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the Sw4n * ^ he perceived near the fame Conflelfation * which h that itp 
a Star of the Third Magnitude ^ which he had never yet ?eaorcCygnu 
obferved. He prefcntiy fignified it to the Company which afTerableth 
in the Library of the King : And divers of that Aflfembly having be- 
held the Heavens about the end of ^me and the beginning of ^^//, 
took notice,that there was indeed about the Beak^ of the Swan a New 
Star o^tht third magnitPtde^ not to be met with in any Catalogue of 
Aftronoraers, although many other neighbouring Stars,that are much 
fraaller, be exadly marked by them. It was fcitu^tc as appears in the 
following figure*. * See Fig. z. 
The Obliquity of the Eclipttck^tvippokd to be 23I degrees, the Zoh^ 
gitude of this Star , according to the Obfervation of Mr. Picarii 
was— • — — ~ . — = ^ — 55*. of Jqmrm^ 
The right Afcenfion — — »■ — ~— — -293 .33.'' 
The Boreal Latitude — — — — — 47. 28^ \ 
And the Declination — — — — ~ - — 26» 3 3 
It came to the Meridian after the Star in the 
Beak of the Swan — — 1 6'.44"* ^ 
And before the lucid Sur of th^ Eagle— o. 27, 
It was diftant from the great Star of the 
Conftellation of Lyra——' -18^.39.40; 
^ From the of the ——3.47. 30. 
1^ And from the Tail of the Swan^ — —20. 54. 30. 
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