
101 38 33 
48.99 
8 57 57-3 
— 4.041 
P 
102 16 0.9 
48.60 
7 51 8.0 
-4.256 
s 
103 12 40 
w 
103 48 38 
48.01 
6 10 54.7 
-4.779 
X 
104 7 42 
47-99 
6 9 6.0 
-4.885 
y 
104 4 39 
47.89 
/3 
104 47 56 
47.48 
y 
104 49 4 
47.40 
4 27 0.2 
— 5.123 
S 
110 5 23.8 
45.39 
1 32 45.1 S. 
+ 6.87 
K 
111 46 30 
44.93 
111 47 59 
45.00 
2 46 15.4 
+ 7.431 
9 
112 31 11.6 
X 
115 25 1 
43.12 
8 44 30 
+ 8.59 
A 
115 42 39 
43.05 
8 57 29 
+ 8.685 
115 52 19 
42.98 
9 12 26 
+ 8.735 
The positions of the Comet are accord- 
ingly: 
1822. 
Tune 
Sidereal 
Time at 
Paramatta. 
39 23 
4 11 
6 11 
38 
7 11 3 10 
8 11 17 25 
10 11 20 0 
11 11 24 39 
12 11 40 0 
Mean .11. 
92 43 56 
93 46 24 
94 46 9 
96 41 58 
97 37 35 
98 33 44 
100 24 12 
101 19 48 
102 17 31 
Mean Decli- 
nation. 
17 39 43 
16 53 2 
16 4 36 
14 22 48 
13 28 40 
12 31 15 
10 30 49 
9 26 9 
8 18 22 
13 
11 
42 
4 
103 
15 
2 
7 
6 
31 
14 
11 
55 
0 
104 
15 
35 
5 
51 
51 
15 
11 
40 
48 
105 
16 
59 
4 
33 
41 
19 
12 
13 
38 
109 
54 
46 
1 
29 
44 
20 
12 
16 
53 
111 
14 
22 
3 
14 
29 
22 
13 
18 
46 
114 
12 
14 
7 
8 
23 | 
12 
53 
55 
115 
47 
41 
9 
9 
4^ 
OO 
B. Comet of September and October 1822, in Ophiucho. 
I have stated on a former occasion that I was not the first discoverer of this 
Comet in Paramatta ; but the following original observations thereof, which 
have never been published before, were made by myself. 
O* 
00 
r—4 
Sidereal Time 
at Paramatta. 
u 
2 
c n 
Difference of 
At in Time. 
Comet North 
or South of 
Star. 
1822. 
Sidereal Time 
at Paramatta. 
S 
Difference of 
Alin Time. 
Comet North 
or South of 
Star. 
Sept. 21 
h m s 
20 44 43 
20 43 56 
a 
b 
c 
a 
m s 
+ 0 46.7 
-0 22.1 
-0 48.9 
1 3 P . 118 S. 
Sept. 23 
h m s 
20 15 42.1 | 
20 15 08 
d 
e 
e 
m s 
+ 0 31.53 
— 0 38.43 
5P.9334 S. 
