180 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [ANNO 1797. 



there are no neighbouring stars of the British catalogue that may induce us to 

 exert uncommon attention in ascertaining the identity of such a star. Mayer 

 however has an observation of 65 Aquarii in his zodiacal catalogue, N° Q32, which 

 puts the existence of the star out of doubt. 



72. As the star neither was observed by Flamsteed, nor does exist, we cannot 

 admit the remark which Mr. Wollaston in his catalogue, zone 95 , has on Mayer's 

 939 star; where he supposes an error in declination of 3 degrees to have been com- 

 mitted, on a supposition of its being Flamsteed's 72. 



80 Requires -j- 2 m in time in ra, and therefore is not the star I have given, 

 which requires — l m 35 s . — 104, Which is without ra in the British' catalogue, has 

 3 complete observations, page 8, 70, and 331. 



j4quila. — 29 Is without ra. There is but one observation of Flamsteed, page 

 53, which has no time. The ra is given by M. de la Lande, in Mr. Bode's Jahr- 

 Buch for 1796, page 1 63. — 33 and 34, Which do not exist, were probably in- 

 serted by a mistake of 1 hour in the time of one of the observations on the 2 

 stars 68 and 69. In the zenith-distance, page 71 of Flamsteed's observation of 

 69 Aquilae, for 53° read 55°. — 40 and 43, which do not exist, were probably also 

 inserted by the same mistake of I hour in the ra of 70 and 71. 



Capricornus. — 1 and 2 should be g 1 £ 2 . Flamsteed calls them jso in his observa- 

 tions, and Mayer has also adopted the same letters in his catalogue N° 821 

 and 822. 



Cygnus. — 5 Is without ra in the British catalogue; but the star has not been 

 observed by Flamsteed. — 9 Is without ra ; Flamsteed however has a complete ob- 

 servation of it, page 67. — 2*4 Has no ra. The time observed by Flamsteed is only 

 doubtful in the seconds. Its ra has been given in Mr. Bode's Jahr-Buch for 1797, 

 page 163. — 33 Has no ra. Flamsteed never observed this star; but it is 3 Cephei 

 Hevelii. — 38 Has no ra in the British catalogue; but as the defective and only ob- 

 servation of Flamsteed on page 75, which might be supposed to belong to 38, will 

 agree better with 43, it follows that he never observed 38. — 68 Has no ra. There 

 is a complete observation by Flamsteed, page 75. — 78 Has no time in Flamsteed's 

 observations. It is N° 146 in de la Caille's catalogue. — 79 Has no ra. Flamsteed 

 has but one observation, which is without time. Mr. Bode gives it in his Jahr-Buch 

 for 1797? page 163. 



Hercules. — 24 Is the same with 51 Serpentis. — 28 Is the same with 11 Ophiu- 

 chi. — 54. There is no observation of this star. The zenith-distance of 55 was 

 taken twice April 8, 1 703, (instances of which we find in several other stars,) which 

 occasioned its being inserted as 2 stars. — 63. There is no observation of this star, 

 nor does it exist. The star of which the brightness is given in my catalogue, is at 

 some distance from the place assigned in the British catalogue. Flamsteed observed 

 a star, page 444, which will be N° 269 in Miss Herschel's manuscript catalogue. 

 This, with an error in the calculation of the pd, probably occasioned the insertion 

 of 63. And if this be the star, the pd of the British catalogue must be corrected 



