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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1850-51, 



Remarks. 



This has been by far the finest morning during the series. The atmosphere clear and all the measures satisfactory after the first five. A minute 

 star (and the only one) is now seen for the first time in the field with B. A. C. 5839. 



a Blurred. 

 6 Better, 

 c Sharp image. 

 d Clean image. 



e I cannot make better measures than these. 

 / Daylight, 

 g Excellent. 



Results. 



h. m. s. 

 Mean . . . Eighteen transits . . 11 42 54.31 



h. m. P. 



Correction for chronometer at 11 43 . . . 46.12 



h. in. 

 A p at 11 43 



m. s. Rev. 



1 52.24 . . . +21.582 



Santiago sid. time S. F. 



i H 

 = 7 0.63 



h. m. s. 

 11 42 8.19 



0.44 



JANUARY 13, 1851. 



The star and planet were too near in A. R. to move the micrometer screw through so large an arc whilst they passed across the field. 



