274 Mr. South' s observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCCLXXVI. continued. 



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



8th and 8J magnitudes. 



Position = 30° 2'np\s Obs. DifF. = i^ 41' \ Unsteady 

 Distance= 1 7^999 | 5 Obs. DifF. = o".48i ] '^"^'^eaay. 



Night hazy; the stars occasionally very faint; the small one is bluish. 



Passy; September 5, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 8^ magnitudes. 



Position = 30« 35' np I 5 Obs. I Diff. = 0° 30' ) y unsteady 

 Distance z= i7".oS4 | 5 Obs. j DifF. = o".962 5 ^^^ unsteafly. 



Night extremely hazy. 



Passy ; September 9, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8^ and 9th magnitudes. 



Distance =: i8".o7i | 5 Obs. J Diff. = i".oio. Tolerably steady. 



The night is very hazy, and the small star at times extremely faint. 



All the observations of this double star taken this year, 

 1825, were the result of inadvertence ; I was not aware that 

 the star had been observed in 1824. 



Mean Result. 



Position 30° 6s' np (20 Obs.); Epoch 1825.17 ; 



Distance 17".685 (25 Obs.); Epoch 1825.27. 



No. DCCLXXVII. R. A. 21^^ 2- ; Decl. 61° 26' N. 



Struve, 708 ; 1789.213. 



Double ; 9th and 9^ magnitudes. 



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



Position r= 29** 53' np \ 5 Obs. | Diff. = 3° 32'. Extremely difficult. 



Observed when 2 hours east of the meridian. 



Passy; November 16, 1824; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 9th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 35° 37' no 5 Obs. I Diff. = 0° 23' ) ^ ^ _ , ..«. ,^ 

 Distance= 7 .002 ^ 5 Obs. | Diff. = o".9i3 ] E^t'-emely difficult. 



