288 Mr. South' s observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCCXCVI. R. A. 9,1^ 34" ; Decl. 39° 59' N. 



76 Cygni ; Struve, 730 ; V. 43. 



Double; 6th and 10th magnitudes. 



Passy ; September 29, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position =: 40° 59' sp I 5 Obs. 

 Distances: i' $".6z^ J 5 Obs. 



Diff. = 1° o' ) T^.^ ,^ 



Small star very faint. 



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



7th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position 5= 40° 45' sp 

 Distance= 1' 5".667 



i^llz': "'J Very difficult. 



5 Obs. 



5 Obs. DifF. = o".745 J' 



The small star bears but a very slight illumination. 



Mean Result. 



Position 40° ^2* sp; Distance 1' 5". 645 ; Epoch 1824.82. 



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



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No. DCCXCVH;^'';^ | ^-AJ^i'^'SS^'r^ecl. bgT 46' N. 



Struve, 729 ; P. XXI. 256 ; III. 72. 



Double ; 8th and 9th magnitudes. 



Passy; October 4, 1 824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 33® I'ra/I 5 Obs. 

 Distance = 12". 154 j 5 Obs. 



DifF. = 2° 20' ) j^.ff, . 

 Diff. = o".4o8l^^^^^^*- 



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



lOth and 11th magnitudes. 



Position = 34° 9' »/I 5 Obs. | Diff. = 1® 43'. Excessively difEcult. 



Night very hazy. 



Passy; October 11,1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial, 



lOth and 11th magnitudes. 



Distances I2".i47 j 5 Obs. | Diff. = o".6-]i. Extremely difficult, 



The small star very indistinct. Night foggy. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 33° 35' nf {10 Obs.) ; Epoch 1824.81 ; 

 Distance 12^.150 (10 Obs.) ; Epoch 1825.37. 

 The angle in 1783 was 31** 35'. The distance 13". li ac- 

 cording to Sir W. Herschel's measures. (H.) 



