2 36 Mr. South’s observations of the apparent distances 
No. D CCXXIII. R. A. i 9 h 3 < 3 m ; Decl. io° 21' N. 
Struve, 632 ; I. 91. 
Double ; 8-f- and 11th magnitudes. 
Passy ; July 18 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position rr 6° 28' np I 5 Obs. 
Distance = 3 ''.77o | 5 Obs. 
Diff. = s° 44' I 
Diff. = o". 33 6 \ 
On the meridian. 
The small star is decidedly light blue, and is rendered rather more distinct by 
slight illumination ; under however sufficient to show the wires of the micrometer 
pleasantly, it becomes invisible : the measures are excessively difficult, and some 
degree of suspicion attaches to the results. Night remarkably clear, but the stars 
are not steady. 
Passy ; July 28 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
8th and 12th magnitudes. 
Position ” 6° 26' np 5 Obs. Diff. rz 3 0 20' ) 20 minutes east of the 
Distance = 4". 2 1 9 5 Obs. Diff. = o". 3 6o J meridian. 
Measures excessively difficult : stars very steady ; the small one is blue. 
Mean Result. 
Position 6° 27' 11 p ; Distance s"-994< ; Epoch 1825.56. 
Sir W. Herschel’s measures are — 1783, Position 8° 18' np, 
and 1802, 12 0 23' np. These, discordant as they are with 
the present measure and with each other, yet afford some- 
what of a presumption of a very slow change of position in 
the direction np sf or retrograde. ( H. ) 
No. DCCXXIV. R. A. i9 h 39 m ; Decl. 20° 30' N. 
Nova ; 
Double; 9th and 11th, or 12th magnitudes. 
Passy; August 17 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Diff = o" 553 } Excessively difficult. 
The small star is light blue, and becomes more distinct by a slight illumination ; 
yet the measures are so excessively difficult, that it will be useless to attempt ob- 
serving it, except under the most favourable circumstances. The present is a night 
peculiarly fine, and the stars are remarkably steady and well defined. 
Position = 6° 45' sp 5 Obs. 
Distance = 4".87 1 5 Obs. 
