< ' 55 

 Polaris in the Autumn. 



Mean of 39 observations gives mean zenith distance = 

 34° 54' 45", 51 — 79p. Comparing the two last sets of observations, 

 viz. 23 in spring and 39 in autumn, we have 

 45",24+,76p. = 45", 51— ,79/> ov p = 0' ,17. 



From which may be inferred that « Polaris has no sensible- 

 parallax. 



