Notes to Catalogue of' Zodiacal Stars. 55 



with 7-feet ; my 20-feet shows a third star between them, 

 with 12 inches aperture." The two last mentioned were 

 observed on the same day. 



27 e Geminorum.) Called Mcbsuta. Double. Hers. VI. 73. 

 " L. w. Distance 110"-5." 



30 and 31 ^ Gem.) The magnitudes of these stars are vari- 

 ously set down in Flamsteed and Mayer. 



38 e Geminorum.) Double. Hers. III. 47. " Extremely un- 



equal. L. r\v. ; S. r. Distance, with 460, 7""8. Position 

 89°"9 s. foil. Two more in view, the nearest of them per- 

 haps 40'' ; they form a rectangle nearly." 



39 Geminorum.) The proper motion is deduced from Br. and 



Pi., viz. R.A. — 0"-30. Decl. 4-0"-ll per annum. 



P. VI. 294.) Pi. calls this 41 Geminorum, and he suspects a 

 proper motion. But see the next following note. 



P. VI. 297.) This is 275 of Mayer's Zod. Cat. and according 

 to Bessel is the true 41st of Flamsteed. 



P. VI. 305, or B. 109 Gem.) Lalande's Decl., as given by 

 Bode, is — lO'. 



43 ^Geminorum.) CaW^d Mekbuda. Bode estimated it scarcely 

 so bright as the fourth mag. in 1801, which accords with 

 Piazzi. In the older catalogues it is set down as 3"4 or 

 3 m. Herschel's comparative estimate will be found in 

 the note to \ Gem. It has a star 8*9 mag. preceding. 

 Pi. 311. R.A. — 8"-7. Decl. +88"-0. Piers, double stars 

 VI. 9. " Very unequal. L. rw. S. dr. Distance 9l"*87, 

 rather full measure. Pos. 81°"23 n. preceding." 



P. VI. 329, 330.) Either there is an error in the K.A. of one 

 of these stars, or they are not placed in their proper order. 



45 o Geminorum.) A star 7 mag. precedes this about 3% north 

 G'. Piazzi. 



48m .) Burckhardt (in Conn. d. T. 1820) sujiposes 



that C. H. 159 is the same star with this, only with an error 

 of 2° of declination. There is a star of 8th mag. in Hard- 

 ing's Atlas, about R.A. 104° 58'. Decl. 22° 42', but it 

 is not in Lalande's Hist. Cel. 



Anon. R.A. 105° 13'.) From Lalande H. C. p. 272. Double, 

 H. n. C. 94. " South preceding 8 Gem. near 2° in a line 

 parallel to 60 and 27 e Gem. A third star near. About 

 the 4th class." 



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50 Geminorum.) Herschel in Phil. Trans. 1797, says that 

 Flamsteed never observed 50 Ciem., and that the star of 

 which he there gives the brightness is at a considerable 

 distance from the place assigned by the Brit. Cat. And 

 vet the i)lace of P. VII. 11 differs but little from Fl. 50 



(R.A. 



