302 
STARS OF COMPARISON. 
No. -1. i Capricorni. No. 6. i Aquarii. 
2. 7451 Brit. Assoc. Cat. 7. 39 do. 
3. 7487 = do. do. 8. 45 do. 
4. 42 Capricorni. 9. 50 do. 
5. 6 do. 10.6. do. 
The following observations must hereafter undergo some 
modification, particularly those involving a comparison with 
39 Aquarii, the declination of that star being lower than that 
assigned to it in the British Association Catalogue by about 
four seconds of space. 
Apparent Places deduced from Mean Places, as given in the 
British Association Catalogue. 
i —- 
Mean Time, | Apparent ! Apparent 
Greenwich. | Right Ascens.| Declination. 
' 
’ 
Compared Stars, &e. 
: 
1846. ee Te tae | 
Oct. 3.401067 | 21 52 32.54 —13 28 10.40 No. 7. 
6.392739 | 20.74 29 13.93 No. 7. Bisection satisfactory, 
though blowing hard. 
12.376121 | 0.27 | 30 53.67 No.7. Hurried observation | 
of Planet. Cannot Se Seed 
: on it. An opening only mo-| 
| mentary in the clouds, which | 
} | were general at the time. | 
14.370345_ 351 54.05 31 24.57 'Nos. I, 2, 3, 4,5, 6. Got) 
only the three first wires of | 
the Planet, which was faint. 
even at these. 
: 
} 
i 
/ 
: 
! 
| 
16.365063 48.28 53.54 Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 
Good observation. : 
17.362062 45.73 32. 2.03 |Nos. 1, 2,.4, 6, 7,8, 9,.10:} 
Got only the three first’ 
wires of the Planet. 
19.356785 | 40.94 36.65 Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good ob- 
| servation. 
| 24.343014 30.60 33 19.78 |Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 9. 
Blowing hard, so that the 
f : clock was heard with diffi- 
culty ; at some wires not at | 
’ : all. : 
26.837522 | 21 51 27.85 13 33 38.88 |Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Satis-_ 
factory observation. Night} 
; had been very unpromising. 
