distances and positions of 3 80 double and triple stars , &c. 213 
| Bootis continued. 
quantity nearly what it ought to be, on the supposition of the 
reality of the motions above attributed to the two stars. 
In the diagram above alluded to, fig. 2 ; 1 and 2 are the 
two stars of £ ; 3, 4, 5, 6, are pretty conspicuous stars, 
nearly of equal magnitudes, (i.e. of the 15th or 16th) and 7 
is an excessively minute star, perhaps hardly exceeding the 
20th magnitude, being almost the minimum visibile with this 
aperture. 
No. CLXXXV 1 II. R. A. 14 11 44“ ; Decl. 49 0 2/ N. 
39 Bootis ; Struve, 467 ; II. 79 ; 
Double ; nearly equal. 
Position. Distance. 
0 ' 
April 28, 1821. 
Parts. 
47 - > 2 " 
47 - 3 ° 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
9. 8q 
11. 0 1 
48.17 
r H 
nf 
10. 9 )-H 
47.27 
”■ 3 
47-ioJ 
1 1. OJ 
47 - 15 " 
Position =47° 14' nf 
10. 8q 
47. 0 
46.45 
>H 
10. 5 1 
11. 5 >s 
46.40 
Distance = 3".34i. 
10. 0 | 
47. oj 
10. ij 
Mean — 47.14 
Mean = 10.69 
Z HZ — 0. 1 1 
10.58 
Position. 
0 ' 
September 13, 1823. 
14. 1 
14.8 
16.0 
s 
Five-feet Equatorial. 
Stars too low and too 
Distance = 4"573. 
faint for accuracy, but 
Mean 14.97 
are remarkably steady. 
Z nz — 0.48 
H -49 
