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1^0. 131. — Lepobis. — 6 m. Harding (underlined), l^ot in Lala7zde''s 

 or ITeis' Catalogues. It is situated a little oi.p. e Leporis, and between 

 that star and Lalande 9506. Position given, iii the Catalogue only 

 approximate. 



Peb., 1876. — With 3-inch refractor I found Harding's star a little 

 brighter than a 9 m. (Harding) south, of it, but less than, several 

 8 m. stars (Harding) following. It has a small companion / about 

 1' ± distant. 



No. 132. e Lepokis. — 4 m. Lalande : 3'84 Sir J. Herschel ( Cape Obs. 

 p. 344) ; 4-3 Heis ; 3-4 Behrmann ; 3-l' Gould, who marks it " var. (?)" 

 but gives no particulars; 4m. Franks, December 7, 1877. 3'26 H.P. 



'No. 133. Lalande 9667 Eeidani. — Eated 8 m. by Lalande; 7m. 

 Bessel. According to Gould it is generally below 7^ m., but it was 

 once observed by Mr. Bock as 6'9 (Vranometria Argentina, p. 273). 



March 3, 1884, I found it more than a magnitude less than LL 

 9706 (closely/.), and therefore below 7|-m. 



No. 134. ^ EiiiDANi. — 4m. Sufi; 3m Lalande, Argelander, and 

 Heis. Sir W. Herschel gives the sequence /3 , y — ,8; 3"26 Sir J. 

 Herschel (his estimates vary from 3"06 to 3*55) ; 2"8 Gould, who sus- 

 pects variation to the extent of half a magnitude. 3^ m. Franks, De- 

 cember 12, 1877. 2-87 H.P. 



March 3, 1884, I estimated it 2-9. 



No. 135. X Eeidani. — 4 and 4^ Lalande ; 5 Harding ; 4 Heis ; 4'6 

 Gould, 4-97 Sir J. Herschel; 4im". Pranks, December 12, 1877 ; 4 m. 

 Cape Catalogue (1878-99). 4-39 H.P. 



March, 18, 1875, I found it equal to w Eridani, brighter than ;/f Eri- 

 dani, but not qiiite equal to t Orionis (4 m. Heis) ; March 3, 1884, I 

 estimated it 4- 6. 



No. 136. Lalande 9767 Eridani. — 8 m. Lalande and^Bessel; 7"8in 

 D M. The Cordoba estimates were 6-7, 6-8, and 7-0. " On March 3, 

 1884, I estimated this star 6-8 — about = LL 9699 ; March 31, 6-9. 



No. 137. Birmingham II 16 Leporis. — According to Sadler this is 

 Piazzi Y. 7 and W.B.Y. 78, in both of which catalogues it is 7 m. It 

 is Lalande 9785 (6Jm.), In Stone's Southern Catalogue it is rated 

 5-6 m. (1878-76). It is not given by Argelander or Heis ; 6-0 Gould. 

 It was rated 5 m. by Morton, 1856; 6 m. Sadler, February, 1875; 6-5 

 "Winnecke, December, 1875; estimated 7 m. by me, January, 1877; 7*2 

 Espin, December, 1877, and 6-5 December, 1879; 5-6 m. Cornish, 

 January, 1880, "fairly bright to naked eye." Flammarion says, " Elle 

 est certainemeut variable." It precedes t Leporis by 55-24 seconds, 

 and is 53"-25 to the north of it. 



