210 Mr. South* s observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCLXXXVI. R. A. 17M1-; Decl. 28° 57' N. 



Nova ; 

 Double ; 8th and 9th magnitudes. 



Passy ; June 16, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 85° 59' nf i 5 Obs. DifF. = o° 39' I Tolerably steady 

 Distance = 55".! 17 I 5 Obs. ] Diff. = o".72i ] °^^^^°^y "^^°y* 



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

 8th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 85° 4' nf 

 Distance r=: 5 4". 847 



5 0!>- I P!ff- = °! 56', ^ Very difficult. 



5 Obs. I Diff. = o".336 

 The small star is yery indistinct. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 85° 31' nf; Distance 54".982 ; Epoch 1825.46. 



No. DCLXXXVII. R. A. 17MS" ; Decl. 24*^ 41' N, 

 70 Herculis ; Struve, 543. 

 Double ; 5th and 9th magnitudes. 



Blackman-street ; July 10, 1824 ; Five-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 33° 30' nf\ 5 Obs. I Diff. = o° 30' \ t);^-,. 

 Distance = 3' 37"433 I 5 Obs. I Diff = i".i68 ( ^^"^cult. 



The small star bears much less illumination, than its apparent magnitude would 

 lead us to expect. The night is cloudy j but between the clouds the stars are yery 

 brilliant. 



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

 6th and 1 1 th magnitudes. 



Position = 33* 23' nf 

 Distance = 3' 39".432 



5 Obs. 

 2 Obs. 



Diff = o''.?68 } E^tre«^ely difficult. 



The small star becomes invisible under a yery feeble illumination ; the distance is 



very suspicious. 



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



6th and lOth magnitudes. 



Distance = 3' 38".i5i | 5 Obs. \ Diff.= i".875. Very steady. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 33° ^^ nf\ Epoch 1825.00 ; Distance 3' S^"'SS9 '■> 



Epoch 1825.18. 



