14 6 Mr. South’s observations of the apparent distances 
No. DLXXXIII. R. A. 8 h 4i m ; Decl. 33°9'N. 
<r Cancri ; Struve, 312 ; VI. 86. 
Double ; 7th and 15th magnitudes ; small, blue. 
Passy ; February 6, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position = 6 6° 53' nf I 5 Obs. 
Distance = 1' zz".^g ± | 5 Obs. 
Diff = 5" 891 1 Excessively difficult. 
The small star is not visible under the slightest illumination of the wires ; the 
observed distances are perhaps little better than approximations. 
Passy ; February 9, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7th and 15 th magnitudes. 
Position = 66° 36 ' nf 16 Obs. j Diff. = i° 22' 1 c . , . 
Distance = 1' zi". 5 2i ± | 3 Obs. | Diff. = i“.o 34 j Extremely difficult. 
Mean Result. 
Position 66° 44' nf( 11 Obs.) ; Distance 1' 22". 101 + (8 Obs.) ; 
Epoch 1825.10 ; 
Sir W. Herschel has given no measures of this star. (H„) 
No. DLXXXIV. 
Decl. io° 43 f S. 
R. A. 8 h 47 r 
Nova ; 
Double; 8th and 10th magnitudes ; small, blue. 
Passy ; March 23, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position = ,8° 37' sp j S Obs. I Diff. = o° 3/ ) Elttremd y difficu i t . 
Distance — i 1 1 .022 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = 1 .563 J 1 
The stars only visible by glimpses. Night almost uniformly cloudy ; the results 
are perhaps a little inaccurate. 
Passy ; March 24, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
8th and 10th magnitudes. 
Position = 59° o' sp I S Obs. | Diff. = 0° 37' \ Ver difficult . 
Distance = 1 1 i". 356 j 5 Obs. | Diff. r= o '.913 j J 
Mean Result. 
Position 58 0 49* sp ; Distance i' h".i 89; Epoch 1825.22. 
