distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars , &c. 187 
81 Virginis continued. 
Position. 
0 
48. o^l 
45-45 
44-«5 y H 
49-15 
44.10 
48. o 
49-55 : 
49. o 
48.12 )>S 
48. ‘ 
49 
5 -45 I 
).zoJ 
April 9, 1823. 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
nf 
8th and 8§ magnitudes. 
Position = 47°.4 j2' nf 
Distance = 4/'. 020 
> H 
Distance. 
Parts. 
1 2. o‘ 
II. o 
11. o 
12 . 8 
"• 5 J 
>3- 51 
12. 5 
12. 2 
*3- 5 
12. 2 ; 
Mean — 47.42 
Mean ~ 12.22 
Z — — 0.49 
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The night beautiful. 
Mean result. 
Position 47 0 1 6 1 nf; Distance 4". 020 ; Epoch 1822.94. 
Other measures. 
1783.10 ; 41 T2' nf or sp ; Interval \ or ~ D ; H. Cat. of 1785. 
1802.31 ; 42 50 np or sf; H. MS. probably the quadrant 
wrong set down. 
1821.33 ; 50° 18' nf; Struve, Dorp. Obs. iii. 4 measures. 
This star appears subject to a very slow change of position, 
and perhaps too to a minute increase of distance. 
CLXVIII. R. A. i3 h 41 m ; Decl. 27 0 52' N. 
H. c - 33 5 ; Struve, 446 ; 
Double ; very nearly equal ; 8^ and 8J magnitudes. 
Position. 
O Ol 
90 — 19.40' 
19.50 
1 8.40 
18.20 )> S 
21. o 
19.40 
1 9-54. 
Mean — 59.35 
May 25, 1823. 
Seven-feet Equatorial. 
♦ 
Position = 70° 25' sf 
Distance = 5". 664. 
Distance. 
Parts, 
26. o' 
23- 3 
22. 2 
23. 8 
23. o 
24. 2^ 
Mean — 23.75 
Z — — 0.19 
