and positions 0/4,58 double and triple stars, &c» 205 

 No. DCLXXXI. continued. 



Passy ; June 18, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 11th magnitudes. 



Position = 73° 5 1' sf I 7 Obs. DifF. = 3° 47' 1 difficult 

 Distance = 5".364 j 5 Obs. DifF. = o".2645 ^^"icuit. 



Observed on the meridian. Stars well defined, and tolerably steady. 



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



8th and 11th magnitudes ; small, light blue. 



Position = 74° 10' sf [ 7 Obs. DifF. = 1° 10' ) ^ difficult 

 Distance = 4^79 1 J 5 Obs. DifF. = o".36o j ^°^ tli«icuit. 



Observed when 10 minutes west of the meridian. Evening very favourable ; 

 stars remarkably steady, and well defined. The results highly satisfactory. 

 Examined the large star with 41 3 and 512, but found it perfectly round j hence the 

 discordances do not arise from any elongation of itt under the ordinary observing 

 powers employed. 



Passy; June 30, 1825;. Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 12th magnitudes. 



Position = 77° i?'sf\7 Obs. I DifF. = 2° 7' 1 r):ffi-„i. 

 Distance = 5". 193 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = 0^793 j ^i°icuit. 



Observed when 15 minutes west of the meridian. Stars faint, but very steady. 



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

 8th and 12th magnitudes. 



Position =75° 11'*/ 

 Distance = 5". 103 



7 Obs. 

 5 Obs. 



Diff! = o".6oi ] Excessively difficult. 



Observed when 10 minutes west of the meridian. Stars tolerably steady, but the 



small one is very faint. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 7S° 51' sf(69 Observations); Epoch 1825.05. 

 Distance 5".s9i {36 Observations); Epoch 1825.04. 



A single measure in 1783 gave 66° 36' sf for the position 

 of this star, while another in 1802 gave 76° 18 . The present 

 angle lies between them. This is a case, where from the 



