366 Mr. South's re-examination of the apparent distances 



No. XXVI. R. A. 17^ 56™ ; Decl. 2° 33' N. 



70 p Ophiuchi ; II. 4 ; H. andS. 258. 



continued. 



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



8th and 8^ magnitudes. 



Position = 58° lo' */ 7 Obs. I Diff. = 1° 32 7^ ,, . ,. 



Distance = 5".iso *^ 5 Obs. | DifF. = o".72i j^^ *^^ meridian. 



Stars very steady and well defined j measures extremely satisfactory. 



Passy; July 2, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8^ and 9| magnitudes. 



Position = 58° 18' «/ 7 Obs. I DifF. = 2° 8' 7 ^t ^ ^ 

 Distance = ^".gzg 5 Obs. | DifF. z= o".4o8 j ^ ^steady. 



Observed on the meridian ; stars tolerably well defined. 



Passy ; July 4, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 8th and 9th magnitudes. 



Position = 58° 7' «/l 7 Obs. I DifF. = 0° 38' ) tvt .\ j 

 . Distance = 4'.sU I 5 Obs. j Diff. = o".264 J ^^^ '^^^^V' 

 Observed when 8 minutes west of the meridian; pretty well defined. 



Passy ; July 5, 1825 ; Seven- feet Equatorial. 



82 and 9| magnitudes. 



Position = 57° 32'*/ 1 7 Obs. Diff. = i°4i' ) ^ ,, .,. 



Distance = 4-.789 | 5 Obs. Diff. = o".48i } <^^ ^^^ meridian. 



Stars unsteady, and occasionally very faint ; light clouds passing over them. 



Passy ; July 13, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial, 



7^ and 8 1 magnitudes. 



Position = 57° 56' sf\ 7 Obs. Diff. = 2° 20' 7 t., . - , , 

 Distance = i''.49i ^^ | 5 Obs. | Diff = o".3i2 { ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^r- 



Observed when 10 minutes east of the meridian. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 57° 48' 5/ (63 Obs.) ; Epoch 1825.48 ; 

 Distance 4/' -763 (41 Obs.); Epoch 1825.48. 

 In taking the mean, the observations of May 3 are rejected. 



