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have some slight suspicion, of this star, founded on the discrepancies 

 in my measures, and the fact that the DM makes it 0'8 brighter than 

 Heis. The star is reddish." 5-34 and 5-0 H.P. 



No. 678. Lacaille 9036 Piscis Atjstealis. — 7 m. Lacaille ; 5-6 

 Behrmann; 6 m. Cape Catalogue (1878-76); 5-7 Gould, who has 

 " small doubt of its variability " ( U. N., p. 296). It is reddish. 



ISTo. 679. 36. Aquaeii.— Eated 7 m. by Lalande (43183) ; 7 Piazzi ; 

 and estimated 7*2 at Cordoba ; but seen by Heis with the naked eye, 

 and rated 6-7. JN'ot in Argelajider'' s Uranometria. Sir W. Herschcl 

 gives 30 — 36 and 37, 36. 



No. 680. ^ Pegasi.— 3-4 Sufi, Argelander, and Heis ; 3-60 Sir J. 

 Herschel; 4 m. Franks, Oct. 14, 1877 {private letter). Sir W. Her- 

 schel gives 42 (^), 26 [6) 46 (^). The Cordoba estimates vary from 

 3*2 to 3-8 ; and Dr. Gould believes that it " varies about half a unit" 

 ( Uranometria Argentina, p. 338) ; 3-53 Pritchard (1882-658). 3-76 H.P. 



Sept. 10, 1883. I found it one step brighter than ^ Aquarii or 

 3-4 m. 



No. 681. Laxande 43239-40 Aquaeh = 7726 B.A.C.— 5 and 7 m. 

 Lalande ; 5 Harding ; not in Sei£ Catalogue ; 6-3 Gould ; 6 m. Pranks, 

 Oct. 14, 1877. 



Aug., 1876. Equal to LL 43226 (6-5 Gould). 



Sept. 6, 1877. Less than Lalande 43315 (rated 6-7 by Gould). 



No. 682. 39 AQTJAEn.— 61 6 Lalande (43289-91); 6 Harding; 

 7 Piazzi and Bessel ; 6-7 Heis. Not in Argelander'' s Uranometria^ but 

 61- in his Zones. Sir W. Herschel gives 42-39, 45. The Cordoba 

 estimates vary from 6-1 to 6-6; and Dr. Gould thinks it probably 

 variable (£7". N., p. 310). 



No. 683. B1EMINGHA.M 607 LACEEXiE (= Lalande 43408-9 (5 m.) ). — 

 4-5 Argelander. It seems to be 5 Heis Lacertse, identified with 7765 

 B.A.C, and rated 5 m. Birmingham's observations: — 1873, 1874, 

 4-5 m. ; 5-4 Copeland, Sept. 11, 1875; 7-5 Burton, 1876, and 5 m. 

 Aug. 20 ; 5-5 Oct. 10. 4-65 and 4-9 H.P. 



Oct. 8, 1879. I found it rather more than half a magnitude less 

 than 1 Lacertse (4-67 Pritchard), or about magnitude 5-3. 



No. 684. y AQUAEn.— 3-4 Sufi ; 3 m. Hlugh Beigh, Tycho Brahe, 

 and Hevelius ; 3 m. Lalande; 3-88 Sir J. Herschel; 4 '3 Argelander ; 

 3-4 Heis; 3-9 Gould. Suspected variable by Sir tV. Herschel, who 

 says [Fhil. Trans. 1796): — "48 (7) is less than 62 (77), contrary to 

 the Catalogue [Plamsteed's] ; and is now probably less bright than 

 it was formerly: 48 being but little brighter than 52 confirms the 

 same. There is no observation of 48 ; but 62 is 5 m." As 17 was 

 rated 4-3 by Argelander, and 4 m. by Heis, and Herschel says dis- 

 tinctly that y was less than r], it seems highly probable that either 



