Caroline Herschel sent drawings she had made, showing the position of the suspected object with regard to certain stars in the same field of view, to Dr. Blagden. He was thus enabled to locate the comet and confirm her observation. When this discovery of a comet was followed by seven more, Caroline Herschel succeeded in making for herself a European reputation for what was called “her eccentric vocation.” In 1828 she received the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and in 1835 was elected an honorary member thereof. The personal interest she took in her cometary captures is evidenced by a neat little packet found among her papers after her death, containing the account of her discoveries. It was labeled “Bills and Receipts of my Comets.” This also has been carefully preserved by Miss Francesca Herschel (the granddaughter of Sir William Herschel) who showed it to the writer during the summer of 1922. Searching for comets is not part of the defined programs of observatories, as it involves an immense amount of time with results which only present themselves at intervals. However, when an amateur succeeds in discovering a comet and has made known the fact to a professional astronomer, the latter completes the work of computing its orbit and other elements, which is not usually undertaken by the discoverer, unless he has the requisite mathematical knowledge. Yet it is advantageous, if he possesses a ring micrometer (an instrument used for the measurement of small angles), to learn how to make use of it during the first few observations, which are usually made before the comet has been seen elsewhere. These observations, if precise, will prove of the greatest value. The news of the discovery of a comet should be sent at the first opportunity to the director of the nearest observatory, who will communicate with the director (Elis Stromgren) of the Bureau Centrale Astronomique de l’Union Astronomique Internationale, Observatoire de Copenhagen, from which center it will be sent broadcast all over the world. The discoverer will then experience the delight of having a comet named after him, which he can claim forthwith as his own individual celestial treasure trove. As a matter of fact, newly discovered comets are now usually referred to by their date and order of discovery, as Comet 1, 1924, saving much confusion as to the name of the actual discoverer. This was exemplified in the case of a comet found by Pons in 1819 (III of that year), which Encke showed to be revolving in an ellipse with a periodic time of three and one-half years. Hence its name of Encke’s comet. It was again renamed after Winnecke, who rediscovered it in 1858, but actually he had no more claim to the title than Caroline Herschel, who discovered it in 1795—her seventh comet—or Méchain by whom it had been previously seen in January, 1786.