STARS. 



fituateJ about a degree farther fouth, were difcovered by- 

 Mr. Pigott, who h'di given the refult of his obfervations in 

 a table. R. afc. in 1796, 18" 36' 38". Decl. S. 5° 56'. 

 Greatell and leaft magn. 5 — 78. Period 62 days. 



The ftar in the Northern Crown, ranked of the fixth 

 magnitude by Bayer, but omitted in Flamltead's Catalogue, 

 was fufpefted by Mr. Pigott, in 1783, to be variable ; and 

 his fufpicions were confirmed in the fpring of 1795, when 

 it became invifible. He faw it on the 20th of June in this 

 year, of the g. loth magnitude ; and in fix weeks afterwards, 

 it attained its full brightnefs ; and on the nth of Auguft, 

 1795, it was of the 6.7th magnitude, and fo continued for 

 about three weeks. In 3^ weeks it dccreafed to the 

 9. loth magnitude, and a few days afterwards it difappeared. 

 In April, 1796, it re-appeared ; and on the 7th of May it 

 reached the 9.10th magnitude, increafing as it had done on 

 the 20th of June, 1795. At its maximum brightnefs, it 

 exhibited great unfteadinefs. It then increafed, as before, 

 till it reached the 7.8th magnitude ; wavering between 

 thefe two magnitudes till Augufi, 1797. R. afc. in 1796, 

 15" 40' II". Decl. N. 28^ 49' 30". Greateft and leaft 

 magn. 6.7 — o. Period loi months. 



The ilars that are fuppofed to be variable are the fol- 

 lowing : viz. Hevelius's 6 CafliopeicE ; R. afc. o'' 23' 16". 



Decl. N. 60° 50'. Greateft and leaft magn. 7 — o: 



46 or I Andromeds, fufpefted to be different ftars ; R. afc. 

 I** 9' 46". Decl. N. 44° 24'. Greateft and leaft magn. 

 4.5 — 5.6 : Flamftead's jo or v Andromedx ; R. afc. 



in 1692 and 1693, it appeared of the fourth magnitude; 

 obferved by Mr. Pigott frequently fince 1782, without the 

 leaft variation ; always of the fourth magnitude, a little 

 brighter than 6, and decidedly brighter than i ; made by La 

 Caille of the fourth magnitude. R. afc. 6'' 54' 5". Decl. 



-Pollux, 



l" 24' 16". Decl. N. 40° 20' 15". Greateft and leaft 



magn. 4.5 — o: Hevelius's 41 Andromcdse, probably 



the fame with Tycho's Andromedae ; alfo, Flamftead's 50, 

 of the 4.5th magnitude ; Flamftead's t, of the fifth mag- 

 nitude ; Flamftead's 49 and 52, and Hevelius's 41, all 

 three of the fame briglitnefs, are of the 5.6th magnitude. 

 A ftar between Hevelius's 41 and Flamftead's 52 is rather 

 lefs than the fixth magnitude : Tycho's 20 Ceti, pro- 

 bably X '" the Whale's belly, of the 4.5th magnitude, and 

 of the fame brightnefs as the three 1 Aquarii, which difap- 

 peared in the time of Hevelius ; R. afc. l^ 39'. Decl. S. 



13° 20'. Greateft and leaft magn. 5 — o: Flamftead's 



55 Andromeda, marked nebulous in his catalogue, obferved 

 to be a ftar of the fixth magnitude; R. afc. l'' 40' 30". 



Decl. N. 39'' 40' 3". Greateft and leaft magn. 6 — o : 



a- or the 17th Eridani, according to Ptolemy and Ulugh 

 Beigh, could not be feen by Flamftcad in 1691 and 1692 ; 

 but in 1782, 1783, and 1784, Mr. Pigott obferved in this 

 place a ftar of the feventh magnitude, without any variation 

 of brightnefs ; R. afc. 2'' 42'. Decl. S. 9° 40'. Greateft 



and leaft magn. 4 — o: Flamftead's 41 Tauri, the 26th 



of Ulugh Beigh, and the 43d of Tycho, fufpcfted by Caf- 

 fini to be new and variable, was feen by Ulugh Beigh and 

 Tycho, and found by Mr. Pigott, in 1784 and 1785, 

 to be of the fifth magnitude, as Hevelius made it, but 

 of the fixth magnitude, according to Flamftead ; R. afc. 

 3" 53' 27". Decl. N. 27° o' 39". Greatell and leaft 



m.ign. 5 — 8 : The ftar 2° 15' N. of 53 Eridani, was 



believed by Caftini to be a new ftar, and was not vifible 

 in 1664; but in 1784, Mr. Pigott obferved it to be lefs 

 than a: and </, brighter than A, and equal to J- Eridani ; 

 R. afc. 4'- 29'. Decl. S. 12° 30'. Greateft and leaft 



magn. 4 — o: Flamftead's 47 Eridani was alfo fup- 



polcd by Caffini to be a new one ; but in 1784 it appeared 

 to Mr. Pigott lefs than 46 Eridani. R. afc. 4'' 23' 54". 



Decl. S. 8° 41' 40". Greateft and leaft magn. 4—0 : 



The ftar y of the Great Dug is marked by Tycho, 

 Bayer, Hevelius, and Flamftcad, as of the third magnitude : 

 invifible in 1670, according to Maraldi and Montauari, but 



S. I ^° 19' 36". Greateft and leaft mae". 3 — o ; 

 or ^ Gemini, was undoubtedly brighter in 1783, 1784, and 

 1785, than Caftor ; both made by Hevelius of the fecond 

 magnitude: Flamftead makes Caftor of the firft, and Pol- 

 lux of the fecond magnitude : La Caille makes Caftor of 

 the 1. 2d, and Pollux of tlie 2.3d magnitude: and Bradley 

 makes them both of the firft magnitude. R. afc. 7'' 32' 1 1". 



Decl. N. 28° 31' 38". Greateft and leaft magn. 1—3 : 



The ftar f Lconis is marked by Tycho, Bayer, Flamftead, 

 Mayer, and Bradley, of the fourth magnitude ; could 

 fcarccly be feen by Maraldi and Montanari in 1693 ; always 

 feen in 1783, 1784, and 1785, of the fifth magnitude, lei* 

 than A and t, and perhaps rather brighter than h and 

 ui Leonis. R. afc. 9'' 20' 4". Decl. N. 12° 14' 23". 



Greateft and leaft magn. 5.6 — o : The ftar ^), Leonis is 



faid to have difappeared in 1667, when it was feen by Mon- 

 tanari ; obferved by Maraldi in 1691, when it was very fmall ; 

 from 1 784 to 1786, always feen by Pigott of the 5.6th mag- 

 nitude, lefs than w, and brighter than /', Flamftead's 46th ; 

 made by Hevehus of the fifth, and by Flamftead of the 

 fixth magnitude. R. afc. 9'' 32' 3". Decl. N. 14^ 59' 36". 



Greateft and leaft magn. 5.6 — o : The ftar 25 Leonis 



was found by Mr. Pigott to be miffing in 1783, nor could 

 he lee it in 1784 and 1785. R. afc. 9" 46' 8". Decl. N. 



12" 20' 36". Greateft and leaft magn. 6.7 — o : Bayer's 



/ Leonis and Tycho's 16 Leonis was invifible in 1709 ; 

 and could not be feen by Pigott in 1785; nor is it the 

 / Leonis of other catalogues. R. afc. 9 ' 52' 30". Decl. 



N. 15° 30'. Greateft and leaft magn. 6 — o: * of the 



Great Bear is marked of the fecond magnitude by Tycho 

 and the prince of Hefle ; but Heveliu";, La Caille, and 

 Bradley, mark it of the third. From 1783 to 178611 appeared 

 to Pigott as a bright fourth magnitude, rather lefs than 1, 

 equal to a, and rather brighter than k Draconis : Flamftead 

 makes it of the 2.3d magnitude. R. afc. 12'' 4' 45". Decl. 



N. 58° 13*24". Greateft and leaft magn. 2 — 4: The 



ftar n Virginis, though not in the charts of Bayer, was ob- 

 ferved by Ricciolus ; was not feen by Flamftead on the 27th 

 of January, 1680, though he muft have obferved it on the 

 )2th of May 1677, and fome years afterwards, as it is in his 

 catalogue; obferved frequently in 1784 and 1785, by 

 Pigott ; but it always appeared of the fixth magnitude, as 

 it is marked by Flamftead ; by Bradley it is of the fifth mag- 

 nitude. R. afc. 12'' 7' 43". Decl. N. o^ 24' 16". 



Greateft and leaft magn. 6 — o: Bayer's ftar of the fixth 



magnitude, 1° S. of y Virginis, could not be feen by Ma- 

 raldi, and looked for in vain by Pigott in May, 1785. 

 R. afc. I 2'' 53'. Decl. S. 10°. Greateft and leaft magn. 



6—0 : The ftar in the Virgin's northern thigh is marked 



by Ricciolus as of the 6th magnitude ; cculd not be feen by 

 Maraldi in 1709, nor by Pigott in 1785. R. afc. 13° 29'-f. 



Decl. 8. 0° 30'. Greateft and leaft magn. 6 — o: 91 



or 92 Virginis, the firft fuppofed by Pigott to be miffing 

 in 17S5 ; the other is of the 6.7th magnitude. R. afc. 

 13'' 43' 43". Decl. N. 2° 5' 50". Greateft and leaft magn. 



6 — o : The ftar n Draconis is at prefcntonly of the 4th 



magnitude, though Hevelius, Flamftead, and Bradley, m.irk it 

 of the third ; Pigott and Herfchel think it to be variable; La 

 Caille marks it of the third magnitude. R. ale. I3''58'^36'. 

 Decl. N. 65° 24' 8". Greatell and leaft magn. 2—4 : 



Bayer's ftar in the Weft Scales of Libra, could not 



be found by Maraldi, nor by Pigott in 1784 and 1785. 



R. ale. 



