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RESULTS obtained for the Latitude by Circum-meridional 
Altitudes of Stars, North and South of the Zenith. 
LATITUDE SOUTH. 
DATE, Name of S38 
-! os 
1852. Star. 5 | * North of | * South of 
Ss n 
4S Zenith. Zenith. 
February 21...... Procyon We | Ao D2 hae 
— VP AAAS Fe Procyon 13 Pe eave 1) 
= — Betélguese ili oy DP Ge! 
— D3 see Procyon 3 a) Bee 1B 
— 2G arene Procyon 12 oy Ge Alas 
— AOE claee Procyon 10 ni oae 1422 
March TOs ces Procyon 11 rap. 11119) 
_ 14...... Regulus 12 Vpedeny LAs2) lee yh gmp e nts 
November 22...... B. Centauri Se li ; a) | 429 520 15:3 
(sub polo) 
= _— A Centauri 10 aye ala? 
(sub polo) 
December 38...... B. Centauri 11 hy es) eI) 
(sub polo) 
— — Az Centauri Te SPs 5 Satna tOcmtoss 
(sub polo) 
— Miciee B. Centauri OW 9 ol ga ape! alles) 
(sub polo) 
— — Az Centauri 12 oy ee) leis} 
(sub polo) 
Mean latitude by *S. north of Zenith....42° 52° 18°6 
Ditto FS) South), ditto 4. pe) PACT 
Ditto Suns Weidg I. limb, eee oe hors 
Meanvot alleen ayia 42° 52° 13°7 South 
and the result of all the observations made for determining 
the geographical position of the Hobart Town Observatory 
places it, at present, in 
, ” 
42° 52° 13°7 South latitude 
147° 22° 06° East longitude. 
* (Note.)—There are but few of the southern Stars of any magnitude 
available for determining a latitude with the Sextant in this parallel. 
n Argus, d Crucis, a? and B Centauri are the most suitable, but their 
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