160 ASTRONOMY FOR ISSi), 1H!»0. 



Algiers: Trepied.—X nicMidian circ.Ioof ()"«.19 (7.5 inches) and an 

 eqnatoii:il ()t()"'.rj (4.7 implies) have been aililcd to the etiuipment. Ob 

 servatioiis have been made ni)on a catalo'jjue of 10,000 stars in tlie zone 

 — 18° to — 230. It is expected'that the photographic equatorial will 

 aoon beinstalU'd. (1889.) 



Armagh : Breytr. — Observations ofnebnhe and [)h\ sical observations 

 of Jupiter and Saturn ; time service. 



Basel: Rigfjcnbach.—Davoted entirely to the instruction of students. 

 Berlin : W. Foerster. — Observations with the transit circh', obser- 

 vations with the 9-inch eciuatorial of asteroids, comets, and double stars, 

 and with the small transit of comparison stars and stars occulted by 

 the moon. 



BESANyoN: Gruey. — Observations of comets; horology. The observ- 

 atory possesses an equatorial coude. 



Birr Castle: Lord Rosse. — Preparing for publication a series of 

 sketches of the milky way; measures of lunar heat during the eclipse of 

 January 28, 1888, have been reduced. 



Bonn : SchdnfchL— Zone observations -f 40° to +.50° with the transit 

 circle. Reductions in a forward state. (1889.) 



Bordeaux : /i'a.?/ef.— Preparations are being made for observing the 

 zone —20^ to — 2.jC. The photographic equatorial has been mounted. 

 (1889.) 



Breslau: Galle. — Chiefly magnetic and meteorological work. Small 

 transit used for time service. 



Cambridge (England): Adams.— Mr. Newall has presented his 

 2o-inch refractor to the university observatory, and the university 

 authorities have voted to spend about $11,000 on its installation near 

 the i)resent observatory, and to appoint an observer, at $1,200 per 

 annum, to devote himself to research in stellar physics. It is under- 

 stood that the work with this instrument will be under the charge of 

 Mr. II. F. Newall. 



Volume 22 of the publications has been issued and deals with the 

 observations from 18G6 to 1869. 



Camden. — The amateur astronomical society at Camden, New Jer- 

 sey, has a small observatory, with oi-inch equatorial, transit instru- 

 ment, chronograi)h, clock, etc. 



Cape oe (iooD Hope: (7///.— With the meridian eircde regular ob- 

 servations have been made of the sun, Mercury, Venus, comparison 

 stars, stars occulted by the moon, etc. The heliometer has been con- 

 stantly in n.se and much attention has been given to astronomical pho- 

 tography. Prof. J. ('. K;ipteyn has measured delinitively 3S9 negatives 

 of the plates of the southern photographic Durchmusternng, covering 

 8,769 square degrees of the sky. This woik represents 489,490 obser 

 vations ol about 193,000 stars, or about 03 per cent, of the whole work. 



