200 Mr. South’s observations of the apparent distances 
No. DCLXXVI. continued. 
Passy ; June 19, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
6th and 15 th magnitudes. 
Diff — o" 529 } Excessively difficult. 
Observed on the meridian with 92 ; with a higher power the small star is nor 
visible ; the measures of distance were obtained with the utmost difficulty, and are 
perhaps of a suspicious character. 
Passy; June 21, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
6th and 15th or 20th magnitudes. 
Position z: 35 0 30' sf [ 5 Obs. j Diff.sz i° i*. Excessively difficult. 
Observed with 92. Night tolerably good ; but I could not procure a single measure 
of distance. 
Passy ; June 29, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
6th and 14th or 15th magnitudes. 
Distance ~ 1' 1 8"-568 | 5 Obs. J Diff. = 2".043. Excessively difficult. 
Observed with 92. Stars very steady, and 45 minutes west of the meridian. 
Mean Result. 
Position 35 0 6 ' sf; Distance P 19". 196; Epoch 1825.48. 
Sir W. Herschel states the position of this star on the 
20th August 1783 at 54 ° 27' sf, and its distance at i' 2 7". 73. 
This is indeed a surprising change in a star of the 6th class, 
and which can hardly be real. It is more than probable that 
a mistake of a revolution (22-§- ) in the reading off of the 
micrometer took place in the earlier measure, which would 
conciliate the results within about 3 0 . Piazzi’s catalogue 
assigns no proper motion to this star. (H.) 
Position = 35 0 14' s/ 5 Obs. 
Distance= i' 2o".22i j 5 Obs. 
