and positions of 458 double and triple stars, &c. 19 



No. CCCCII. R. A. i»» 42" : Decl. 36** 26' N. 



241 (Bode) Andromedae ; Struve, 46 ; I. 89. 



Double ; 9th and 10th magnitudes ; large, white ; small, blue, 

 and bears only a very slight illumination. 



Blackman-street ; December 13, 1823 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position =71° 8' */ s Obs. I Diff. = i° 13' ) Extremely difficult. 

 Distance =4".243 5 Obs. | Diff.=o".72i J '^'^^"^^"^^^^ °^™^"^^* 



Blackman-street ; December 31, 1823 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



9th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position =71° 36' sf\ 5 Obs. I Diff. = io 55' > r- • t j-/n 1. 

 Distance=;".652 "^ | 5 Obs. I Diff.=o".l8il ^^^""^^^^ ^^®^"1^- 



The small star is blue, and scarcely bears any illumination. 



Passy; January 6, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



9th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position =72° 3' «/" 10 Obs. I Diff.^i** ^o' } ^ ^ , j-a: 1. 

 Distance=3".878 "^ 5 Obs. | DifF.=o".48i ] Extremely difficult. 



Night very fine, but the small star bears only a very feeble illumination. 



Mean Result. 



Position 71° 42' 5/(20 Obs.) ; Distance 4''.258 (15 Obs.); 



Epoch 1824.98. 



The observations of Sir W. Herschel in 1783 and 1802 

 give respectively 75® 30' sf and 67° 4/ sf for the positions of 

 this star. The present position is almost exactly a mean of 

 these, which renders it extremely probable that the star is 

 subject to no material change. ( H. ) 



