460 Astronomical and Nautical Collections, 



Egyptian year 

 of Nabonassar. 



ill 12® 50' YJ, by comparison with the horns of the constella- 

 tion Capricorn; the distance from the mean place being 47° 20 . 



^ + 137y-122.67^ 



884, Mechir (Vf.) 9, (p. 239, B. vol. 2, p. 195, H.) Ptolemy 

 observed, the 21st of Adrian, the 9-10 Mechir, the greatest 

 elongation of Venus, in 19° 36' ^, at the distance of 47° 32' 

 from the mean sun. + 137^— 85 . 67'*. 



885, In the beginning of the reign of Antonine, the longitude of 

 Sirius was n 17° 40' (vol. 2, p. 96, H.) ; which agrees with 

 the general catalogue, (p. 73). 



The 1 Thoth of this year was ^ + 137^+120.83'*. 



885, Athyr (III.) 20, (vol. 2, p. 243, H.) Ptolemy observed an 

 opposition of Jupiter in the first year of Antonine, the 20-21 

 Athyr, 5 hours after midnight, in longitude 14° 23' : 1 year, 

 37d. 7h. after the opposition in the 21st of Adrian. 



^ + 138y-164.71^ 



885, Epiphi (XL) 20, (vol. 2, p. 167, H.) Ptolemy observed, in 

 the first year of Antonine, the 20-21 Epiphi, the greatest elon- 

 gation of Mercury, in longitude 7° 25, by comparison with 

 Regulus : the distance from the mean place being 26J°. 



@ + 138y + 75.09^ 



886, Tybi (V.) 29, (vol. 2, p. 201, H.) Ptolemy observed, in 

 the second of Antonine, 29-30 Tybi, the greatest eastern elon- 

 gation of Mercury, 4 J hours after midnight, in longitude Til 

 6i°, by comparison with Spica. + 139y-95.98'*. 



886, Mechir (VI.) 6, (vol. 2, p. 284, H.) Ptolemy observed, in 

 the second year of Antonine, Mechir 6-7, 4 hours before mid- 

 night, the longitude of Saturn, by comparison with the Hyades, 

 ^ 9° 4', being half a degree distant from the visible place oif 

 the moon at Alexandria, which was then 8° 34'. 



§ + 1397-89.32^ 



886, Phamenoth (VII.) 25. (p. 293. H.) Ptolemy observed, the 

 second year of Antonine, the distance of the moon from the 

 sun 5J hours before noon : the moon was in 9 J°nx, without 

 sensible parallax in longitude : the interval is 885 years, 203 

 days, 18J hours; both apparently and correctly. 



© + 139y-40.9'*. 

 Halma has 18^|° instead of 18|^° for the sun's apparent 

 place, which was ^18° 50'. 



886, Pharmuthi (VIII.) 9. (vol. 2. p. 11. H.) Ptolemy observed 

 in the 2d of Antonine, the 9 Pharmuthi, near sunset, the last 

 degree of 8 being on the meridian, that is, 5^ hours after the 

 noon of the 9th, the apparent distance of the moon from the 

 sun 92|° ; and half an hour after the sun had set, the moon*s 

 distance from Regulus in longitude was 57° 10'. The sun's 



