and positions of 458 double and triple stars , &c. 
157 
No. DCIV. R. A. 9 h 27 111 ; Decl. 18 0 48' S. 
Nova ; 
Double ; 7th and 11th magnitudes. 
Passy ; February 21, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position = i°o' sf 
Distance — S 1 '- 75 ^ 
5 Obs. 
5 Obs. 
Diff. o 50 j j? xcess j V ely difficult. 
Diff. = 1 ".3 22 
The small star is extremely obscure, and the measures of distance are perhaps a 
little questionable. 
Passy ; February 21, 1825 ; Portable Transit. 
Observed R. A. of the larger star — <p 27' 28".28. 
Passy ; March 24, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7th and 11th magnitudes. 
^ = | \ St | gif r } Excessively difficult. 
Before the mean angle was known, the position wire was placed at Zero, and the 
large star being bisected by it, I could not satisfy myself whether to assign the 
small one to the north or south quadrants. The measures, particularly of distance, 
may be liable to a slight inaccuracy, for the small star will scarcely bear any illu- 
mination. Night fine. 
Mean Result. 
Position o° so' sf ; Distance 5i".840 ; Epoch 1825.17. 
No. DCV. _ R. A. 9 h 45 m ; Decl. 5°48' N. 
9 Sextantis ; Struve, 352 ; Hist. Cael. 327. 
Double ; 7th and 9th magnitudes ; small, blue. 
Passy ; January 2, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position n: 22 0 38' np I 5 Obs. I Diff. — o° 18' 1 „ , 
Distance = 51 ".034 | 5 Obs. | Diff. ~ o". 6 \g f ea 7 * 
Passy; January 6, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position =22° 48' np 
Distance = 51 ".010 
7 th and 9 th magnitudes. 
5 Obs. 
5 Obs. 
Diff. = i° 33' 
Diff. = i".o58 
Good observations. 
The past has been a night such as rarely, very rarely occurs ; from five o’clock in 
the afternoon till now, (four o’clock in the morning,) the stars have been unusually 
tranquil, and most exquisitely defined. At the commencement of the observations 
the Thermometer in the observatory stood at 31°, and it has gradually fallen to 23 0 . 
The deposition of moisture on the interior surface of the object-glass, and its 
