284 Mr. South's observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCCXC. R. A. 21^ 18"; Decl. 35° 33' N. 



69 Cygni ; Struve, 722 ; V. 44. 



Double ; 6th and 12th magnitudes. 



Passy ; October 2, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 1 1° 40' *;) cObs. DifF. = o° ^z'rl _ ., , ,._. . 

 Distance =:4o".504 ? Obs. DifF. = i".899 J ^^""^^^^^ ^^^^^^^' 



Night very favourable. 



Passy ; November 21, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



6th and 12th, or 15th magnitudes. 



Position = 11° 57' «p I 5 Obs. j DifF. = 1° 44'. Excessively difficult. 



Observations of distance cannot be procured. 



.,.. Passy ; October 12, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8 th and 12th, or 13th magnitudes. 



Position = 10° 30' $p I 5 Obs. 1 DifF. = 1° 5' i _. • , .•«• 1. 

 Distance = 4o".io7 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o".889i Excessively difficult. 



Observed on the meridian with 157. Night fine. 



Mean Result, 



Position 11** 22' sp (15 Obs.); Epoch 1825.14 ; 

 Distance 4o".so5 (10 Obs.); Epoch 1825.27. 



Sir W. Herschel gives no measures of this star. (H.) 



No. DCCXCI. R. A. 21^ 20" ; Decl. 10° 19' N. 



Nova ; 

 i[rr.mih vi9^<^^^^^ ' ^T ^^^ 9th magnitudes. 

 Passy ; August 31, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 67° 6' no I c Obs. I DifF. = 2^42' ") ^j . , ,.«- ,^ 

 Distances i".46o± | i Obs. j 1_ | Excessively difficult. 



Observed with 327, which is not sufficient to separate the stars sufficiently from 

 each other. Night is suddenly become very bad, and these measures must only be 

 regarded as approximations. 



