distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars, &c. 6 g 
No. XLVI. R. A. 4 h S 5 m ; Decl. 9 0 9' S. 
55 Eridani ; Struve 136 ; III. 99 ; 
Double ; equal ; magnitudes each 6 f ; 
Position. 
O O' 
90 — 42.42^ 
42-35 
43.30 J> H 
41.42 
42 - 45 , 
40.32“ 
41. 3 
40.50 )> S 
40.24 
4o-42, 
Dec. 21, 1821. 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
np or sf 
Position = 48° 20' np or sf 
Distance = 10". 510. 
Distance. 
Parts. 
Mean “ — 41.40 
Mean r= 33.80 
Z — — 0.52 
33-28 
The measures of this star are thus stated in the Catalogues 
of 1782 : 
Position 44 0 9' np ; Distance 9''. 15 ; 1783.08. 
The change in the angle is not sufficient to ground any 
conclusion on. The distance seems a little on the increase. 
M. Struve, (1820.99) makes the angle 52 0 1' np. Dorpat 
Obs. iii. p. 134. 
