and positions of 458 double and triple stars ^ ^c, 73 



No. CCCCLXXVIII. R. A. 5^ 14™ ; Decl. 17° 13' N. 



Ill Tauri ; Struve, 174; V. 110. 



Double ; 7th and 10th magnitudes ; small, blue. 



Passy; January 17, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 1° 25' np 

 Distance= i' i".823 



5 Obs. I DiflF. = 0° 34' I n;fflr»if 

 SObs.|Diff. = i".4i8 5^'®'"^*- 



Passy ; February 2, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 12th magnitudes. 



Position = 1° 10' np I 5 Obs. I Diff. = o° 52' ) ^.^ j^^ 



Distance= 1' i".703 5 Obs. | Diff. = o".48i5 ^ 



When the position wire was set purposely to zero, the small star remained below 



thfe wire, whilst the larger continued bisected by it, during their passage across the 



field. 



Mean Result. 



Position 1" lYnp; Distance i' i".763; Epoch 1825.06. 



There is no reason to suppose a change of position in this 

 star, the angle of 1783 being 3° 48' w^. (H.) 



No. CCCCLXXIX. R. A. 5^ i6» ; Decl. 1° 39' N. 



Nova ; 

 Double; 9th and 10th magnitudes. 



Passy ; March 5, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = S2° iS' sp\6 Obs. | DifF. = i° 58' Extremely difficult. 



The night is become so bad, that observations of distance cannot be procured ; it 



is probably between 40 and 50 seconds. 



Passy ; March 5, 1825 ; Portable Transit. 



Observed R. A. of the larger star = 5''.i5'.34".23. 



Passy ; March 17, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



lOth and 11 th magnitudes. 



Position = coP '^4! sp C Obs. I DifF. = 0° 52' ) ,, . _ , ..«. . 

 Distance= 46".427 ^ 5 Obs. | DifF. = i".oipl ^^^^^"^^^y^^^^"^^- 



MDCCCXXVI. / 



