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'No. 367. BiEMiNGHAM 277 ViKsiNis. — A remarkable "red orange" 

 star. !N^ot in Zalande's Catalogue; 8*1 Ai'gelander; 7*5 Bessel ; 6ra 

 Lamant (Z 93.) ; Birmingham's estimates of magnitude, 1872-1876, 

 Tary from 6-6-5 to 7-7-5 ; 7m Webb, 1874, Ap. 20, and May 8. The 

 star is not in the Zfranometria Argentina, d' Arrest found a very 

 interesting spectrum "all the more refrangible rays totally absorbed — 

 a fragment of a star spectrum." I found the star below 7m, April 7, 

 1883. 



No. 368. 4193 B.A.C. Ues^ MiifOEis. — Not in Heis's Catalogue. 

 February 24, 1884, a small star, about 9 m., seen near the place with 

 binocular. 8-5 m. Tennant, April 24, 1875. 



1^0. 369 8 CoEYi. — 3 m. Sufi, Lalande, and Harding. Sir W. 

 Herschel gives 9 (/3), 7 (8)— 1 (a); 3-22 Sir J". Herschel {Cape Ohs. 

 344 ; 2-3 m. Heis : 3-0 at Cordoba ; 3 m. Franks, April 2, 1878. In 

 March, 1876, it seemed to me nearer 3 m. than 2 m. From the ob- 

 servations at Cordoba Dr. Gould concludes that the four stars /?, y, S, 

 and e Corvi are all variable " within moderate limits." The estimates 

 for 8 vary from 2-84 to 3-49. 3-13 H.P. 



No. 370 Tatloe 5747 Coevi.— 6 m. Taylor; 7 Piazzi; 5-7 John- 

 son. It seems to be 11 Heis Corvi, where it is rated 6-7. i!*[ot in 

 Argelander' s Uranometria ; 6 m. Behrmann. The Cordoba estimates 

 vary from 5-8 to 6-5 {U. A. ^. 318). 5-98 H.P. 



N'o. 371. BiEiiij^GHAM 281 YiEGiNis. — 8-5 Argelander and 

 Bessel; 9-5 Earlof Eosse (" scarlet ") ; 9-5 Birmingham ("no colour"), 

 May 8, 1874. 



iSTo. 372. y Cetjcis.— 2 m. Lacaille ; 1"73 Sir J. Herschel; 2-1 

 Behrmann ; 2-0 Grould, who considers that this star is probably 

 variable, as "its magnitude has been variously estimated from 1-8 to 

 2*4 even by the same observer" {Uranometria Argentina, p. 269). 



ISTo. 373. -q CoEvi. — 4 m. Sufi; 4|-, 5 Lalande ; 5 Harding; 5 m. 

 Argelander and Heis. Sir W. Herschel gives 1 (a) — 8 {yf) — 5 (^), 

 April 29, 1875, I found -q a little brighter than ^ Corvi. 4-45 H.P. 



No. 374. y8 (8) Caxes Yei^atici.— 5 m. Sufi ; 4^, 5 Lalande ; 5 

 Hardiug ; 4-5 Heis ; 4-54 Peirce ; 4-66 Pritchard (1882-449). Smyth 

 says, "Suspected of variability" {Bedford Catalogue, p. 272). 4-30 

 H.P. 



No. 375. ji CoEVT. — Smyth suspected variation, and says {Bedford 

 Catalogue, p. 271) it "has unquestionably the precedence of lustre 

 Corvus, which could hardly have been the case ia Bayer's time ; and 

 what is siugular, it has no trivial Ai'abian designation." Dr. Grould 

 suspects variation ; the Cordoba estimates varying from 2-62 to 3-10. 

 Sir W. Herschel, in 1783, found the order of brightness — fi, y, h-a. 



