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^N'o. 168. K Ois.Lo:sis. — 3-4 Sufi; 3 Lalande ; 3-2 Axgelander and 

 Heis; 2-59 Sir J. Herschel {Cape. Obs., p. 445); 2-3 Gould, who 

 thinks it slightly variable. March 31, 1884; from comparisons with 

 t, and t Orionis, I estimated it 2-1 m. 2-22 and 2-4 H.P. 



'No. 169. u ArEiG^. — 5 and oim. Lalande; 5 m. Heis ; 5-1- Franks, 

 December 14, 1877; suspected variable by Espin {English Ilechanic, 

 April 8, 1881), "who has made the following observations : — ILarch 11, 

 1879, 4-3 m. ; March 16, 4-8; October 26, 4-7; Ilovember 1, 4-7; 

 April 14, 1880, 5-0; September 2, 5-0; March 17, 1881, o'O : 

 March 28, 5-3; March 30, 5-4; April 2, 1881, 5-4. 



My observations are: — October, 1875, v about 5 m., slightly fainter 

 thanr; April 2, 1883, v one step brighter than r, or 4-7 m. ; Septem- 

 ber 30, 1883, three steps less thanr or 5"0 ; JN'ovember 3, 1883, two 

 steps less than t, or 5-0; December 30, 1883, 5-0; March 7, 1884, 

 4-7 ; March 17, 1884, 5-0 ; April 1, 4-7 ; April 7, 4-7. 



]S"o. 170. 56 OkiojS-is. — 6 m. Lalande (11125); 6-5 Heis; 6 m. 

 Franks, December 13, 1877; 5'5 Albany observations; 4' 9 Thome, 

 at Cordoba. On March 8, 1883, I found it eqnal to LL 11382, and 

 four steps brighter than LL 11621, or about 5*5 m. ; March 23, 1884, 

 5-3 m. ; April 1, 5-3. 4-97 H.P. 



No. 171. Lacaille 2080 Pictoeis. — 5 and 6 m. Lacaille ; 6-5 

 Behrmann. The Cordoba observations show signs of variation. 



No. 172. TT Atjeig^. — IN'ot mentioned by Sufi; 6 m. Lalande; 5 

 Harding; 4-8 Argelander ; 5 Heis; measured 4' 36 by Peirce {Sarvard 

 Annals, Yol. ix.) ; 5 m. Birmingham, 1873, February 2 ; and 6 m. 

 1875, January 25 ; 6 m. Webb, 1874, March 6, and 26 ; 5|-m. Franks, 

 December 24, 1877. In !N"ovember, 1875, I found it about 5 m. or 

 5^ ; September 10, 1883, I found tt = v Aurigae or 4-2 ; o^^ovember 3, 

 1883, TT two steps less than v, or 4-4; March 7, 1884, two steps 

 brighter than r, or 4-6 ; March 17, 1884, 7r = T, or 4-8 ; April 1, 1884, 

 4-5 — a mean between v and t Aurigse ; April 7, 4*4. 



No. 173. Lalande 11382 Oeiokes. — 6im. Lalande; 5-6 Arge- 

 lander; 6-5 Heis. The Cordoba estimates vary from 5-1 to 5-9; 

 March 8, 1883, I estimated it 5-5 m., four steps brighter than LL 

 11621, and about = 56 Orionis; March 13, 1884, 5"4m.; and March 

 31, 5-2, five steps brighter than LL 10734. 



No. 174. 35 AtJEiG^. — Sometimes, but erroneously, called 35 

 Camelopardi. It is 1924 B. A. C, and a double star (7,10 : 14°'4 : 30", 

 and Dembowski called attention to the probable variability of the 

 brighter component {Nature, December 30, 1880). It was rated 5* m. 

 by Flamsteed in 1696 ; 5-6 Lalande, 1790 ; 7 m. Harding ; 8 m, Arge- 

 lander, 1842; 5-5 Dembowski, 1868 ; 7-5 Radcliffe Olservations, 1870; 

 6-7 Heis; 6-0 Radcliffe Observations, 1872; 6 m. Franks, December 



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