I4f6 Mr, South's observations of the apparent distances 



No. DLXXXIII. R. A. 8^ 41" ; Decl. ss' 9' N. 



<r Cancri ; Struve, 312 ; VI. 86. 



Double ; 7th and 15th magnitudes ; small, blue. 



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



Position = 66° 53' n/ I 5 Obs. DifF. = i^ 30' ) E„cessivelv difficult 

 Distance = 1' 2z".449 ± | 5 Obs. DifF. = 5".89i ] Excessively dimcult. 



The small star is not visible under the slightest illumination of the wires ; the 

 observed distances are perhaps little better than approximations. 



Passy ; February 9, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



7th and 15th magnitudes. 



Position = 66° 36' nf I 6 Obs. 1 DifF. = i** 22' | ^ ^^ _ , ,.«. ,^ 

 Distance = 1' 2i".s2i ± | 3 Obs. 1 DifF. = i".034l Extremely difficult. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 66° 44' w/(ii Obs.) ; Distance 1' 22". 101 + (8 Obs.) ; 



Epoch 1825.10 ; 

 Sir W. Herschel has given no measures of this star. (H.) 



No. DLXXXIV. R. A. 8^ 47"" ; Decl. 10° 43' S. 



Nova ; 

 Double; 8th and 10th magnitudes ; small, blue. 



Passy ; March 23, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 580 37' .;, s Obs. Diff. = 0° 3/ \ Extremely difficult. 

 Distance = i ii'.022 5 Obs. DifF. = i .5633 ^ 



The stars only visible by glimpses. Night almost uniformly cloudy ; the results 

 are perhaps a little inaccurate. 



Passy ; March 24, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position r= sf <>' sp \ 5 Obs. I Diff. = 0° 37' \ Very difficult. 

 Distance = i'^ii".356 j 5 Obs. | Diff. =o".9i3 ) ^ 



Mean Result. 

 Position 58^ 49' sp ; Distance 1' ii".i89 ; Epoch 1825.22. 



