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RE -EXAMINATION OF THIRTY-SIX DOUBLE AND 

 TRIPLE STARS, THE DISTANCES AND POSITIONS 

 OF WHICH, AS OBSERVED BY MR. HERSCHEL AND 

 MR. SOUTH, WERE PUBLISHED IN THE PHILOSO- 

 PHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR 1824. 



No. L R. A. o^ 38" ; Decl. 56° 51' N. 

 fi Cassiopeise ; IIL 3 ; H. and S. 8. 

 Double ; 6th and 9th magnitudes. 



Position = 8° 2i'n/ 

 Distance = 9".968 



Position = 8° 1' ra/ 

 Distance = g".7S6 



Passy ; October 7, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



7 Obs. I Diff. = 2° 3' ?g 



S Obs. I DiiF. = o".889 j^o^^H. 



7 Obs. i DiiF. = 3° 45' ■) ^ ^ « 



5 Obs. I DifF. = o".5S3 J<^^P<^' Beaufort. 



Night not at present favourable. Observed when 40 minutes west of meridian. 



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

 6th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 6° 42'»/| 7 Obs. | DifF. = i' 36' 7 j^-n-.. 



Distance= 9".959 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o-.^S^^'^^""^'' 



Night foggy; the small star very indistinct: observed when 50' west of meridian. 



Passy ; October 12, 1825 ; Seven-feet EquatoriaL 

 6th and 10th magnitudes. 



Position = 6° 2' n/j 7 Obs. 

 Distance = 9".736 | 5 Obs. 



DifF. = 1° 26' 7 -r.-a: ,^ 

 Diff.=:o".745l^'^'"^'* 



Observed when one hour west of the meridian with 181. The stars, which have 

 hitherto been remarkably steady and well defined, are now suddenly so excessively 

 unsteady and ill defined, that to persevere in observing is altogether useless. ^ 



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