Observations of the Comet of 1793, Made by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal, and Other Observers. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal

VII. Observations of the Comet of 1793, made by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F.R.S. Astronomer Royal, and other Observers. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal. Read February 14, 1793. | Year | Mean Time at Greenwich | R of Comet in sidereal Time | R of Comet in Degrees, &c. | Declination of Comet | Longitude of Comet | Latitude of Comet | Name of Observers | |------|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------| | 1793 | H. M. S. | H. M. S. | S. ° ′ ″ | D. M. S. | S. D. M. S. | D. M. S. | | | Jan. | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 55 7 | 16 6 43 | 8 1 40 45 | 51 46 23 N | 7 2 29 3 | 69 38 5 N | Mr. Gregory. | | 11 | 13 3 50 | 20 27 56 | 10 6 59 0 | 71 1 42 N | 1 5 16 0 | 76 9 8 N | Mr. Steph. Lee. | | 14 | 11 38 0 | 1 12 48 | 0 18 12 0 | 45 53 12 N | 1 6 16 29 | 34 53 33 N | | | 18 | 9 26 6 | 1 58 28.6 | 0 29 37 9 | 17 47 7 N | 1 3 45 36 | 5 19 33 N | | | 21 | 8 5 52 | 2 11 42.8 | 1 2 55 42 | 9 1 26 N | 1 3 47 57 | 4 0 25 S | | | 26 | 6 54 35 | 2 22 42.23 | 1 540 33 | 1 48 19 N | 1 3 58 51 | 11 43 25 S | | | 27 | 7 37 41 | 2 24 4.19 | 1 6 1 3 | 0 51 36 N | 1 3 59 30 | 12 43 44 S | | | 28 | 6 56 35 | 2 25 18.35 | 1 6 19 35 | 0 4 11 N | 1 4 1 22 | 13 34 36 S | | | 30 | 8 57 38 | 2 27 41.4 | 1 6 55 21 | 1 20 59 S | 1 4 7 13 | 15 6 48 S | The Astronomer Royal. | | Feb. | | | | | | | | | 3 | 7 11 52 | 2 31 27.2 | 1 7 51 48 | 3 17 27 S | 1 4 22 44 | 17 15 20 S | | | 4 | 7 4 12 | 2 32 17.2 | 1 8 4 18 | 3 40 40 S | 1 4 27 4 | 17 41 21 S | | | 5 | 7 42 28 | 2 33 5.13 | 1 8 16 17 | 4 2 42 S | 1 4 31 19 | 18 6 6 S | | | 7 | 8 5 26 | 2 34 37.55 | 1 8 39 23 | 4 41 11 S | 1 4 40 55 | 18 50 1 S | | These places of the comet may admit of some little change; when the stars with which it was compared have been settled by observations with the meridian instruments.