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magnitudes six and eight, distance 1'8", p. 287. 2 2737 (the first 

 star to the left of 2 2735, the name having accidentally been 

 omitted from the map) is a beautiful triple, although the two 



closest stars, of magnitudes six and seven, can not be separated 

 by our instruments. Their distance in 188G was 078", p. 286 , and 

 they had then been closing rapidly since 1884, when the distance 

 was 1*26". The third star, of magnitude eight, is distant 11 , p. 



