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for four years, and is now in Peru photographing the southern sky; 

 with it stars too faint to be seen with the 15-iuch refractor have been 

 photographed, and a corresponding advantage is anticipated from the 

 increase of the aperture to 24 inches. 



Vohime 17 of the Annals is now completed and consists of the follow- 

 ing papers, which have been separately printed and distributed during 

 the last few years : I. Magnitudes of stars employed in various nautical 

 almanacs; II. Discussion of the Uranometria Oxoniensis; III. Photo- 

 metric observations of asteroids ; IV. Total eclipse of the moon, 1888, 

 January 28; V. Total eclipse of the sun, 1886, August 29; VI. Detection 

 of new nebula; l)y photography ; VII. A photographic determination of 

 the brightness of the stars ; VIII. Index to observations of variable 

 stars ; IX. Meridian-circle observations of close north polar stars ; X. 

 Meridian-circle observations of close south polar stars. 



Volume 21, part 1, contains the observations of the New England 

 Meteorological Society made during 1888. Volume 22 contains a long 

 series of meteorological observations made on the summit of Pike's 

 Peak, Colorado, between January, 1874, and June, 1888, by U. S. Army 

 Signal Service observers. 



Kalocsa: Fenyi. — Physical observations of the sun. (1889.) 



Kew : Whipple. — Meteorological, magnetic, and solar observations. 



Kiel : Krueger. — The catalogue of zone 4-55° to -|-65o has been pub- 

 lished. Computation of the orbits of comets and asteroids. 



KoNiGSBERG: G. F. W. Pe^e/x— Observations of zone +83o to -l-90'5; 

 also heliometer observations of wide double stars. (1889 ) 



Kremsmunster : Wagner. — Observations of comets and asteroids ; 

 time service. 



Leipzig: Bruns. — Observations of zone -+-5° to -flO°; observations 

 with the heliometer ; time service. 



Lund : MiJller. — Spectroscopic observations to determine the sun's 

 rotation period. The printing of the Zone Catalogue is in progress. 

 The second volume of Zone Observations, + 36° to -f4Uo, has been 

 published. 



Lynn (Massachusetts). — Private observatory of Mr. C. W. Wilson. 

 Latitude +42".5, longitude 71° west. The principal instrument is one 

 of Ah an Clark & Sons' 6-iuch refractors of unusual excellence. 



Lyons : Andre. — Meridian work ; physical observations of the sun and 

 of Jupiter. 



McCoRMiCK: Stone. — Chiefly engaged in observations of double stars 

 and nebulae. Volume 1, part 4, of the Publications contains double- 

 star measures made in 1885 and 188G by Leavenworth and Muller. 



Marseilles: Stephan. — Kevision of Riimker's Catalogue; observa- 

 tions of comets, asteroids, nebula? and variable stars. (1889.) 



