AT THE OBSERVATORY AT PARAMATTA. 



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Remark. — ^During the first part of total obscuration, Aristarchus was as dark 

 as any other peak of the moon, but towards the end of it he began to be as 

 bi-illiant as he was on the 21st of May. The effect of the moon's obscuration 

 upon the visibility of the stars was remarkable. 



Intervals between the Culminations of the Moon and those of Stars about the 



