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RE^EXAMINATION OF SEVEN DOUBLE STARS, MADE 

 WHILST THE FORMER PART OF THIS COMMUNI- 

 CATION WAS IN THE PRESS. 



No. I. R. A. 4^ 18» ; Decl. 53° 3i' N. 



1 Camelopardali ; H. and S. 43- 



Double ; 8th and 9th magnitudes ; small, bluish. 



Sloane-street ; February 8, 1826 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Position = 36° 59' np 8 Obs. I DifF. = 3° 40' 7 yerv hazv 

 Distance = io".2iz 5 Obs. | DiflF. = o".769 | ^^^ ^^^y* 



Observed when if hours west of the meridian ; stars ill defined, and very unsteady. 



Sloane-street ; February 11, 1826 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 



Sth and 10th magnitudes. 



8 Obs. 

 5 Obs. 



Stars extremely unsteady, and at times very indistinct ; observed when one hour 



west of the meridian. 



Position = 37° 31' np 8 Obs. DiflF. = i*" 43' ) „ 

 Distance = io".593 5 Obs. Diff. z= o".84i ) "*''^* 



Sloane-street; February 12, 1826; Seven-feet Equatorial 

 7th nnd 8th magnitudes. 



Position = 37° 0' np 8 Obs. 1 DifF. = 1° 22' \ Tolerablv steadv 

 Distance = 1 o'.oss 5 Obs. ) Diflr. a= o".9 1 3 5 ^ °^^^^^^^ '^^^'^y* 



Observed on the meridian j night favourable. 



Mean Result. 

 Position 37** 10' np (24 Obs.); Distance io".287 (15 Obs.); 



Epoch 1826.10. 

 Observations made in Blackman-street gave, Position 

 36° 26* np; Distance io*.45o ; Epoch 1822.05: hence this 

 star is liable to no material change either of position or 

 distance. 



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