180 Dr. Herschei/s Method of observing the 
may see by the other constellations which were arranged that 
evening. 
“ Draco y y (3 9 Xxx. % 
“ Cygnus u ye (3 $ f 9 
“ Hercules (3 f a Sun yep r* changed/' 
August 16, 1783, being upon the same subject of assigning 
comparative magnitudes, I introduced lines to shew the in- 
tended distances of the letters, with a view to prevent mistakes 
that might be made in transcribing them, and expressed the 
order as follows : 
“ Order of the stars in Auriga ; 
“ x y jS 1 9 e 7] v 7T 
The marks denoted that all the stars were in succession, but 
that the distance between those which are separated by lines 
was greater than that between the rest. When stars occurred 
that were nearly equal, I placed them under each other, thus: 
r 
“ Order of the stars in Ursa Minor, a. jQ y e 
K . 
But in this expression there is the inconvenience of its break- 
ing in upon the lines above and below. 
Another cause of disorder arose from the stars which are not 
lettered. For here we are obliged to use numbers in lieu of 
them ; and these, unless properly separated, will run into one 
another, and occasion mistakes. 
* I called it r changed, because this star, which in my edition of 1725 is marked 
3 m, is only of the 5 th magnitude. At that time I ascribed the difference to a change 
in the star ; but I have since found that there is an error in the edition of 1725 which 
is not in that of 1712, where the star is marked as it ought to be, of the 5th magni- 
tude. 
