932^ Mr. South's observations of the apparent distances 

 No. DCCXVIII. continued. 



Passy ; August 1, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 8th and 1 1th magnitudes. 



Position =84° 17' n/" e Obs. Diff. = i°35')p . . -..a- ,, 

 Distance = 6^686 5 Obs. Diff. ^ o^.J^g i j ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^'^"^f- 



Stars tolerably steady, and on the meridian. Night fine. 



Mean Result. 



Position 85° 38' nf (20 Obs.) ; Distance 6".840 (20 Obs.) ; 



Epoch 1825.36. 



The angle in 1783 was 87° 48' ?z/, differing only 2® 10' 

 from the present. Of course no change can be concluded. (H.) 



No. DCCXIX. R. A. 19^ 25°^ ; Decl. se"" 21' N. 



Nova ; 



Triple ; A of the 9th, B of the 10th, and C of the 9th mag- 

 nitudes. 



Measures of A B. 

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



Position = sz'' 36' nf I 5 Obs. DifF. = 3° 52' \ p„._™„,„ diffimlf- 

 Distance z= 6".3 11 | 5 Obs. Diff. = d'.t^g \ iixtremely ditticult. 



Night very favourable ; stars very steady ; but the smaller one is faint. Observed 



on the meridian. 



Passy ; July 27, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 34° 49' nf] 5 Obs. I DifF. = 2° iz' 1 „ difficult 

 , Distance = 6".28o j 5 Obs. | DifF. = o".673 ] ^^^^ difficult. 



The small star is indistinct : the night very fine. 



Passy; July 28, 1825; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



9th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 32° 55' ra/l 5 Obs. 1 DifF. =: 2° 1'. Very difficult. 



Stars very steady, but the small one scarcely bears any illumination. 



