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rdr. William Garrard, of the 
Royal Naval Asylum, Greenwich, has 
transmitted to the Editor the following 
interesting observations on the late 
comet: — He remarks that he is not fur¬ 
nished with transit or equatorial instru¬ 
ments, generally esteemed the best for 
the purpose ; and that all his observations 
have been made with an Hadley’s Sex¬ 
tant, and the time but roughly taken ; 
li's object having been to satisfy liimself 
that tlie latitude and longitude of the 
comet could at all times be attained by 
measuring its distance from two stars, 
and therefrom to compute its situation by 
the operations of spherical trigonometry. 
Nor are his observations corrected with 
regard to tlieefiects of refraction, w’mcb 
may occasion small variations. — liis re¬ 
sults are as fulDvvs: 
With what stars compared. 
and Ursa Major. 
r. and Polar Star. 
a. Lyra and sj Ursa. 
« Ursa and a. L) ra. 
a. L'jTSL and c Aquiia. 
tt Lyra and a Aquiia. 
ibii 
Time of observation. 
Come Us Lon. 
Comet’s Lat. 
Sept. 23d, 8 P.M. 
160° 11' 27" 
449 (Y 4'/ 
October 12lh, 8 P.M. 
20.3 12 19 
60 30 27 
October loth, 8 P.M. 
214 15 8 
61 30 25 
October 15ch, 8 P.M. 
214 15 17 
61 SO f<?0 
October 19th, 7h. 30' 
223 39 39 
62 .37 57 
October 23d, 8h. 
213 8 48 
61 15 49 
From the above, and some other de¬ 
terminations formed in tlie same manner, 
it appears that the comet came to its 
ascending node July 18th. 
in longicucie - - - ^1°’ 
Inclined to the ecliptic in an 
angie of - - - 63“ 40' 4S" 
Its perihelion on the - Sd of August 
Miles. 
V Tlien distant from tlip.sun - 38,500,000 
Its conjunction with the sun 
October lOch - - 13h 22' 
Being then in - - O' 46" 
Its latitude at that time 59 52 22 
Distance irom the sun at con- Miles. 
junction _ - . 98,375,600 
Distance from the earth at that 
tiise - - - 101,9-17,750 
Its greatest geocentric latitude, 
October 19th, at 20' before 
noon ' - - - 62° 44' 5f'' 
The longitude of the comet at 
the time of attaining its 
greatest latitude - UPl?® 9’ 40" 
Being then distant from the Miles. 
- - . 106.021,000 
And from the earth - 106,942,000 
He rnighr, he says, proceed to draw the 
ellipsis, and state the orbit and period of 
ttic cmnet on these elements ; but, lieing 
intormed the French astronomers 
Jiftve observations on it before it came 
to the sun in the spring, their materials 
are much better than liis tor the purpose, 
perhuips they may find it to be about 
