$84f Mr. South's re-examination of the apparent distances^ &c. 



No. XXXVI. R. A. 22^ 20'» ; Decl. o« 57' S. 



f Aquarii ; II. 7 ; H. and S. 346. 

 continued. 



Distance = 4".032 | 5 Obs. 1 DifF. = o".432) ^. , ^ (South. 

 Distance = f.S^s \ 5 Obs. | DifF. =s o".336 5 ^"" 'O/ | Captain Beaufout. 

 Measures of distance gotten without any difficulty ; both stars sharply definedj and 

 as round as possible with 787. 



Passy ; October 8, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 

 7tli and 7| magnitudes. 



Position = 870 52' nf\ 7 Obs. DifF. = 1° 31' ) g 

 Distance = ^".^66 \ 5 Obs. DifF. = o".2645 ^o^th. 



Position = 90° 7' nf \ 7 Obs. j DifF. = i° 16'. Captain Beaufort. 



Night become so hazy that the stars are no longer visible j when seen they were 



unsteady and ill defined. 



Passy ; October 9, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



8th and 9th magnitudes. 



Position = 88° 28' nf I 7 Obs. I DifF. = 0° 56' ) <, 

 Distance = 3".8o9 | 5 Obs. | DifF. =o".36o j ^0^^°' 



Position = SqO 56' n/l 7 Obs. I DifF. = 1° 2' } ^ . ^ 

 Distance = 3".8l8 | 5 Obs. | DifF. = o".84i } ^^P^^"^ Beaufort. 



Night very hazy ; stars unsteady, 



DifF. = 6° 29' J - . , _ 



DifF. = o".937} ^°"s- Gambey. 



Position = 89° 15' nf\ 14 Obs. 

 Distance = 4".o97 | 10 Obs. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 88° 56' nf (jo Obs.) ; Distance 4".oi4 (45 Obs.) ; 



Epoch 1825.73. 



These measures verify the direction of the motion ascribed 

 to this star, the present angle differing from that of 1822.27 

 by — o°33'. By calculation it ought to be — i°33'. The 

 discrepancy between these and the former measures of dis- 

 tance is extraordinary. (H.) 



JAMES SOUTH. 



Pflssy; Rue Franklin, No. 19, Latitude 48° 51' 31" N. 



Opposite the Champ de Mars and Longitude 1 3". 36 (of time) west of the 



the Ecole Militaire. Royal Observatory of Paris. 



