The positions of the comet to these fixed stars were observed to be as follow:
Friday, February 25, O.S. at 8½h. P. M. the distance of the comet in p from the star E was less than 3⁄13AE, and greater than 1⁄5AE, and therefore nearly equal to 3⁄14AE; and the angle ApE was a little obtuse, but almost right. For from A, letting fall a perpendicular on pE; the distance of the comet from that perpendicular was 1⁄5pE.
The same night, at 9½h., the distance of the comet in P from the star E was greater than AE, and less than AE, and therefore nearly equal to of AE, or 8⁄39 AE. But the distance of the comet from the perpendicular let fall from the star A upon the right line PE was 4⁄5PE.
Sunday, February 27, 8¼h. P. M. the distance of the comet in Q from the star O was equal to the distance of the stars O and H; and the right line QO produced passed between the stars K and B. I could not, by reason of intervening clouds, determine the position of the star to greater accuracy.
Tuesday, March 1, 11h . P. M. the comet in R lay exactly in a line between the stars K and C, so as the part CR of the right line CRK was a little greater than ⅓CK, and a little less than ⅓CK + 1⁄8CR, and therefore = ⅓CK + 1⁄16CR, or 16⁄45CK.
Wednesday, March 2, 8h. P. M. the distance of the comet in S from the star C was nearly 4⁄9FC; the distance of the star F from the right line CS produced was 1⁄24FC; and the distance of the star B from the same right line was five times greater than the distance of the star F; and the right line NS produced passed between the stars H and I five or six times nearer to the star H than to the star I.
Saturday, March 5, 11½h. P. M. when the comet was in T, the right line MT was equal to ½ML, and the right line LT produced passed between B and F four or five times nearer to F than to B, cutting off from BF a fifth or sixth part thereof towards F: and MT produced passed on the outside of the space BF towards the star B four times nearer to the star B than to the star F. M was a very small star, scarcely to be seen by the telescope; but the star L was greater, and of about the eighth magnitude.
Monday, March 7, 9½h. P. M. the comet being in V, the right line Va produced did pass between B and F, cutting off, from BF towards F, 1⁄10 of BF, and was to the right line Vβ as 5 to 4. And the distance of the comet from the right line αβ was ½Vβ.
Wednesday, March 9, 8½h. P. M. the comet being in X, the right line γX was equal to ¼γδ and the perpendicular let fall from the star δ upon the right γX was 2⁄5 of γδ.
The same night, at 12h. the comet being in Y, the right line γY was