168 
Proceedings 
of the Royal Irish Academy. 
Date. 
Estimated 
Mag. 
Remarks. 
May 28. 
4-16 
No moon ; strong twilight, 10 p.m. 
Sept. 13. 
4-0 
/X at a high altitude, 8.20 p.m. ; no moon. 
„ 18. 
4-0 
Do. do. do. 
Oct. 1. 
4-07 
Do. do. moonlight. 
„ 16. 
4-0 
u at a high altituej^ no moon. 
W 
Nov. 2. 
3-75 
fjL near zenith ; strong moonlight. 
9. 
„ 12. 
3-64 
3-9 
/A brighter than I have ever seen it before, and 
light steady. 
Clear sky ; no moon. 
„ 21. 
3-8 
Clear sky ; crescent moon setting. 
Dec. 21. 
1885. 
Jan. 5. 
3-9 
3-8 
Clear sky ; no moon. \ 
Clear sky ; no moon. | 
13. 
3-9 
No moon ; freezing. j 
30. 
Feb. 3.* 
3-7 
3-74 
fi very little inferior to C Cephei ; full moonlight, 
7^ 50"! P.M. 
No moon; 6^ 40™ p.m. 
„ 13. 
„ 14. 
3-64 
3-7 
fj. very bright ; only 1 step less than ( Cephei v/ith 
naked eye and binocular ; light of /j. very steady ; 
hazy sky ; no moon, 7*^ 20"^ p.m. 
Very clear sky ; no moon, 8^ 30"^ p.m. 
„ 18. 
3-74 
Clear sky ; crescent moon, 6^^ SO"" p.m. 
„ 22. 
„ 24. 
3-74 
3-74 
Considerably brighter than e Cephei; moonlight, 
7.40 P.M. 
Clear sky; moonlight, 9.50 p.m. 
„ 26. 
3-82 
Hazy sky ; moonlight. 
March 6. 
3-95 
Clear sky ; no moon. 
„ 11. 
3-8 
Do. do. 
„ 13. 
3-9 
No moon. 
„ 22. 
3-74 
Clear sky ; moonlight. 
» 27. 
3-74 
Clear sky ; strong moonlight, 9.5 p.m. 
May 11. 
3-6 
fx. equal to ( Cephei, with binocular, but slightly 
less with naked eye ; no moon, 10.10 p.m. 
July 28. 
3-64 
Very clear sky ; strong moonlight, 10 p.m. 
„ 30. 
3-64 
Do. do. do. 
