31 6 Mr. Herschel’s and Mr. South* s observations of the apparent 
J Lyras continued. 
The coincidence both in angle and distance with jS Lyras 
is remarkable. They were observed one after the other, 
and for a moment were supposed to be the same star, taken 
by mistake. 
Other measures are, 
1782.31 ; Position 62° 18' sf ; Distance 41 ''.99; H. Catal. of 1782. 
1819.77; 58 56 sf; Struve, Dorpat. Obs. ii. 165.— Obs. 87, 151. 
Bianchini relates in his observations (Verona, 1737) that 
the most southern of the two stars of g Lyras was occasion- 
ally seen double by him, and sometimes accompanied with 
other small stars, through several telescopes, by Campini 
and Cellius, of great focal length. It is also said to have 
been seen through a 12 feet telescope (by Short) sur- 
rounded by five small stars. Doubtless, in a part of the 
heavens so crowded with stars, numbers of minute stars may 
be seen near it in good telescopes ; but the division of one of 
the large stars into two is a fact we may be allowed to 
doubt. Many strange things were seen among the stars 
before the use of powerful telescopes became common 
among observers. 
