distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars , &c, 79 
No. LVIII. R. A. 5 h 22 m ; Decl. 1 6° 55' N. 
sp 117 Tauri ; III. 93 ;* 
Nearly, or almost precisely equal ; magnitudes 6 and 6 ~f» ; 
both white. 
Position. 
Dec. 15, 1821. 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
S f 
Position = sf 
Distance = 9". 790. 
Mean = — 37-56 
Distance. 
Parts. 
3 °- 
3 »* 
3 1 * 
3 °- 
3 >- 
3 °* 
H 
S 
Mean =r 30.05 
Z — + 0.05 
31.00 
* The description of this star agrees with that of III. 93 in the Catalogue of 
1785, but the star is there called 117 Tauri. It is, in consequence, inserted in the 
Catalogues of Struve and South as 1 17 : 117 however is single, and this star was 
found by us in sweeping for it. On consulting the original MSS. we find the fol- 
lowing observation, which clearly establishes the identity of III. 93 with the star 
measured by us. 
“ III. 93. FI. 1 17 Tauri Sequens ad Austrum. 
* f About i° sfthe 1 1 7 Tauri in the direction of 111 — 117; nearly, or about 1® 
«* prec. 122 Tauri. Also in a line with 1 15, parallel to one drawn through £Tauri 
“ and y Geminorum. Double ; nearly equal ; or the preceding rather the largest. 
“ 3d Class.” 
A subsequent observation, it is true, calls it again 117 Tauri ; but the very cir- 
cumstantial description of its place here given, agrees in every particular with our 
star. 
Position 52° 27' sf ; Herschel, Catalogue of 1785 ; 1783.75. 
Distance i2".zoo; Herschel, Catalogue of 1785 ; 1783.00. 
The distance, therefore, has undergone a material diminution. 
