GREAT REFRACTING TELESCOPE AT ELCHIES, IN MORAYSHIRE. 401 



70 O^mVCKl— continued. 



.' ' ^^' Colour. Position. Distance. Date. Authority. 



A 4-1 Yellow 



B 61 Purple AB 148 13 3-98 1825-57 2. 



A 5 



B 8 AB129 18(m/7) 6-98 (w 10) 1836-7 H2. 



A 4-5 Piile topaz 



B 7 Violet AB12224(w9) 6'64(w6) 1842-55 Cycle. 



A ... Gold yellow 



B ... Gold yellow ... 1845-9 Sestini. 



A ... 



B ... AB 119 42(1^6) 6-80 (w/ 5) 1847-48 Spec. Hart. 



A ... Topaz yellow 



B ... Purplish ... 1849-5 Spec. Hart. 



A ... 



B ... AB11454(m/8) 6-50 (w 5) 1852-44 Spec. Hart. 



A ... ■ Pale yellow (1) 



B ... Greenish (1) ... 185658 Guajara. 



A 4-1 . 



B 6-1 AB 105 59(w 22) 6-209 (w22) 1861-74 Auwers. 



A 5(1) Yellow (4) 



B 7(1) Light Indian red (4)... AB108 28(i«2) 6-12 (w 0-8) 1862-73 Elchies. 



A celebrated binary star of about ninety years' period, and with perturbations 

 from a supposed large accompanying planet. 



In Magnitude., steady ; in Colour, A, constant ; but B, variable through yellow, 

 green, violet, purple, and red, though in a period not yet ascertained. 



(15.) ;; SERPENTIS, R.A. 18^^ 14™ lOS D-2° 55' 36", January 1, 1862. 



r t H ' Colour. Position. Distance. Date. Autliority. 



A ... ^ , 



B ... AB 99 7 81-04 1780-47 H^. 



A 4 Golden yellow 



B 13 Pale lilac. AB 76 54 (t<; 5) 110-9 (w 3) 1835-61 Cycle. 



A 3-3 Yellow 



' B 12-0 AB 77 11 112-70 1836-46 2. 



A 4 (1) Yellow (1) 



B 12 (1) Bluish (1) AB7015 (m/0'8) 13316(u/ 0-6) 1862-74 Elchies. 



