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JS'o. 491. 5341, B.A.C. Dkaconis.— 6 m; Harding; 6-7 Heis ; 6^ 

 Franks, 1878. It seems to be Lalande, 29351 (6 m.) On February 

 24, 1884, I estimated it 6-6 m. 6-24 H.P. 



No. 492. Lalande 29344-5 Scoepii. — 5^ and 10 Lalande; 6^ 

 Lacaille(67l0); 6 Harding ; 6-3 Grould,; 6-7 Cape Catalogue {1878- 59). 

 May 6, 1875, I found this star about 7 m. 

 May, 1877, I estimated it 6*3 m. 



No. 493. K Herculis. — 4 m. Ptolemy; 4-5 Sufi ; 6 Lalande (29427). 

 € Harding ; 5 Argelander ; 5-6 Heis; 5.Franks, April 7, 1878. 



Sir W. Herschel gives 7 (k) - - 5. 4-81 H.P. 

 April 21, 1878, I found it brighter than Lalande 29273. 

 May 16, 1883, k Herculis about 3 steps less than w Herculis, but 

 brighter than 5 Herculis. 



1^0.494. Birmingham 372 Seepentis. — 7 m. Lalande (29441) ; 7 

 Bessel ; 7*0 Argelander. Birmingham's Observations of Magnitude 

 (1874-1876) vary from 6 to 7'5. It also seems to vary in colour. It 

 is not in the Uranometria Argentina. 



No. 495. — Scoepii. Observed 11m. at Markree, April 17, 1855; 

 9 m. in the Paris chai^ts, but seen only 12"5-13m. by Palisa, April 2, 

 1880. Peters, however, thinks that further observations of this star 

 will be necessary before its variability can be considered as established 

 (A. N. 2360). This seems to be identical with No. 114 of Catalogue of 

 Known Variables (V. Scorpii). 



No. 496. 12 Scorpii. — 6 m. Lacaille and Piazzi; 7m. in Argelander' s 

 Zones; 6m. Yarnell, 1856; 6m. Elleiy, 1861, and 7m. 1864. The 

 Cordoba estimates vary only from 6*0 to 6"3; but Dr. Gould considers 

 its variability probable {U. Argentina, p. 284). He calls it "red." 

 July 6, 1877', I found this star less than Lacaille 6725 (5-8 Gould). 



No. 497. -Herculis. — A star considered by Dr. Schmidt to be 

 probably variable. The position given is only approximate. 



No. 498. W. B. 140 Scorpii. — 6 m. Heis. ^oim Argelander' s 

 Uranometria ; 6 m. in Harding's Atlas. Dr. Gould says, "■ this evidently 

 varies through at least the greater part of a magnitude." ( U. A., p. 

 284). His average magnitude is 6"3. 



No. 498a. o-Coronje. — A small star following this Binary (51", 1862) 

 was rated only 15 or 20 m. by South in 1825, but " more like 10 m." by 

 Franks, 1876 [Cel. Ohj. p. 283). I have seen this small star well 

 with 3-inch refractor in the Punjab sky. 



No. 499. Lacaille 6783 NoRMiE. — 6 m. Lacaille; 6-5 Behrmann ; 

 6-7 Cape Catalogue (187 5' 54). The Cordoba Observations vary from 

 6*9 to 7"3, and Gould thinks it " not improbably variable." 



