OPERATIONS IN THE PENINSULA. 



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SECTION IV. 



Latitude of Dodagoontah Station, with the position of its 



Meridian. 



Dodagoontah station is selected as the point of depar- 

 ture in preference to the observatory at il/rt^//'^^, as it is 

 nearly in the middle of the Peninsula, and its meridian is 

 intended to be carried down to Cape Comorin. It has al- 

 ready been extended below the latitude of 1 1°, and the 

 series of triangles from which it is deduced, being to form 

 the foundation of all the branches which may hereafter be 

 carried to each coast, I have considered it as the properest 

 meridian to which all latitudes and relative longitudes 

 should be referred. 



8. Zenith distances of stars observed at Dodagoontah^ 

 with their corrections for precession, nutation, aberration, 

 and the semi-annual solar equation, back to the beginning 

 of the year 1805, for determining the latitude of that 

 station. 



OBSERVATIONS AT DODAGOONTAH. 



a SERPENTIS. 



NEAREST POINT ON THE LIMB 5° B5f S. 



