208 Mr. South’s observations of the apparent distances 
No. DCLXXXIV. R. A. I7 h 3 m ; Decl. 30° 37' N. 
Nova ; 
Double; 7th and 10th magnitudes. 
Passy ; Jane 16 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position = 88° 59' sf I 5 Obs. I Diff. = i° 27' ? y difficult 
Distance = 2 4 ".6 33 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o". 5 o 5 J Very dltticult * 
The small star bears only a very feeble illumination. 
• Passy ; June 19 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7th and 1 1th magnitudes. 
Position = 89° 21' sf I 5 Obs. I Diff. = i° 25' j K x t remelv difficult 
Distance = 2 4 ". 3 66 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o". 7 6 g j txtremel y hitticult. 
The small star is extremely faint. 
Mean Result. 
Position 89° 10 1 sf; Distance 24 ".499 ; Epoch 1825.46. 
No. DCLXXXV. R. A. i 7 h 6 m ; Decl. 26 0 25' S. 
38 Ophiuchi ; I. 35 ; South’s Catalogue. 
Double ; 8th and 12th, or 13th magnitudes. 
Passy; July 4, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position r6i° 9' np 
Distance 2= 6".2 4 9 
7 Obs. 
5 Obs. 
Diff. = 9 0 o' } TT , 
Diff. = o". 9 6 2 j Unstead T 
The small star is so excessively indistinct, that the measures, especially those of 
distance, must only be regarded as approximations. 
The star here observed is indisputably 38 Ophiuchi, I had 
re-measured 36 Ophiuchi for it in Blackman-street twice 
during the summer of last year ; not having found any other 
double star in the neighbourhood. On comparing however 
my observations with Sir W. Herschel’s, it was evident that 
we had not measured the same star ; and by close attention 
the small star of 38 Ophiuchi was perceived. My first attempts 
to determine the distance proving unsuccessful, cautious esti- 
mation regarded it as 5 or 6 seconds : the night however 
having somewhat improved, the above observations of it were 
