11 
and positions of 458 double and triple stars , &c. 
No. CCCLXXXVIII. continued. 
Passy ; December 23, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
9 th and 12th magnitudes. 
Position =55° 4' nf 
Distance =6". 069 
5 °J 8 * I TVff 2 ° ^ \ Excessively difficult. 
5 Obs. I Diff.=o .553 / 1 
The small star scarcely bears any illumination ; night at present favourable. 
Mean Result. 
(The observations of October 23 being rejected) 
Position 56 0 18' nf; Distance 6".554 ; Epoch 1824.88. 
No. CCCLXXXIX. R. A. o h 38“ ; Decl. 50° 2 i N. 
78 (Bode) Cassiopeiae ; Struve, 14 ; I. 40. 
Double ; 8-| and 9th magnitudes ; the small star does not 
bear a good illumination. 
Passy ; October 23, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position =5 f 38' ./I s Obs. I Diff. = s» 39 '1 y diffi cult . 
Distance=3 .053 | 5 Obs. | Diff. =0 .601/ } 
Passy; November 16, 1824; Seven-feet Equatorial, 
and 9th magnitudes. 
Position =57° 7' sf\ 5 Obs. I Diff. = 3° 50' ? tj . , 
Distances! .236 | 5 Obs. | Diff } Extremel >' '‘'ft™ 1 '- 
Passy ; September 28, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
8 g and 10th magnitudes. 
Position =590 59' sf I 5 Obs. Diff. = i* 7' \ Extremelv difficult 
Distance = 2 .418 | 5 Obs. Diff.=o". 4 8i j txtremel y difficult. 
Mean Result . 
Position 57 0 35' sf ( 15 Obs.) ; Distance 2/569 ( 15 Obs. ) ; 
Epoch 1825.14. 
Sir W. Herschei/s position May 4, 1783, was 50° 30' sf 
His distance ^ of a diameter, corresponding to about 2" or o!'\. 
A slow change of position (-|» 0/170 per annum, direct or in 
the direction nf sp) is rendered the more probable in this 
star, as the earlier observation is marked “ very exact.” (H.) 
