384 Mr. South’s re-examination of the apparent distances , &c. 
No. XXXVI. R. A. 22 h 20- ; Decl. o° 57' S. 
£ Aquarii ; II. 7 ; H. and S. 346. 
continued. 
Distance = 4".032 I 5 Obs. I DifF. = o".432) wi . « ( South. 
Distance = 3"-835 | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o"*33 6 j ' ' (Captain Beaufort. 
Measures of distance gotten without any difficulty ; both stars sharply defined, and 
as round as possible with 787. 
Passy ; October 8, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
7th and 7£ magnitudes. 
Position = 87° 52' nf I 7 Obs. 
Distance = 4". 366 | 5 Obs. 
Position = 90 0 7 ' nf [7 Obs. | Diff. = i° i6 # . Captain Beaufort. 
Night become so hazy that the stars are no longer visible ; when seen they were 
unsteady and ill defined. 
Diff. = i° 31' ( c 
Diff. = o ".26 4 \ SouTH< 
Passy ; October 9, 1825 ; Seven-feet Equatorial. 
8th and 9th magnitudes. 
Position n 88° 28' nf 1 7 Obs. 1 Diff. ~ o° 56' ) c 
Distance = 3".8 o 9 j 5 Obs. | Diff. ~ o".36o 5 outh * 
Position ” 89° 56' nf I 7 Obs. 1 Diff. = i° 2' ) 0 „ 
Distance = 3 ”.8 iB | 5 Obs. | Diff. = o".8 4 i j Ca P tain Beaufort ' 
Night very hazy ; stars unsteady. 
Diff. — 6° 29' 
Position = 89° 15' nf\ 14 Obs. 
Distance^ 4".o97 J 10 Obs. 
Diff. = o ".937 
Mons r . Gambey. 
Mean Result. 
Position 88° 56' nf (jo Obs.) ; Distance 4 // .oi4 (45 Obs.) ; 
Epoch 1825.73. 
These measures verify the direction of the motion ascribed 
to this star, the present angle differing from that of 1822.27 
by ~_o°33 / . By calculation it ought to be — i°33 # . The 
discrepancy between these and the former measures of dis- 
tance is extraordinary. (H.) 
JAMES SOUTH. 
Passy ; Rue Franklin, No. 19, Latitude 48° 51' 31" N. 
Opposite the Champ de Mars and Longitude 1 3 /, -36 (of time) west of the 
the Ecole Militaire. Royal Observatory of Paris. 
