<ind positions of 36 double and triple stars, &c, 325 



No. VIII. R. A. 8^ 2"" ; Decl. iS** 11' N. 

 f Cancri ; I. 24 and III. 19 ; H. and S. 90. 

 continued. 



Position = 320 25' fi/l 8 Obs. 

 Distance = i".327 | 5 Obs. 



Stars one hour west of the meridian when observed. 



Slff: = ?.4^^1} Very difficult. 



By twilight, the sun below the horizon but a very few 

 minutes, I saw the star decidedly double with a power of 

 181 only. 



Measures of A C. 



Passy ; April 1, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



7th and 8th magnitudes. 

 Position = 68° 26' sf \ 6 Obs. "; DifF. = 2° 35'. Steady. 



Observed when 35 minutes west of the meridian, with a 

 power of 273. The angle thus obtained may be liable to an 

 error of one or two degrees, for I see the large star unques- 

 tionably elongated ; but the eye-piece now in use is the 

 deepest magnifier which is adapted to this micrometer, and 

 it is inadequate to separate the stars sufficiently to enable me 

 to procure measures of them. At the time of perceiving the 

 star elongated, I was unaware that it had been observed by 

 Sir William Herschel as a close double star, as also that 

 Mr. Herschel and myself, when we observed it in England 

 as double of the srd class, had noted that " it is not to be seen 

 triple, although beautifully defined and round.*' Vide Obser- 

 vations of the apparent Distances, &c. Phil. Trans. 1824. 

 Part III. page 115. 



Passy ; April 3, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 7 th and 8th magnitudes. 



Position = 67° 16' sf 

 Distancess s".287 



7 Obs. DifF. =r 2« o' I „ ,.^ . 

 6 Obs. DifF. = o".6oi ] ^^^ difficult. 



Observed with 413, when half an hour west of the meridian; stars extremely 



unsteady. 



