3o6 Mr. South' s observations of the apparent distances 



No. DCCCXXVI. continued. ^ 



Passy ; November 15, 1824 : Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 19° V «/ I c Obs. I DifF. = 0° ci' ) ,?■ a- a: 1. 

 Distance = 2*40^351 | 3 Obs. | Diff. = i".25oi ^^^ ^^^^^l*' 



Night is become so bad, that no more observations can be procured. 



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

 8th and 11th magnitudes. 

 Distance = 2' ^6".^%$ \ 5 Obs. | DifF. = o''.6oi. Extremely difficult. 

 The small star is very obscure. 



Mean Result. 



of AB. Position 86° id sf; Distance 26".276 ; Epoch 1824.82. 



of A C. Position 19° 10' sf(j Obs.); Epoch 1824.82 ; 



Distance 2' s8".i68 (10 Obs ) ; Epoch 1825.13. 



No. DCCCXXVII. R. A. 23*" 6- ; Decl. 10° 4' S, 

 ^' Aquarii ; Struve, 776 : IV. 12.* 

 Double ; 5th and 10th magnitudes. 



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



Position =: 40® 57' « » I 5 Obs. I DifF. = 0° 42' ) „ * .^ 1 j-rc 1 

 Distance = 49".630 | 5 Obs. | DifF. = o".793 \ Extremely difficult. 



The small star scarcely bears the least illumination. 



Passy ; November 3, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 5 th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position =: 41° 20' no I c Obs. DifF. = 1° 32' ) „ ^ , ..^ ,^ 

 Distance = 5o"-04i I 5 Obs. Diff. = i".iS4i Extremely difficult. 



Observed when 40 minutes west of the meridian. 



Mean Result, 

 Position 41' 8' np\ Distance 49".835 ; Epoch 1824.80. 



• It seems probable, from the total disagreement of the distances, that the star 

 here measured cannot be identical with IV. 1 2, though the angles agree within 

 3° 34. The distance assigned by Sir W. Herschel is 23" 5"' ** pretty exact." (H.) 



