{ "id": "d1cb0d16796bb8a442d3ca0a6f4ca8ce8043f7a6", "text": "III. Observatio Cometæ, Anno 1748, cum aliis aliquot Observationibus astronomicis a Rev. P. P. Antonio Gaubil e Soc. Jesu ad eundem transmissa; in Residentia PP. Gallor. Soc. Jesu Pekini.\n\nDie 27 April. mane 3h 30' vidimus cometam in medio stellarum Pegasi β λ n.\n\n2 Maii comparavimus etiam cometam cum stellis de quibus agit P. Hallerstein in Flamstedio 1690. Stella in γ 11° 26' 45''. Locus cometæ idem ferme concluditur seu ex nostra seu P. Hallerstein observatione.\n\n3 Maii 3h mane α et σ Cassiopeæ in linea recta cum cometa. τ est in medio sat praecise.\n\n4 Maii mane 4h ¼ cometa occidentalior 3a stella in Cassiope. apud Flamstedium 5' 35', cometa australior 1° 1'.\n\n5 Maii nihil exacte observari potuit.\n\n6 Maii mane 2h 51' linea per α et β Cassiopeæ paululum ad austrum cometæ, distantia β a stella α = distantia β a cometa.\n\n10 Maii vespere, 9h 14' minima altit. cometæ vera 20° 48'58'' cometa occidentalior orientali stella (componitur ex duabus) 27' 12'' in Flamstedio stella in Tauro 25° et aliquot min.\n\n15 Maii comparavimus etiam cometam cum stellis P. Hallerstein. Cometæ altit. merid. vera p. m. 25° 51' 30'' 10h 12'. Cometa australior stella 8°; altit. mer. stellæ boreal. 25° 59' 30''. Non bene observavimus differentiam asc. rectæ.\n\n16 Maii\n16 Maii p.m. vera altit. merid. cometæ $26^\\circ 16'$ $32''$; in reticulo $10^h 22'$: cometa orientalior stella P. Hallerstein $1^\\circ 41'$.\n\n17 Maii p.m. $10^h 40'$ vera altid. minima cometæ $26^\\circ 46' 34''$.\n\nγ Cephei ad horarium $7^h 54' 58''$.\n\nCometa ad horar. $10^h 41' 43''$.\n\nVia cometæ videtur borealior via stellæ $38' 20''$.\n\nIn schedulis non reperio sat multas observationes factas usque ad 7 Jun. Sed ex comparatione cometæ cum Heveliana stella, de qua infra, et aliis non ita bene cognitis mihi, videor posse concludere, a die $2^{4^\\circ}$ Jun. ad $7^{um}$ cometæ asc. rectam crevisse $6$ grad. et minut. aliquot. declin. vero decrevisse $55''$.\n\n7 Jun. mane $1^h 15'$ stella ad horarium $35' 30''$ post cometam. Stella borealior $1^\\circ 30'$ sat. dubie obser.*\n\n9 Jun. $0^h 45'$ cometa ad horarium.\n\n$0^\\circ 49' 10''$ stella ad horarium A. §\n\nCometa borealior $1^\\circ 30'$.\n\nUsque ad $12$ Jun. nihil sat exacti fuit observatum.\n\n13 Jun. p.m. $9^h 30'$ distantia cometæ a stella I || $10' 20''$.\n\nCometa borealior $4' 25''$.\n\nCometa est orientalior.\n\n17 Jun. p.m. $0^h 26' 30''$ A ad horar. $3^\\circ$ †\n\n$53' 35''$ R ad horar. $3^\\circ$ †\n\n$55' 15''$ cometa ad hor.\n\nCometa et R in eadem declin.\n\n* Hevelii stella ad ann. 1660. asc. recta $2^\\circ 24' 39''$. Dist. a polo $12^\\circ 42' 17''$.\n\n§ Stella A in Fig. D de la Caille in Act. Paris. 1740.\n\n|| Stella I in Fig. D de la Caille, Act. Paris. 1742.\n\n† A. R. stellarum notæ in Fig. D de la Caille, Act. Acad. Paris. 1742.\n\nS f\n\n18 Jun.\n18 Jun. p. m. 9° 52' 14\" A ad horar.\n10 19 21 R ad horar.\n24 57 cometa ad horar.\n\nCometa australior A 16' 30\"\naustralior R 10 20.\n\nDiebus sequentibus tubo 7 ped. et amplius, cujus apertura = 1° 0' 24\", observatus est cometa cum stella D in Fig. B. La Caille Act. Acad. Paris. 1742. Nulum fere succelsum habuere multæ ex illis observationibus: refero tantum duas, quæ non mihi videntur omnino exactæ.\n\n27 Jun. p. m. stella D intrat in tubum 9° 23' 10\"\nexit ex tubo 9 36 0\ncometa intrat 9 40 28\nexit 9 52 16\n\nCometa concluditur borealior 19' 40\".\n\n29 Jun. D intrat 11° 1' 40\" p. m.\nexit 11 14 51\nCometa intrat 11 23 54\nexit 11 36 0\n\nCometa concludit borealior 12' aut forte 13'.\n\nNon facile videbatur cometa 29 Jun. fuere nubes diebus 30 Jun. 1 et 2 Julii; nec deinde quaestus est cometa.\n\nEn, domine illustrissime, observationes aliquot cometæ.\n\nPekini, 8 Nov. 1748.\n\nAnt. Gaubil, S. J.\nObs. conjunctionis Martis cum Venere.\n\n1748. t. v. 15 Mart. p. m. 8h 10' limbus occident. &\ndistat a limbo occidentali 2 1' 29''.\n\nObs. aliquot Eclips. Satell. Jovis.\n\n13 Octob. p. m. tempore vero 9h 40' 30'' ima Em.\n3i satell. 4. tub. 15 ped.\n\n15 Octob. p. m. tempore vero 8h 37' 26'' Emerf. 1i\nsatell. eod. tubo.\n\n20 Octob. p. m. tempore vero 10h 7' 56'' Imm. total.\n3i satell. eod. tub.\n\n21 Octob. p. m. tempore vero 5h 52' 12'' Emerf. 2di\nsatell. eod. tub. dubie.\n\n28 Octob. p. m. tempore vero 8h 29' 20'' ima Em.\n2di satell. eod. tubo.\n\n7 Nov. p. m. tempore vero 8h 52' 59'' ima Emerf.\n1i satell. eod. tubo.\n\nIV. An Account of an Aurora Australis,\nseen Jan. 23. 1749-50, at Chelsea, by\nJohn Martyn, F. R. S. Prof. Bot. Cantab.\ncommunicated by Martin Folkes, Esq;\nPræs. Reg. Soc.\n\nRead Jan. 25. AN. 23. 1749-50 at about half an Hour\nafter five in the Evening, casting my\nEye accidentally toward a Window which looked\nto the S. S. W. I thought I saw a reddish Light about\nthe Planet Venus, which then shone exceedingly\nbright. 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