distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars , &c. 233 
Position. May 3, 1823. 
82.10" Five-feet Equatorial. 
82.38 | As nearly equal as possi- 
82 50 ’ 7 a - ma g n i tu des sp 
82,1 Position = 82° 25' 5/) 
Mean = 82.25 Distance = n".7so. 
Mean result. 
Position 82° 46' sp ; 1823.02; Distance 11 ". 862 ; Epoch 1823.33. 
The distances of May 28, 1822, are rejected in taking the 
mean, the difference of l".^ between those measures and the 
mean of the other observations being excessive. In such a 
case the independent yet coincident measures of two obser- 
vers on different nights must have the preference. 
Distance. 
Parts. 
36. o 
3 6 - 5 
39. o 
38. o 
37- 4. 
Mean = 37.38 
Z = — 0.24 
37-H 
No. CCVII. R. A. i5 h 33 111 ; Deck io° 33' S. 
(H. C. 469) ; Struve, 492. 
Nearly equal ; 8± and 9th magnitudes. 
Position 
June 6, 1823. 
Seven-feet Equatorial. 
nf 
V s 
o / 
37- o' 
36.20 
37.28 
37*5 
37-4°. 
37-44' 
39.10 
40.15 J>H 
38. o 
4 °. 2 
Mean = 38. 5 
MDCCCXXIV. 
Position = 38° f nf 
Distance = 27". o 66. 
Distance. 
Parts. 
1 13. o" 
1 14. o 
112. 2 >S 
**3- 3 
112. oj 
1 1 8. o"| 
1 12. o | 
hi. o VH 
i»4-o 
no. o J 
Mean = i iz.95 
Z r~ — 0.38 
H h 
112.57 
