and positions 0/458 double and triple stars , &c. 
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No. DCCCXXXII. R. A. 23 11 23“ ; Decl. 42 0 50' N. 
II. 94 ? or Nova ? * 
Double : 9th and 11th, or 12th magnitudes. 
Passy; September 24, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Position =44° 14 ' np 
Distance = 4". 374 
Position = 39 0 33 ' np 
Position — 38° 55' n p 
Diff. = i° 8' 
Diff. ~ o ''-553 
Diff. = s° 2' J 
1 
South. 
5 Obs. 
5 Obs. 
5 Obs. 
5 Obs. | Diff. = 5 0 42'. Capt. Beaufort. 
The small star is so extremely faint, that Capt. B. cannot procure any observations 
of distance. Night tolerably favourable. 
Passy ; September 27, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
9 th and 12th magnitudes. 
Position = 44 0 45' np 
Distance cc: 4". 405 
5 Obs. 
5 Obs. 
5 S , = 4 ° IS 'l South. 
Diff. = o .577 j 
Measures which merit but little confidence; the small star so excessively indistinct, 
that Captain Beaufort cannot obtain any observations. 
Mean Result. 
Position 41 0 52' np (20 Obs.); Distance 4 // -389 (10 Obs.); 
Epoch 1825.74. 
Sir W. Herschei/s observations of this star (if II. 94) are 
as follows : 
178 3.66, Position 34 0 24' np; 1802.5, 35° 56' np. 
These compared with the present, present a great disagree- 
ment. If we take the mean of the two earlier observations 
we get 35 0 10' np , and 1793.1 for a mean epoch, which 
compared with the measures of 1825 give an arc of 6° 42', 
described in an interval of 33 years, or about -J- o°.203 per 
annum. The data, it is true, are precarious, but the conclu- 
sion is such as to render it worth while to watch this star in 
future. (H.) 
* This star was found by sweeping in the neighbourhood of the 784th star of 
Struve’s Catalogue. The star however whose place is there given, was only seen 
as a single star : it is therefore very probable that the one here measured is Sir 
W. Herschel’s star. 
