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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 



Proven, July 19, 1853. Place near the Governor's house. 

 Circum-meridian altitudes of the sun, for latitude. 



Double altitude. 



Chronometer time. 



o 



3'' 49'" 2'* 



52 10 



54 



3 57 38 

 58 .55 



4 01 00 



4 3 10 



4 49 



6 16 



11 20 



Index error of sextant. — 3' 10". Approximate temp. 42° F. Approximate bar. 29.6. inches. 



O's apparent altitude 



Chronometer time . 



Mean time of observation 



Apparent time 



k . . . 



X . 



A + X . 



O's declination 



Latitude . 



Reduction. 

 38° 24' 41" 



3I1 g-.gm 52S.0 



23 51 37 

 23 45 41 

 404.2 

 145.9 

 38° 26' 00" 

 20 48 55 



72 22 55 



38° 25' 10" 

 4'' 00"° 00».0 

 17 51 

 11 55 

 280.3 

 101.2 

 38° 25' 44" 

 20 48 44 



72 23 00 Mean 72° 22' 58" 



Upernavik,'^ July 22, 1853. Station in garden near the Governor's house. 

 Sextant. Circum-meridian altitudes of the sun, for latitude. 



Double altitude. 



75° 25' 30" 

 20 10 

 25 30 



74 22 10 

 22 10 

 22 50 



Chronometer time. 



Index error — 3' 31". (No record of time observations.) 



The observations are uncertain, on account of the- imperfect image reflected from 

 the artificial horizon, the molasses being covered Avith a film. (A set of observa- 

 tions for azimuth of Sanderson's Hope is here omitted for want of time observa- 

 tions.) Approximate temperature 39° Fah., barometer 29.5 inches. Mr. Sonntag 



' Position according to Capt. Inglcficld : Lat. 72° 46' 51". Long. 50° 02' 46' W. of Greenwich. 



