and positions of 458 double and triple stars, &c. 49 
No. CCCCXLI. continued. 
Passy ; December 23 , 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
4th and 14th magnitudes. 
The night is very fine, but no measures of A C can be obtained ; and these of A D 
were gotten with much greater difficulty, than were last night’s observations. 
Mean Result. 
of A B. Position 65 0 2' sp (16 Obs) ; Epoch 1825.00 ; 
Distance 13". 296 ; Epoch 1824*98. 
of AC. Position 71 0 14' sp (13 Obs.); Distance 1' sl ^'.319 ; 
Epoch 1825.01. 
of AD. Position 85 0 27' sp ; Distance 1' 59". 071 ; 
Epoch 1824.98. 
On the 22nd January, 1783, the position of A C was 
66 0 36' sp, differing — 4 0 38' from the present angle. Ac- 
cording to Piazzi this star has a proper motion of — o".i4 
per annum in R. A. amounting to nearly — 6 " in 42 years. 
If this be confined to the large star, an apparent relative 
motion of the two stars should arise in the direction, and 
nearly to the amount actually observed. (H.) 
No. CCCCXLII. R. A. 3 h 50 m ; Decl. 22 0 41' N. 
Struve, 113; P. III. 213 ; Hist. Cael. 196. 
Double ; large, white ; small, blue ; 8th and 8£ magnitudes. 
Blackman-street ; December 22, 1823 ; Five-feet Equatorial. 
Blackman-street ; December 29 , 1823 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
8 th and 8| magnitudes. 
Mean Result. 
Position 37 0 41 ' sf; Distance 7 // .208 ; Epoch 1823.98, 
Position rr 3 7 0 40' sf 5 Obs. Diff. — 3 0 5' 
Distance ~ 7". 080 5 Obs. Diff. = o".474 
| Difficult. 
MDCCCXXVI. 
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