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was recorded as a satellite or star. The following diagram shows 

 its position at the time : — 



Sept. 15th, P. M., , . . . O • • Bad seeing. 



G. P. B. 



X is the object referred to. 



On the 16th of September the new satellite was distinctly 

 seen. It was noticed by Mr. George P. Bond as a point of light 

 resembling a star of the seventeenth magnitude, in the plane of 

 Saturn's ring, between lapetus and Titan. It was entered by him 

 in his diagram of the satellites as follows : — 



1 5 2 4 6 3 



Sept. 16th. . O • • • • • Order of brightness. 

 Bad seeing. G. P. B. 



6 is the new satellite. 



On the 18th it was again seen, similarly situated, and was re- 

 corded by both the Messrs. Bond, with a doubt expressed of its 

 character. 



7 is the new satellite. 



The further account of the discovery is given in the words of 

 Mr. Bond, as contained in a letter of the 17th October to Mr. 

 J. R. Hind, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society. 



" The recurrence of nearly the same appearance on the 19th 

 induced us to apply the micrometer, with which we obtained the 



