, the changeable Stars, 205- 
#nfy obferved it once, viz. 0£t. 37, 1691, does not mark it 
nebulous ; nor doesdt appear to me fuch, but as a ftar of the 
6th magnitude. There are a few fmall ftars near it, which 
to the naked eye, when the air is very clear, make it appear 
nebulous, which probably is the reafon why Elamsteeb 
marked it thus in his Catalogue. 
<r or Ptol. and U l. Beigh’s 17th Eridani. 
Flamsteed fays, he could not fee this ftar in 1691 and 
1692. In 1782, 1 78 3 and 17844 I obferved one of the 7th 
magnitude in that place ; the relative brightnefs of which ap- 
peared always the fame, vh. lefs than two little ftars near and 1 
below y Eridanh 
Flamsteed’s 41 TaurL' 
This ftar was thought by Cassini to be a new one or 
variable. I fee little or no reafon to be of that opinion ; that 
it is not new is evident, fince it is Ul. Beigh’s 26th and < 
Tycho’s 43d. In 17B4 and 1785 I found it of the 5th mag- 
nitude, being equal to (p, and brighter than xf/, P, and ^ TaurL . 
Star about 2 q | North of 53d Eridani, and 47 Eridani. 
The fir ft of thefe ftars Cassini thought a new one, and 
that it was not vifible in 166 4.. In 1784 I found it was lefs 
than &>, and d , brighter than A* and feemed equal to if/ Eridani. 
Cassini mentions another ftar thereabouts, which he alfo < 
efteemed a new one : this is probably Fl amsteed’s 47th. In « 
j784.it appeared rather lefs than :46th. 
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