and positions 0/4,58 double and triple stars , &c. 209 



No. DCLXXXV. continued. 



procured. There is a small star* between 36 and 38, but 

 which when examined with 413 and 512, 1 could not suspect 

 to be double ; nor was the large star of 38 sub-divided by 

 those powers. 



Passy ; July 13, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 8th and 13th, or 15th magnitudes. 



Position rs 62° 12' np 

 Distance = 7".7S$ 



7 Obs. 

 5 Obs. 



Diff! = ©".360 j Excessively difficult. 



The small star is so extremely obscure, that the measures deserve but very little 

 confidence. Observed on the meridian. Night favourable. 



Passy; July 14, 1825; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 8th and 14th, or 15th magnitudes. 



Position = 60° S3'np\7 Obs. | Diff. = 3° S/ I Excessively difficult. 

 Distance = 7 .359 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o".6oi > ' 



Observed on the meridian with 157 : the small star so extremely faint, that with 

 181, the common observing power, I could not distinguish it. The accuracy of the 

 results very questionable, 



Passy ; July 20, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 8th and 13th, or 14th magnitudes. 



Position = S9° 5' ^P 

 Distance = 7".i SS 



7 Obs. 

 5 Obs. 



Diff! = ?".25o j Extremely unsteady. 



The measures are so excessively difficult, that I feel but little confidence in their 



accuracy. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 60° 50' np('28 Obs.) ; Distance i'.isi ; Epoch 1825.53. 



If the star here measured be really the same with I. 35, its 

 distance must be much increased. 7". 137 is a great distance, 

 for a star even of the 2nd class. In 1783 it is described as 

 having the interval of the discs only 1^ diameter of the large 

 star, which, for a star of the 8th magnitude, could hardly 

 correspond to more than 4" from centre to centre. The 

 angles, it is true, agree — that given by Sir W. Herschel in 

 1783 being 60° 48' npy differing only 2' from its present value. 

 This star requires further observation. (H.) 



• This star is 30 Scorpii, and it is the only star in the neighbourhood which is 

 likely to be mistaken for 38 Ophiuchi. 



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