312 Proceediygs of the Royal Irish Academy. 



jS"o. 8. 113 P.O. Ci-j: = Laia^^de 837.— A douHe star 7, 9 : 44<'-6 : 

 19"-6 (7 and 8 m. GoiiM). Smyth says: " Piazzi tells us that in Mam- 

 steed's asterism, a conn anion of the 9th magnitude follows this star by 

 1 1^'2 of time, which he could not find. There is however, at about the 

 same distance and to f/jj north, a star of this character, although rather 

 smaller. Is the folic vrc-r then Tariable ?" 



No. 9. Lacaille 1- - Phcektcis. — The Cordoba estimates vary from 

 5"7 to 6"o. 



'^0. 10. TT Andeo::::"^. — 4|- Lalande ; 4 m. Heis; 5 m. Pranks, 

 :N"ovemberl8, 1877; 4_: Pritchai'd (1882-685). I found it about 4im., 

 and slightly brighter tL .n e Andromedae, but less than/x, October, 1875. 



1:^0. 11. 15 Ceti.— 7i and 7m. Lalande (972-3); 6-8 Gould; Sir- 

 W. Herschel, 12-15. Srd October, 1883, 1 found it equal to WB 398, 

 or 6-8 m. 



jS'o. 12. Lat,axde, 1013-14 Cassiopeia. — 5 m. and 10m. Lalande; 

 7-7 m. in the Burclirmisferung. Possibly Tariable {Nature, !N^ovember 

 4, 1880), 6 m. Harding. It is not in Seis' Catalogue, nor is it in 

 Fedoretikd 8 Catalogue, or in Arg dander 8 Zones. It was rated 7-9 m. 

 by Enott, and = BD 51% 131, JS'oyember 8 and 19, 1880. jy[y ob- 

 servations are : — 



I^ovember 14, 1880. Paint with binocular, 2 stars about 6|-m. nf. 



j!^ovember 20, 1880. Painter than the two stars nf. 



August 17, 1883. Painter than the two stai's nf. 



No. 13. — Ajst)eoiieda. — A small star s.p., the nucleus of the great 

 nebula in Andromedfe (M 31) has been suspected of variation by the 

 Eev. T. W. Webb. He found the star readily visible on several oc- 

 casions with a 9^ iach. "With speculum, while at other times he found 

 it very faint with the sanie instrument {Ast. Register, November, 

 1882). 



No. 14. 201 B.A.C. Cassiopeia = P. 0, 162.— 6 m. Ai-gelander and 

 Heis, 6m. Pranks. Seenby me as 6J or 7m.in 1874. 5-36 and 5-7 HP. 



No. 15. Dll 81°, 18 Cephei.— A Httle w.^;. the variable IT Cephei; 

 7-6 m. in the DM. Suspected variable by Pickering. Knott says, 

 "My own observations show that this star is certainly variable to the 

 extent of some six-tenths of a magidtude, but I am unable as yet to see 

 my way to any suggestion as to its probable period." {Mon. Notices, 

 R.A.S., June,' 1882). 



No. 16. 36 AifDEOiiEDA. — 6 and 4^- Lalande (1527-8) ; 6 m. Hard- 

 ing, 6 m. -4n««^/z Catalogue (1840). 'Not in Meis^ Catalogue. "Webb 

 says, " Yisible to naked eye " (Cel. OhJ. p. 215). IiTegularly variable, 

 according to Schmidt. It is a well known binary (6, 7 : 356°-2 : 1".3, 

 1877). 



