202 ON A NEW AND REMARKABLE VARIABLE STAR, ETC. 
very faint one of the 11th magnitude. With the reas. of the 
equatorial clamped, I observed the transit of this faint star, 
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circle. The following is the mean result of ‘three comparisons 
for the poe of the faint star:—R.A. = L7h. 30m. 21s., 
poe Owing to the bright moonlight and the 
rather ‘low. uitade the — star wa s observed with much dif- 
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this paper, I am forced to the eonclusion that the faint star 
observed on the 13th, 14th, and 17th instant is identical with 
the bright star V of October, 1862. There are, however, several 
faint stars within a few minutes of are of its position, but con- 
sidering that the place of the star just given cannot be more 
han a minute of are in error, I think nohe of these faint stars 
‘ean have a claim to be regarded as identical with V. Now that 
the moonlight is so strong, in conjunction with the low altitude 
of the stars, it is extremely difficult to observe even with a dark 
h 
4th, 1862, is doubtless No. 3690 of Sir J. Herschel’s Cape Cata- 
logue for 1830. Se conclusion, I think the ate bids fair to 
eceding having offered no ert of the kin d.” 
fabpectiee will show that the present variable offers one in 
example in soil of that eminent astronomer’s statement 
The Observatory, Windsor, 
N peta Sos 22nd, 1877. 
