TWO DEGREES OF THE NORTH POLE. 
27 
TABLE III. — Positions of Standard Stars. 
Annual P. M. 
Elkin. 
No. in 
Cat. 
Right Ascension. 
N. P. D. 
in R. A. 
in N. P. D. 
1 H 
H 
H 
// 
a 
2 
3 38 22 
4232.28 
^ 
14 
13 9 27 
5678.28 
+ 2.310 
+ 0.037 
5 
47 
41 26 32 
1297.25 
e 
34 
31 50 45 
4875.66 
f 
42 
38 43 31 
5337-53 
■n 
lOI 
83 37 18 
4585.10 
e 
104 
84 57 29 
5685.48 
I 
131 
116 8 33 
3728.37 
— I . 8070 
— 0.020 
K 
161 
153 39 40 
5621.81 
X 
169 
165 22 30 
6306.18 
M 
184 
183 35 19 
6045.41 
— 0.1320 
— 0.076 
p 
193 
193 33 33 
3718.88 
t 
199 
196 34 40 
6297 -54 

239 
227 49 25 
5611.39 
IT 
261 
243 28 12 
5818.21 
P 
266 
246 46 54 
2685.92 
<T 
304 
270 30 
6296.23 
T 
305 
270 45 47 
4549-94 
V 
327 
284 42 21 
4961.27 
<P 
340 
293 55 50 
3735-81 
- 0.7560 
+ 0.006 
^ 
351 
298 14 30 
4843-32 
X 
386 
330 15 7 
6034 . 64 
03 
387 
334 27 22 
3953-79 
The apparent places of the standard stars referred to the equinox 
of 1888.0 were computed according to the method of Sec. VI. Proper 
motions were taken from the following sources : for /5 = Bradley 65 
from Harvard Annals, Vol. XVIII, p. 283; for : = Groom. 1119, and 
ti = Bradley 1672 from Green. Ten Year Catalogue 1890; for ^ — A 
Ursae Majoris from the Berliner Jahrbuch. The plate constants were 
determined by a comparison with the apparent places computed 
by equations (la), quoted above, using approximate values which 
could easily be found. Table IV which follows contains the constants 
for the eight 89° plates, and Table V contains their probable errors. 
