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No. 218. 30 Canis Majoeis. — 5m. Lacaille; 6m. Harding; 5-4 

 Heis ; 5 m. Behrmann ; 4*6 at Cordoba. Sir. "W. Herschel gives 

 28-30"29. Gould calls it t Canis Majoris. 4-5 Cape Catalogue 

 (1878-10). 4-31 H.P. 



Eebruary 3, 1877, 30 about equal to 28, and about half a magni- 

 tude brighter than 29. 



JS'o. 219. 65 AuEiG^. — 6m. Lalande (14218), and Harding; 6-5 

 Heis; 6 m. Franks (1878). On January 31, 1884, I found it one step 

 less than 63 Aurigae, but three steps brighter than 64. Heis gives 63 

 5 m., but it seems to be now nearer 6 m. 6'5 is 5*34 and 5*1 in H.P. 



No. 219«. Lacaille 2761 Ptjppis. — 6 m. Lacaille. Dr. Gould says 

 this star "is below 8^, being indeed little, if any, above 81. It is 

 almost incredible that Lacaille should have been able to descry so faint 

 an object with his little telescope " {U. Argentina, p. 283). It is 7m. 

 in the Cape Catalogue (1880), and Stone says, " This star appears to be 

 a variable." 



No. 220. t Geminoeum. — 4i and 4 Lalande ; 4 Harding ; 4 m. Heis ; 

 3-98 Pritchard (1882-305); 4 m. Franks, January 28, 1878. Sir W. 

 Herschel gives 60 (i) - 65 (b-), and 60-46 (r), and 60, 62. October 

 6, 1883, I found i five steps brighter than r; November 20, 1883, i 

 foiu' steps brighter than t. 4-03 and 4-4 H.P. 



No. 221. 61 GEMiifOEUM. — 7m. Lalande (14426); 7m. Harding; 

 6m. d'Agelet, October, 1784; 7-8 Piazzi (ten times); 6-7 Taylor 

 (1834-35); 6m. Argelander and Heis; 6*5 in the Burchnusterung, 

 and 6'3 in the EadclifPe observations, 1870 {Nature, May 13, 1875). 

 Sii' W. Herschel gives 26, 61 and 63, 61. October 6, 1883, I found 

 it much fainter than 63, and about 6-7 m. ; November 20, 1883, much 

 fainter than 63, and about 6|- ; February 21, 1884, about 6-3 m. , one 

 step brighter than 58, but considerably less than 56 and 63. 



No. 222. fi Canis Minoeis. — 3 and 4i Lalande ; 3m. Heis; 3-41 

 Sir J. Herschel [Cape Obs., p. 342) ; 3 m. Gould ; 3h Franks, January 

 28, 1878; 3-11 Pritchard (1883-215). In March," 1876, I found ^ 

 very slightly brighter than e Geminorum. /3 is 3-07 and 3"5 H.P. 



No. 223. y lY. 45 GEMiifOEirir. — A "nebulous star," with a dis- 

 tant companion, 7i, 8 : 2°-4 : 100". Chambers says, "Knott reverses 

 the magnitudes of A and B. Fletcher asserted confidently that A is 

 variable. In April, 1865, he saw it no brighter than a 10th mag. 

 star." 



No. 224. Lalande 14551 Ptjppis = P vn. 116 = 2 1097.— 6 m. 

 Lalande; 6-3 Gould. Found to be variable by Espin, while using it 

 as a comparison star for U Monocerotis in 1883. His photometric 



