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discovered by ^, and is 'Eo. 946 of the Great Dorpat Catalogue. S. 

 measured it in 1825, and from the difficulty he experienced I ex- 

 pected to find the companion much smaller than I did. It appeared 

 to him of the 12th magnitude, and 21, from finding it 8.5 in 1827, 10 

 in 1831, and 8 "5 again two years afterwards, asks IVum minor varia- 

 bilis ? . . . . Eut the possibility of the comes being variable awakens 

 considerations of peculiar interest ; it having been surmised that cer- 

 tain small acolyte stars shine by reflected light." 



IvTo. 195. Lalae-de 12863 Mokoceeotis. — Eated 8^- and 6|- by 

 Lalande ; 6m. Harding; 6m. Argelander ; 6-7 Heis, and 7-3 in the 

 DurcJimusterung . It is not given by Piazzi, Bessel, or Santini [Nature^ 

 January 25, 1877). It is 6-7 in the Uranometria Argentina. 



In February, 1877, and Jan. 1878, I found this star brighter than 

 Lalande 12810-11 and 12852-3, which lie close to it, and about half 

 a magnitude less than 16 Monocerotis (6 m. Heis). It is at the n.f. 

 corner of a trapezium of four stars, that at the s.p. corner being 

 Lalande 12788 ; March 23, 1884, I estimated it 6-8 m. 



No. 196. 33 GEMmoETJM.— 61 Lalande (13108); 6m. Heis; Sir 

 W. Herschel 35, 33, November 24, 1878, I found it slightly less than 

 26 Geminorum. March 31, 1883, 33 about three steps less than 26. 



No. 197. 35 GEMmoEUM.— 6 m. Lalande (13140) ; 6-7 Heis. 

 Nov. 24_, 1878, Sir W. Herschel gives 38 (e), 35, 32 and 35, 33. 

 I found it about 6-7 m., and slightly less than 33 ; December 7, 1879, 

 35 considerably less than 30 and 38; March 31, 1883, 35 one step 

 brighter than 33, but considerably less than 30 and 38. 



No. 198. Lacaille 2470 Canis Majoeis. — 6^ Lacaille ; 7 Hard- 

 ing; 7 and 7 J Argelander ; 6 m. Heis; 8"2 Johnson; 7"5 Yarnell ; 

 7-6 Cape Catalogue (1878*14). The Cordoba estimates varied from 

 7*0 m. to 8 m. 



No. 199. 38 {e) GEMn^OEiJM. — 5^ m. Lalande; 5 Heis; 5m. 

 Franks; December 31, 1877, Sir W. Herschel gives 30 (I0- 38-35. 

 One of Madler's suspected variables. It is a double star, 5-5,8 : 

 163°"8 : 6"*4, and variation has been suspected in both components, 

 the brighter star having been variously estimated by different ob- 

 servers from 5"0 to 6'7, and the smaller from 7'5 to 10'5 ; November 

 20, 1883, I found 38 = 30 Geminorum. 4-28 H.P. 



No. 200. ^ Canis Majoeis.— 5m. Lalande; 4-5 Heis; 4-68 Sir 

 J. Herschel; 4-4 Gould; Sir W. Herschel gives 14 {6), 20 (t) ; 4-5 

 Cape Catalogxie (1874-55). Suspected variable by Espin, and also by 

 Schmidt, who calls it " very red." It is No. 156 of Birmingham'' s 

 Catalogue; 4^ m. Franks, December 31, 1877. In January, 1876, I 

 found 6 slightly less than t (5-4 Heis), also less than v^ Canis Majoris. 



