and positions 0/458 double and triple stars, &c. 
85 
No. CCCCLXXXIX. R. A. 5 h 26- ; Decl. 6 ° 7' S. 
Prsec. i Orionis ; Nova ; 
Double ; 7th and 7j magnitudes. If < Orionis be brought 
into the centre of the field, this double star will be found 
in the apparent upper part of it ; a line drawn through the 
centres of its two stars will pass to the north of < Orionis ; 
its larger star precedes < 23 seconds of time, and is about 
5-§- minutes to the south of it. 
Blackman-street ; January 30, 1824 ; Five-feet Equatorial. 
Position — 49 0 21 ' s p | 5 Obs. | Diff. — i° 5'. Difficult. 
The night is very bad; stars too faint for accurate measures of distance ; the 
small star of * Orionis is invisible. 
Blackman-street ; February 1, 1824 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
6 th and 7th magnitudes. 
Diff = V'.oio} Unsatisfactory. 
Stars very unsteady ; night by no means good. 
Blackman-street ; February 9, 1824 ; Five-feet Equatorial. 
6 th and 7th magnitudes. 
Distance — 36". 338 | 5 Obs. | Diff. — o".947. Very unsteady. 
Passy ; March 26, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7 th and Sth magnitudes. 
Distance = 37 > - 57 I I 5 Ohs. | Diff. — o''.745. Tolerably steady. 
Observed by twilight, without artificial illumination. 
Mean Result. 
Position 49 0 11' s p ; Epoch 1824.08 ; Distance 37". 116 
(15 Obs.) ; Epoch 1824.47. 
Position — 
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