292 Discovery of the New Planet “ Asia.” [No. 8, 
to the occasion. Amphitrite, Europa, Doris and others of the Ocean- 
ides have been previously adopted, and I am happy to say the name 
Asia has been well received by my English and European astrono- 
mical colleagues. The planet was first seen on the 16th of Apiil, as 
a star of about the 12th magnitude— the faintest discernible with a 
telescope 3| inches in aperture. Its planetary nature was proved the 
followino - evening, by micrometric observations, and the annexed 
series of positions was obtained during the following twenty-five days. 
Madras Mean Time. 
Riglit Ascension. 
South 
Declination. 
Compari- 
sons. 
Observer. 
h. 
m. 
s. 
h. 
m. 
s. 
o 
// 
17 
12 
53 
40 
15 
51 
14.76 
5 
P 
14 
7 
37 
15 
51 
13.56 
16 
6 
22.9 
10 
J> 
18 
11 
50 
39 
15 
50 
50.72 
16 
1 
12.7 
12 
)> 
19 
13 
49 
27 
15 
50 
20.72 
15 
55 
7.0 
9 
3> 
20 
11 
46 
44 
15 
49 
53.93 
15 
49 
50.1 
8 
J» 
13 
20 
12 
15 
49 
51 .84 
15 
49 
26.6 
12 
R 
21 
11 
59 
5 
15 
49 
22.97 
15 
43 
55.3 
13 
1? 
23 
12 
13 
6 
15 
48 
15.72 
15 
31 
57.3 
11 
>» 
13 
31 
56 
15 
48 
14.04 
15 
31 
31.4 
10 
R 
28 
10 
•31 
4 
15 
45 
6.30 
15 
0 
51.8 
8 
11 
57 
33 
15 
45 
3.26 
15 
0 
30.4 
12 
P 
29 
9 
55 
49 
15 
44 
24.56 
14 
54 
32.8 
8 
R 
11 
58 
23 
15 
44 
19.78 
14 
54 
5.5 
9 
P 
30 
10 
12 
56 
15 
43 
39.05 
14 
47 
49.7 
8 
R 
May 
1 
9 
46 
11 
15 
42 
54.97 
14 
41 
16.6 
8 
J3 
13 
0 
13 
15 
42 
48.11 
14 
40 
18.4 
12 
P 
2 
11 
34 
17 
15 
42 
4.89 
14 
34 
6.8 
9 
R 
13 
3 
18 
15 
42 
1.79 
14 
33 
42.4 
10 
P 
3 
11 
12 
33 
15 
41 
17.88 
14 
27 
31.8 
12 
13 
4 
26 
15 
41 
13.97 
14 
20 
56.3 
12 
R 
11 
13 
16 
47 
15 
34 
17.61 
13 
32 
3.S 
14 
P 
5> 
12 
10 
15 
45 
15 
33 
30.18 
13 
25 
58.1 
18 
The magnitude or brilliancy was carefully noted on each suitable 
occasion, agreeably to the standard photometric scale adopted in the 
Supplement of the Nautical Almanac, and was as follows : — 
April 17 
.... 12.0 
May 
1 
.... 11.0 
„ 18 .... 
.... 11.7 
2 .... 
.... 11.0 
„ 19 .... 
.... 11.2 
3 .... 
.... 10.8 
„ 21 .... 
.... 11.5 
11 .... 
.... 10.6 
„ 29 .... 
.... 11.0 
12 .... 
.... 11.0 
The initials P and B. indicate respectively myself and my fourth 
native assistant C. Bagoonatha Chary, to whose skill and attachment 
to science I have much pleasure in rendering well merited testimony. 
