distances and positions of 3 80 double and triple stars, &c. 147 
| Ur s as Majoris continued. 
June 5, 1823. 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
Position = 12 0 23 ' sp 
July 9, 1853. 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
Position = 12 0 . 38' 
Measures taken by daylight and strong twilight; stars tole- 
rably steady, but 4 h 20 m past meridian. (S.) 
Mean result. 
Position ii° 33' sp ; 1823.29. Distance 2 // .8©9, 1823.19; 
The position and dates here given, as well as the distance, 
are all derived on the supposition of each measure being inde- 
pendent of all the rest, and all equally good. The angle thus 
obtained from no less than 58 measures, with its correspond- 
ing mean date, will serve for an epoch in which the computer, 
Position. 
Mean — 12.23 
Position. 
° / 
13.21 
n.55 
* 3-35 
12.20 j 
13.44 J-S 
14. o 
1 1.25 
11.32 
10.35 
» 3 - 5 °_ 
Mean — 12.38 
