190 SPECIAL RESULTS IN THE TJRANOLOGICAL PORTION 



The results hitherto obtained by no means show gene- 

 rally that the brightest stars are also the nearest. Although 

 the parallax of a Centauri is indeed the largest hitherto 

 known, yet, on the other hand, a Lyrse, Arcturus, and 

 especially Capella, have parallaxes from 3 to 8 times less 

 than a star of the 6th magnitude in Cygnus. It is also 

 to be remarked that the two stars which, next to 2151 

 Puppis and e Indi, show the most rapid proper motion, 

 i. e., the Star in Cygnus which has just been named 

 (having an annual motion of 5 // *123), and No. 1830 of 

 Groombridge, called in France Argelander^s Star (annual 



