and positions of 458 double and triple stars , &c. 
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No. DCCLXXVII. continued. 
Passy ; August 23, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
9th and 9f magnitudes. 
Position — 32 0 3' np I 5 Obs. 
Distance = 6". 648 j 5 Obs. 
Diff. = 3 0 31' 
Diff. = o".48i 
difficult. 
Mean Result. 
Position 32 0 31' np (13 Obs.) ; Epoch 1825.01 ; 
Distance 6". 825 (10 Obs.); Epoch 1825.25. 
No. DCCLXXVIII. R. A. 2i h 2 m ; Decl. 8° 50' N. 
Nova ; 
Double ; equal ; each 9th or 10th magnitudes ; both bluish. 
Passy; August 16, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position 6° i' sp or nf 
Distance — 2" 938 
5 
5 
Obs. 
Obs. 
| Diff! = o"%z\ Excessivel y difficult. 
Stars tolerably steady, but are very faint. Night hazy. 
Passy ; October 7, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Equal ; each of the 10th magnitude. 
Position = 5 0 45' sp or nf | 5 Obs. | Diff. — i° 58'. Excessively difficult. 
Measures of distance impracticable ; neither star will bear the least illumination. 
Night tolerably favourable. 
Passy; October 8, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Equal ; each of the 9th magnitude. 
Diff! = } Excessivel y difficult. 
Night is become so hazy, that Captain Beaufort cannot procure any observations. 
Mean Result. 
Position 5 0 55' sp or nf (15 Obs.) ; Epoch 1825.75 ; 
Distance 3 ,/ .o87 (10 Obs.) ; Epoch 1825.74. 
Position zr 5 0 58' sp or nf 5 Obs. 
Distance rz ^"*2^6 5 Obs. 
