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OccuUations of Fixed Stars, ^'C, at the Wesley an University, Mid- 

 dletown, Connecticut. Latitude, 41° 33' 10". Assumed Longitude^ 

 4''- 50'"- 36^-. 



Name. 



A2 Cancri 

 62 Orionis 

 Unknown 



58 Sagittarii 

 29 " 

 V Piscium 

 A « 

 A " 

 (5 " 



74 Tauri 

 71 Orionis 

 2 Leonis 



61 Tauri 

 Unknown 

 29 Ophiuchi 



u Tauri 

 29 Cancri 

 750 B. A. C. 



75 Tauri 

 Unknown 

 111 Tauri 

 Unknown 



A Geniinorum 

 3,398 B. A. C.(.?) 

 26 Geminorum 



3,418 B. A. C. 

 Mercury 



54 Tauri 



75 " 



1,391 B.A. C. 



a Tauri 



111 " 

 31 Leonis 

 1,517 B. A. C 

 38 Virginis 

 21,678 Lalande 

 59 Leonis 

 7,263 B. A. C 



Sidereal Time. 



h. m. 



9 27 



11 26 



11 24 



12 20 

 17 03 



17 45 

 1 44 



18 40 



19 29 



20 54 



01.38 

 45.55 

 23.50 

 16.40 

 39.92 

 33.95 

 49.92 

 36.09 

 50.00 

 04.48 



3 56 21.11 



6 06 4L87 

 11 29 43.35 



5 00 56.61 



18 51 18.33 



19 03 50.83 



2 22 



7 02 

 6 05 



8 30 

 8 21 



7 

 7 

 7 

 9 

 11 



23 

 20 

 35 

 05 

 33 



11 52 



13 43 



14 53 

 14 55 

 21 59 



30.08 



50.55 



41.19 



29.26 



02.26 



21.40 



31,40 



41.90 



01.19 



42.08 



44.00 



53.86 



39 



19 



40.60 



3 35 44,80 



4 46 12.20 



7 36 35.70 



8 42 27.70 



22 1820 



7 05 31 27 



8 32 02 40 

 10 29 27.04 

 13 25 54,85 

 15 48 17.50 

 23 47 11.72 



Im. 



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Good observation. 



IC It 



2s. (?) 



Is. (?) 



Good observation. 



Pretty good observation. 



a (c tt 



Is. (?) 

 Is. (?) 

 Pretty good. 



Is. (?) 

 Pretty good. 



Pretty good. 



Saw a bright spot in the dark part of the 

 Is. (?) [Moon. 



2d internal contact with Sun's limb. 

 2d external " 

 Good observation. 



Thill clouds. Observation fair, 

 good. 

 C Recognized the star by its form, not by 

 J its brightness. Appeared projected on 

 ( ihe disk, slightly. 



Pretty good. 

 Is. (?) 

 Pretty good. 



* This observation was supposed to be good at the time, and no error can be 

 found by referring to the original entry in my book of rough records. But a re- 

 duction of the observation for this longitude leads to the supposition that it ought 

 to be 2'>- 20™- 30.08'-. 



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