262 Mr, South' s observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCCLIX. continued. ^^yf 



Measures of A C. 



.j^; ,, Passy; October 9, 1824; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



9th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 53° ii' sp I 5 Obs. 1 DiiF. = 1° 3' ) 

 Distance= 54".! 36 | 5 Obs. | DifF. = i".o82 5 * * * 



Passy ; October 14, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



9th and 10th magnitudes. ^^- oi ::. 



Position =: 52" 40' «j> 

 Distance = 54".203 



5 Obs. I DifF. = 1° 41' > g^^ 

 5 Obs. I DifF. = 1 ".8035^°^^"- 



My friend Mr. Troughton, being on a visit to me at Passy, 

 was so kind as to take the following observation this even- 

 ing, October 14, 1824. 



Distance = 54".5s8 | 5 Obs. | DifF. = i'.2g\. Mr. Troughton. 

 Mean Result. 

 of AB. Position 19° 5S' sf; Distance 25".o83 ; Epoch 1824.81. 

 of AC. Position 52'* 55' 5i> (10 Obs.); Distance 54".299 (15 Obs.); 



'■'■'' Epoch 1824.78. 



The position of A B here given differs only 1° 31' from 

 what it was in 1783, and the distance only i".2. (H.) 



No. DCCLX. R. A. 20^^ 34'° ; Decl. 12° 6f N. 



Struve, 690 ; Hist. Gael. 106. 



Double ; equal ; each of the 9th magnitude. 



Blackman-street ; July 1.3, 1824 ; Five-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 3° 13' w/or sp I 5 Obs. DifF. = 1° 24' ) ^.^ , 

 Distance = 9".og6 ] 5 Obs. DifF. = o".632 ] -Difficult. 



These stars do not bear a good illumination. 



Passy ; November 6, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 Equal ; each of the 1 0th magnitude. 



Position =: 2° 47' sp or nf 

 Distance = 9".293 



DifF. = 1° 37' ) _.„ , 

 DifF. = o".937J^^ffic"lt- 



5 Obs. 

 5 Obs. 



Observed when 50 minutes west of the meridian ; night very hazy. 



Mean Result. 



Position 3° o' nf or sp ; Distance 9".i94 ; Epoch 1824.68. 



