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M. T. of Meridian Transit, 

 ooh. 36m. A. M. 

 10 30 P. M. 



M. T. of Meridian Transit. 

 3h. lom. p. M. 



On the 5th at 3h. 37 A. M., conjunction ofUranus and the Moon. Uranus 

 north, 6° 06'. 



On the 6th, at loh. com. P. M., opposition ofUranus and the Sun. 



On the 7th, at 6h. com. A. M., Mercury stationary in R. A. 



On the 17th, at iih. 00m. A. M., conjunction of Mercury and the Moon. 



On the 19th, at loh. 23m. A. M. , conjunction of Venus and the Moon. 

 Venus south, 5° 47'. 



On the 20th, at iih. 00m. A. M., the Sun enters Aries and Spring com- 

 mences. 



On the 2 1 St, at 5h. com. A. M., Mercury at greatest elongation, west 27° 46'. 



On the 2 2d, at 5h. 00m. A. M., conjunction of Saturn and the Moon. 



On the 22d, at iih. 00m. A. M., conjunction of Neptune and the Moon. 



On the 23d, at 2h. 00m. A. M., conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon. 

 Jupiter south, 1° 23'. 



On the 26th, at 4h. 40m., conjunction of Mars and the Moon. Mars north, 



5° 39'. 



On the 31st, at 4h. 00m., Mars at greatest heliocentric latitude north. 



St. Louis Academy of Science, February 6, 1882. 

 Prof. Pritchett made a short communication on double stars. He stated that 

 some stars were found to have a periodic motion such as had been observed in 

 double stars which revolve around the common centre of gravity. Of these 

 Sirius was one, and a German astronomer calculated the position of a companion 

 star which would produce the observed deviations. This companion star was 

 afterward discovered by Clark, when the Chicago telescope was turned upon it. 

 It had also been observed that Procyon had a proper motion similar to that of Sirius, 

 and attention was at once drawn to it in the confident expectation that a similar ex- 

 planation of its variable proper motion would be obtained. Up to the present time, 

 however, no satisfactory evidence has been given of the existence of such a com- 

 panion, although the search has brought out some curious results. Some years 

 ago. Prof. Otto Struve, Director of the Pulkova Observatory, announced the 

 discovery of a close companion, and although no other astronomer was able to 

 see it, Struve continued to measure the companion for two years. At the end of 



