Proceedings, &c., for 1887. !)•"> 



stars were pliotograplied to tlie 10th magnitude there would h(- 

 nearly 2,000,000 of them ; if to the 11th there would be neaily 

 double that number. The chart would furnish a good basis for 

 future work by furnishing a true picture of the heavens at a 

 certain date, and would mark a very important epoch in the 

 science of astronomy. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



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