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Sextantis. — 66: Flamsteed has no observation of this star. There is a small star 

 near the place where the British catalogue has given it, of which I have expressed 

 the brightness; but as its situation is not exactly where it ought to be, my catalogue 

 should have, " does not exist." — 67 Is the same with 53 Leonis minoris. — 71 May 

 have been inserted by a mistake in one of the 3 observations of 73; setting the 

 star north of 6 instead of south. 



Then follows a long list of the comparative brightness of a great many stars, not 

 necessary to be here re-printed. 



Notes to Andromeda. — 1, By 3 observations of Flamsteed, page 130, 138, and 

 140, the polar-distance in the edition of 1725 requires + Q°. — 40 is the same with 

 69 Piscium. Flamsteed observed it 5 times ; twice among the stars of the con- 

 stellation Pisces, and 3 times among those of Andromeda. See page 14, 134, 139, 

 149, and 210. — 6l, M. de la Lande says is lost. See Bode's Jahr-Buch for 1 794, 

 page 97 ; but as the star is now in its place, it may perhaps be changeable, and 

 ought to be looked after. 



Notes to Bootes. — 47 : The ka in the British catalogue is only given to the 

 nearest degree, and Mr. Bode and Mr. Wollaston, in their catalogues, have left 

 it out ; but Flamsteed has 4 complete observations of it, on page 166, 168, 414, 

 and 415, and the star is called k in all of them. 



Notes to Cancer. — 0,6 was not observed by Flamsteed. An observation on page 

 297 has occasioned the insertion of this star ; but by correcting the time — l m , it 

 will agree with 2 other observations of 22 Cancri on page 21 and 26. See Bode's 

 Jahr-Buch for 1788, page 172. — 56 : This star has not been observed by Flam- 

 steed, nor does it exist. Page 25 Flamsteed observed 55 Cancri with a memoran- 

 dum, " Haec habet comitem sequentem ad austrum ;*' which has probably occa- 

 sioned the insertion of this star ; but he had not then observed all the g>'s, and 

 might possibly mean to point out g 53 ; which he afterwards observed on page 27. 

 The stars are so near together that he might easily mistake sequens for praecedens ad 

 austrum. Flamsteed in his observations calls 58 3d j, 67 4th ^, and 70 5th 1 ; this 

 shows that there is no authority for six ^'s. See Bode's account of the same star in 

 his Jahr-Buch for 1788, page 171. — 71 : " April 5, 1796, 71 Cancri is J5' nearer 

 to 78 and 15' " farther from 68 than it is placed in Atlas." — 73 and 74 have not 

 been observed by Flamsteed, nor do they exist. How they came to be inserted, 

 does not appear to be satisfactorily accounted for by Mr. Bode in his Jahr-Buch for 

 1788, page 172. He gives 4 observations of 62 and 63 Cancri ; but Flamsteed 

 has 13, and they are all perfect, except the last on page 564. 



Notes to Cepheus. — 15: " October 25, 1796: 15 Cephei consists of 2 stars. 

 Both taken together for one, by the naked eye, give 14. 15. In the telescope 

 they are 14 — , 15 — 15." — 18 has no time in Flamsteed's observations. ( * March 

 26, 1797. 18 is a very little preceding 19. It is I4 from 17. The stars 18, 20 

 and 19 are in a line which bends a little at 18 towards the preceding side." 



Notes to Corona Borealis. — 21, in the British catalogue requires a correction of 



