





KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 60- NIO 8. 



If further we exclude the Magellanic clouds, we obtain: 



18,000 K — 3,547 X + 7.849 Z + 2,240 Y = + 6,931 

 — 3,547 -t 10,205 —0,707 + 1,187 —4,186 



+ 7,849 — 0,707 + 5,278 + 0,036 + 1,638 



+ 2,240 + 1,187 + 0,036 + 2,523 + 0,940 



1,0000 K — 0,1970 X + 0,4361 Z + 0,1244 Y = + 0,3851 



1.0000 X + 0,0884 Z + 0,1713 Y = — 0,2967 



1,0000 Z + 0,6087 Y = — 0.6379 



1,0000 Y = — 0,1011 



K = + 0,659, F = — 0,738 ± 0.211 



X 0,218, ^ = + 25° ±89° 



Y = -0,ioi, 2)^ + 71° ±27° 



Z = — 0,698 



E = ± 0,391 



and if we put K = 0, we obtain : 



1,0000 X — 0,0093 Z + 0,1103 Y = — 0,4102 



1,0000 Z + 0,0226 Y = + 0,2577 



1,0000 F= + 0,5865 



X = — 0,461 , F = — 0,785 ± 0,377 



7= + 0,586, ^4 =-52° ±23° 

 £= + 0,244, D = -18° ±25°. 



The unknown quantities give the following residuals: 



29 



-V 



K=+ 659 



v 



Ä" = 



v 



-V 



K=+ 659 



v 



v 



- 300 km 



- 168 km 



- 701 km 



- 825 km 



- 158 km 



- 157 km 



+ 316 



+ 344 



+ 202 



- 500 



+ 184 



+ 108 



+ 300 



+ 331 



+ 183 



- 940 



- 561 



- 441 



+ 278 



+ 377 



+ 222 



-1000 



- 448 



- 555 



- 200 



- 159 



- 45 



-1140 



+ 129 



- 827 



-1020 



- 589 



-1005 



- 200 



+ 169 



+ 212 



- 500 



- 61 



- 55 



- 100 



+ 513 



+ 287 



- 100 



- 51 



+ 377 







+ 304 



+ 326 



- 400 



+ 483 



+ 256 



- 600 



- 398 



- 453 



This last determination gives a result almost identical to Wirtz's. The ad- 

 dition of 3 new objects and a number of new radial-vel ocity deterrainations to the 

 ones employed by Wirtz has not essentially changed his results. 



