200 Mr, South's observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCLXXVI. continued. 



Passy; June 19, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 6th and 15th magnitudes. 



Position = 35° 14' */| 5 Obs. 

 Distance=i'2o".22i | 5 Obs. 



Diff = o" fzA Excessively difficult. 



Observed on the meridian with 92 ; with a higher power the small star is not 

 visible ; the measures of distance were obtained with the utmost difficulty, and are 

 perhaps of a suspicious character. 



Passy ; June 21, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



6th and 15th or 20th magnitudes. 



Position z= 35° 30' */ | 5 Obs. | DifF.=: 1° 1'. Excessively difficult. 



Observed with 92. Night tolerably good ; but I could not procure a single measure 



of distance. 



Passy ; June 29, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



6th and 14th or 15th magnitudes. 



Distance = 1' i8".568 | 5 Obs. | DifF. = 2".o43. Excessively difficult. 



Observed with 92. Stars very steady, and 45 minutes west of the meridian. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 35° 6' 5/; Distance 1' 19". 196; Epoch 1825.48. 



Sir W. Herschel states the position of this star on the 

 20th August 1783 at 54° 27' sf, and its distance at 1' 27". 73. 

 This is indeed a surprising change in a star of the 6th class, 

 and which can hardly be real. It is more than probable that 

 a mistake of a revolution (22^ ) in the reading off of the 

 micrometer took place in the earlier measure, which would 

 conciliate the results within about 3°. Piazzi's catalogue 

 assigns no proper motion to this star. (H.) 



