302 



STARS OF COMPARISON. 



No. I. i Capricorni. 



2. IT 451 Brit. Assoc. Cat. 



3. 7487 do. do. 



4. 42 Capricorni. 

 6. S do. 



No. 6. i Aquarii. 



7. 39 do. 



8. 45 do. 



9. 50 do. 

 10. (T do. 



The following observations must hereafter undergo some 

 modification, particularly those involving a comparison vpith 

 39 Aquarii, the declination of that star being lower than that 

 assigned to it in the British Association Catalogue by about 

 four seconds of space. 



Apparent Places deduced from Mean Places, as given in the 

 British Association Catalogue. 



Mean Time, 

 Greenwich. 



Apparent 

 Right Ascens. 



Apparent 

 Declination. 



Compared Star.s, &c. 



1846. 



h. m. 



s. 



^ 





Oct. 3.401067 



21 52 



32.54 



— 13 28 10.40 



No. 7. 



6.392739 





20.74 



29 13.93 



No. 7. Bisection satisfactory, 

 though blowing hard. 



12.376121 





0.27 



30 53.67 



No. 7. Hurried observation 

 of Planet. Cannot depend 

 on it. An opening only mo- 

 mentary in the clouds, which 

 were general at the time. 



14.370345 



51 



64.05 



31 24.57 



Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Got 

 only the three first wires of 

 the Planet, which was faint 

 even at these. 



16.365063 





48.28 



53.54 



Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 

 Good observation. 



17.362062 





45.73 



32 2.03 



Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 

 Got only the three first 

 wires of the Planet. 



19.356785 





40.94 



36.65 



Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good ob- 

 servation. 



24.343014 





30.60 



1 



33 19.78 



Nos. 1,2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 

 Blowing hard, so that the 

 clock was heard with diffi- 

 culty ; at some wires not at 

 all. 



26.337522 



21 61 



27.85 



13 33 38.88 



Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Satis- 

 factory observation. Night 







1 

 1 





had been very unpromising. 



