24 ART. 19. — N. ICIIIXOHE : 



ALGOLS AND GALAXY. 



It is a well known fact that the number of stars decreases 

 with the galactic latitude, and the relation between tlie number 

 of stars and the milky way has been investigated by several 

 astronomers. " Sir John Herschel first called attention to the 

 fact that while a number of the brightest stars in the heavens lie 

 near the course of the galaxy, they symmetrically deviate from 

 it in the direction of a great circle cutting the galaxy at two 



nodes, This relation of the stars in question was fully 



investigated by Gould." Gould derived the position of the pole 

 of the circle as follows : 



A-17r.2 

 D= 30° 



This pole does not exactly coincide to that of the galaxy but 

 nearly same. Recently Newcomb determined various principal 

 circles and found the followins: results. 



Galactic plane (1) i,s the result from the stars omitting the 

 branch of the Galaxy between Cyguus and Aquila and (2) is that 

 from the whole stars including the branch. 



If such general tendency prevail in all the magnitudes of 

 stars, then we can easily conclude that perhaps this relation will 

 be found in the Algols in their distribution over the heaven, if 



