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Object a suspected — it has a companion, p = 25°. 



ab = 6^7. 

 bd=2'.5. 



§ = -f6° 42'. 



Swept with power 400, from 7° to G° of plan of Nov. 11. 



Dec. 11.3. — Objects a and companion are fixed. 

 Same Dec. 12.7. 



Dec. 7.7. — Came over to observatory, but found dome disabled so 

 that I could not go on with my work. 



Dec. 9.7. — Began search from -{-Q°, south. Soon clouded up. 

 Setting for next morning is -|-6°, exactly. Began to look for objects 

 seen Dec. 3.7 ; but clouds too dense to permit their being seen. 

 Power 400. 



Dec. 11.7. — Searched with power 400, from n° to -|-4° 10'. An 

 object a suspected. 



[ixj 



ab = S' {1 0^ s. t.). a = 1 1*^ 20-". 



bc = V.o. 8 = +4° 48'. 



ce = 3'. 



bd = o'. 



a5 = 8^4(ll^s. t.) 



Dec. 14.7. — a is a very faint and small neb- 

 ula. 1878, Feb. 11.7. — Did not succeed 

 in seeing a. 



Termination of search — a star in setting r j ^ 1 1'' 30"", 8= -}-4° 10'. 



Finder. 



Equatorial, 

 Power 400. 



