of Doubts Stars ^ 9 1 
F 0 UJT-H CLASS OF DOUBLE STARS. 
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IV. 45. In pedtoris crate Orionis. 
Dec. 27, Double. About f degree following ij/, towards n 
1781. Ononis. Extremely unequal. L. pr. ; S. dr. Dif- 
tance with 278, 20" 3". Pofition 6a° 24' f. fol- 
lowing. 
46. Fl. 2i :: Geminorum *. 
Dec. 27, Double. A little unequal. Both pr. Diftancc 
1781. about 2 5 A Pofition 
47. Fl. 3 Leonis. 
Feb. 2, Double. Exceffively unequal. L. r. ; S. d. ; not 
1782. vifible with 227. Diftance eftimated with 460, about 
24". Pofition a little n. following. A third ftar in 
view. Diftance perhaps 2'. Pofition about 1 5 0 f. fol- 
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48. H (Fl. i atn ) Geminorum praecedens ad boream. 
Feb. 6, Quintuple. In the form of a crofs. About f degree 
1782. n. preceding H Geminorum, in a line parallel to the 
65th Orionis and f Tauri ; the middle of three. The 
two neareft or preceding of the five extremely unequal. 
Difiance 20" 57'"' Pofition 7 0 27' f. preceding. The 
laft of the three, in the fhort bar of the crofs, has an 
exceffively obfcure ftar near it of the third clafs. Five 
more in view, differently difperfed about the quintuple. 
* The 21ft and 20th Geminorum are not in the heavens as they are marked in 
Flamsteed’s Atlas, fo that it becomes doubtful whether the N° 21. is right. 
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