of Double Stars, 6$ 



I. unequal. Both pr. With 460, i diameter of S. or | 

 diameter of L. Pofitioii 89° 18' f. following. The 

 two farthefl: confiderably unequal ; the colour r. Did. 

 Pofition 56° 3' n. preceding. 



^y. Fl. 51*" Cygni fequens. 



Sept. 24, A minute double ftar. About 2I degrees following 

 1783. the 5 1 ft, in a line parallel to ^ and a Cygni ; the largeft 

 and moft fouth of an obtufe-angled triangle ; a very 

 confiderable ftar. Pretty unequal. Both rw. ; but S. 

 a little darker r. With 278, | diameter of S. and 

 beautiful ; with 460, | diameter of S. Pofitioii 46" 

 24' n. following. v 



SECOND CI^ASS OF DOUBLE STARS. 



II. 39. Procyonem juxta. 

 Feb. 2, Double. About 2 degrees f. following Procyon, in 

 1782. a line froni \ Geminorum continued through Procyon. 

 Exceflively unequal, L. pr. ; S. not vifible with 278 ; 

 with 460, more than 3 diameters of L. Pofition, by 

 the affiflance of a wall * and micrometer 54^ 28' fl 

 following. 



40. 



* When the fmall ftar is fo faint as not to bear the leafl illumination of the 

 wires, its pofition may flill be mcafurcd by theafilfranceof fome wall or other obje6l; 

 for an eye which has been fome time in the dark, can fee a wall in a flar-hght 

 evening fufficiently well to note the projection of the Hars upw it, in the manner 



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