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JN'o. 246. ^ GEMiKORim. — 5 and 6 m. Lalancle ; 5 m. Harding and 

 Heis. Sir W. Herschel gives <^ - 76 ; 5 m. Pranks, January 28, 1878 

 {private letter'). J^ovember 22, 1883, I found it one step less than 6 

 Cancri. 



IsTo. 247. Lalande 15374-5 Mon-oceegiis. — 6 m. Lalandeand Hard- 

 ing; 6 m. Heis ; 7^ Piazzi. The Cordoba estimates vary from 6"0 to 

 6-6. On Pebrnary 21, 1884, I estimated it 6 m., one step brighter than 

 LL 15136; March 15, 1884, 6-0 m.; April 1, 1884, 6-0. 5-68 H.P. 



jN'o. 248. - GEMnsroKTJM. — Included by Schonfeld in his provisional 

 list. He says, " Winnecke's Stern d zu U Geminorum, A N 47*1 120 ; 

 schwankt einige Stufen um die Grrosse ll"2m., auch meinen Beobach- 

 tungen." 



1^0.249. Lacaille 3081 Puppis. — 6 m. Lacaille ; 6-5 Heis and 

 Behrmann. The Cordoba estimates " vary systematically from 5*2 to 

 5-8." 4-81 H.P. 



IN'o. 250. Anon A^etrs. — Position only approximate. 



ISTo. 251. 2695 B.A.C. Anets. — 6 m. in the Paramatta Catalogue, 

 but twice recorded by Taylor as 10 m. It was missed in August, 1 874, 

 by Tebbutt at Windsor, I^.S.W., "being then invisible in a telescope 

 of 4^ inches aperture." The star is not in Lacaille' s Catalogiie. It was 

 searched for at Cordoba, but without success. In the same field of view 

 is the star B.A.C, 2694, which Tebbutt found "decidedly red." It 

 seems to be identical with Lacaille 3140 (6+) {Nature, April 15, 1875) 

 which was rated 5-5 at Cordoba (" red"). 



JSTo. 252. 8 Cancel — 6 m. Lalande; 7m. Bessel; 5-8 in DM; 6m. 

 Argelander and Heis ; 5-6 Gould at Albany, and 5*4 at Cordoba. Sus- 

 pected variable by Gould, although he includes it among his Standards 

 of Magnitudes ( Uranometria Argentina, p. 26) ; 6-7 Houzeau ; 5 Pranks, 

 January, 1878. On Pebruary 8, 1880, I estimated it 5^m., and equal 

 to 68 Geminorum. 5-13 and 5-3 H.P. 



]S"o. 252. 14 Puppis.— 6+ m. Lalande (15837); 6 Harding; 6-7 

 Heis; not in Argelander' s Uranometria; 6*7 Gould; 6-7 Ca^pe Cata- 

 logue (1880). 



jSTo. 254. t (15) AEGtrs. — Si Lalande (p) ; 4 Harding; 3 Heis (t) ; 

 3*2 Gould; Schmidt suspected variation; 3-4 Cape Catalogae (1874'87). 

 In March, 1876, I found this star about half a magnitude brighter than 

 I Puppis. t is 2-88 in H.P. 



No. 255. 29 MoNOCEEOTis.— A triple star, 5-5, 13, 9 : 104°-7, 243°-8 : 

 80", 66"-9 ; 13 was not seen by Herschel and South; Sadler rated it 

 10 m. in 1875, and Pranks 11 m. in 1877. I saw it with a 3-inch re- 

 fractor in 1874, in India; 29 was rated 5-4 by Heis, 4*9 by Gould, 

 5-32 by Pritchard, and 4-47 H.P. 



