and positions of 36 double and triple stars, &c. 
32 5 
No. VIII. R. A. 8 h 2 m ; Decl. 18 0 11'N. 
f Cancri ; I. 24 and III. 19 ; H. and S. 90. 
continued. 
Position — 32 0 25' nf I 8 Obs. 
Distance =: i" 327 | 5 Obs. 
Stars one hour west of the meridian when observed. 
Diff = o".432 } Ver y difficult. 
By twilight, the sun below the horizon but a very few 
minutes, I saw the star decidedly double with a power of 
181 only. 
Measures of A C. 
Passy ; April 1 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7 th and 8th magnitudes. 
Position = 68° 26' sf | 6 Obs. ] Diff. zz 2 0 35'. Steady. 
Observed when 35 minutes west of the meridian, with a 
power of 273. The angle thus obtained may be liable to an 
error of one or two degrees, for I see the large star unques- 
tionably elongated ; but the eye-piece now in use is the 
deepest magnifier which is adapted to this micrometer, and 
it is inadequate to separate the stars sufficiently to enable me 
to procure measures of them. At the time of perceiving the 
star elongated, I was unaware that it had been observed by 
Sir William Herschel as a close double star, as also that 
Mr. Herschel and myself, when we observed it in England 
as double of the 3rd class, had noted that “ it is not to be seen 
triple, although beautifully defined and round.” Vide Obser- 
vations of the apparent Distances, &c. Phil. Trans. 1824. 
Part III. page 115. 
Passy ; April 3 , 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7 th and 8th magnitudes. 
Position = 67° 1 6' sf 
Distance = 5".z87 
7 Obs. 
6 Obs. 
Diff. = 2 0 o' 
Diff. = o".6oi j 
j > Very difficult. 
Observed with 413, when half an hour west of the meridian; stars extremely 
unsteady. 
