Burnham: Measures of Proper Motion Stars 
Apparently unchanged. The proper motion, if any, is very 
small. 
1879.40 353-85 I 36"35 2n B 1 
S Persei (9.2...II.0) 
R. A. 2 h i4 m i5 s Decl. + 58° 2' 
1908.862 I9°88 68"87 
.882 19.75 69.14 
.884 1967 69.11 
1908.87 19.77 
69.04 
The principal star is variable and reddish. The other meas¬ 
ures do not agree in distance, and the apparent change must 
be verified. 
1880.21 
I 9°75 68"55 
in B 1 
1880.59 
19.38 67.88 
in B 1 
Piazzi II. 61 (6.3. ..II. 8) 
R. A. 2 h 15”'23" Decl.+ 40°5i' 
I 909.573 I-I 3 
55"95 
.589 0.95 
56.01 
.592 1 -13 
56.19 
1909.58 1.07 
56.05 
The earlier measures give: 
1880.41 
358?5 53 " 3 i 
211 P 3 
The proper motion of the principal star 
therefore is: 
o"i26 in 228^4 
This movement has been given: 
Groombridge o!'i20 in 
228? 9 
Gr. 10-year 0.143 in 
212.7 
Boss 0.127 in 
222.5 
There is a 7.6 m star in a low-power field: 
1874. 
6?4 291"5 
A. G. Bonn 
1909.59 
6.95 295.46 in (3 
65 Andromedae (4 8.. 
.12.8) 
R. A. 2 h i6 m 37 s Decl. + 49° 44' 
A and B 
1908.845 303!10 
47 ”67 
.852 303-40 
47-97 
.882 303.00 
47-99 
1908.86 303 .I 7 
47.88 
A and C (10.5) 
1908.845 307°37 
192"14 
.862 306.88 
191.92 
.882 306.88 
191.82 
1908.86 307.04 
191.96 
The proper motion of the large star is small: 
Auwers o"o24 in 153? 1 
Boss 0.031 in 121.5 
No other measures of B. There appears to be a large error 
in one of the former distances of C: 
1879.16 3o6?73 I92"i4 in B 1 
1879.64 306.57 190.75 in B 1 
77 Ceti 
(6.1.. 
.12.8) 
R. A. 2 h 28 m 47 ! 
’ Decl. —8° 23' 
1911.663 
47°°5 
95'-35 
.720 
47-35 
95.18 
•736 
47.25 
94.64 
1911.71 
47-22 
95.06 
No other measures. 
The proper motion of 77 Ccti from meridian observations is 
given: 
Auwers o"o9i in I40?9 
Boss 0.090 in 136.2 
80 Ceti (5.9. .. 13.5) 
R. A. 2 h 30™ 6 ” Decl.—8°21' 
1911.663 
.720 
A and B 
I23 ?i8 
123.48 
117*06 
117.52 
1911.69 
123-33 
117.29 
A and C (9.6) 
1911.644 
i89?26 
146^07 
.663 
189.23 
146.40 
.720 
188.98 
146.32 
1911.67 
189.16 
146.26 
C is SD (8°) 488. From meridian positions we have for AC 
1900 i89?2 
I 47"2 
A. G. Wein-Ott. 
The proper motion of 80 Ccti is given 
Auwers 
0*087 in 
222 °. 8 
Boss 
0.076 in 
209.3 
DM (57°; 
) 651 (6.2.. 
.9.0) 
R. A. 2 h 42 m 
46 s Decl. + 57 ° 49 ' 
1910.644 
I 47°03 
193"19 
.666 
147.07 
193.22 
.678 
147.10 
193-44 
1910.66 
147.07 
193.28 
I do not find any proper 
motion from 
meridian 
positions for 
the large star. 
For comparison we have : 
1875. 
i 4 7°8 
1 91 ”4 
A. G. Hels. 
1879.38 
147.3 
192.19 
211 
B 1 
16 Persei (4.5. . .9 
•2) 
R. A. 2 h 43 m 
o s Decl. + 
37 ° 49 ' 
I 90 S .573 
I 45°53 
252!'28 
•597 
145.88 
252.13 
.613 
I45.6o 
252.32 
1908.59 
I 45.67 
252.24 
The other measures are 
the following: 
1857-41 
I 44?20 
262^96 
in 
02 
1881.16 
144.63 
257-61 
in 
02 
These positions compared with the recent measures give for 
the corrected proper motion of the principal star: 
o"25i in io8!8 
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