292 Mr. Herschei/s and Mr. South's observations of the apparent 
70 p Ophiuchi continued. 
within four years, would require very extravagant supposi- 
tions. Some of the observations are more probably erroneous, 
but where to place the error is not so easy to determine. If 
it rest with us, inattention to usual precautions is assuredly 
not its cause. 
No. CCLIX. R. A. i7 h 57™ ; Decl. 64° 9' N. 
H. C. 362 ; Struve, 563 ; 
As nearly equal as possible ; if any difference, the northern 
precedes ; 7th magnitude. 
Position. T 0 ^ 
June 10, 1823. 
00 1 
9 ° — 75 - 4 °~] Five-feet Equatorial. 
It-Tz is n P or s f 
75,55 I „ • • 0 / y 
74. 0 J Position = 14 53 np or sj 
Distance. 
Parts. 
66 . 6q 
67 . 2 
?o. 5 l 
69. 0 f 
67. 8 | 
67. 2 J 
Mean — 68.05 
Z — — ■ 1.72 
Mean — 75. 7 
Distance = 20 / '.94 ! 8. 
66.33 
Position. 
O O / 
9 ° — 74 - 5 °~l 
74- z 5 1 
72.50 ’ 
73 - 15 
74 - 3 °J 
June 12, 1823. 
Seven-feet Equatorial. 
Lh n P 
Position = i6°2 / np 
Distance. 
Parts. 
88. 91 
90. 2 j 
87. 0^ 
88. 0] 
88. 6J 
Mean — 73-58 
Distance = 2i".2 67. 
Mean — 88.54 
Mean result. 
Position 15 0 27' np ; Distance 21". 093 ; 
1823.45. 
