distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars , &c. 73 
No. L. R. A. 5 h o ra ; Decl. 8° 53' 30" S. 
Near x Eridani ; IV. 43. 
Double; very unequal ; (x itself in the field, and decidedly 
single) ; very difficult to measure. Magnitudes 5 and 8. 
Position. 
O ' 
9-59 
"•45 
11.28 > 
11. 2 
11. 12 J 
8.30 
8.30 
8.55 
10.16 
H 
9 - 3 ’ 
10. 2 
Mean “ 10. 6 
Dec. 21, 1821. 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
nf 
Position = io° 6' nf 
Distance = 21". 763. 
Obs d . Right Asc n 4 h 59' 50°.83. 
Distance. 
Parts. 
68 . 
Mean = 69.43 
Z ±: — 0.52 
68.91 
This star ( IV. 43 ) is called x Eridani in the Catalogue of 
1782 ; Bode, Struve and South also call it x. Its true place, 
as given by a twenty-feet sweep of Dee. 19, 1786, is o m 48 s 
preceding, and o° tf north of x, which our observations 
verify. There is therefore no doubt of the star's identity. 
A MSS measure of Sir W. Herschel (Jan. 17, 1809) gives 
6° 41' nf for its angle of position (single measure). 
No. LI. 
R. A. £ h 4 m ; Decl. 45 0 48' N. 
Position. 
Capella. 
Large white; small bluish; extremely unequal. 
March 21, 1821. 
np 
Position = 78° 2' np 
Distance = y',34^206. 
o 
78. 2 q 
78.15 
78. 3 
78. o S 
78. 2 
77 - 45 
7 8 - 9 - 
Distance. 
Parts. 
3433. 9 
1443. 2 
> 437 - 
1434. o £>S 
1439. o 
1442. 
’ 437 - 
Mean ~ 78. 2 
MDCCCXXIV. 
Mean ™ 1438.25 
Z ~ - 0.08 
H38.’7 
L 
