Comet Gregory
Reverend Edward Gregory from Langar, Nottingham, England
discovered comet 1793 Gregory-Méchain (C/1793 A1, 1792 II) in the evening of
January 8, 1793, when observing Venus and measuring its distance from Iota
Aquarii; he traced this comet until January 12.
The comet was independently
found by Pierre Méchain on January 10; the comet was observed by a number of
astronomers until February 14 of that year.
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