f2 S T R 0 E 0 M I S C H E llvi A C H R I C I-IT E N

Observations of F h r a , Meipomeiie and Irene

made with the Fraurrhnfer Equatorcal of the Durham Olservatory.

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F l o r a .
tin. nf Comp.
Grtwirv. 31. S. 1'. R. A. 3 . P. D. R. A. K.P.1).
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1852 May 20 11 9 "27' 1 i t h 59"'2'79 8 1'25' 5"69 to 5
This observation was iiiatle with the wire-micrometer, i t is corrected for Hefractinn and Parallax using fnr the latter the
Ephemeris i n the S u p p l e in c n t t o t h c K it 11 t i c il I -4 1 in a n a c To r 1 8 5 5 . The observation was not considered satisfactory

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on account of c!loulls.
.4ssunietl niean pliice nf the star of comparison for 1852 Jan. I .
Star. R. .I. K.P. D. A tit h or it y . ,
Weissc.'s Hevsel XI. 947 1 1:' 55"!11*36 81"'Ll'4"84 Weisse'a Catalogue.

R I e I p o m e n e .

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Set.

1
2
Greenw. M.S. 1'.
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1 3 l r 14'"56'H
I:! 54 l h , 9
--- R. A.

1811 3"'34'58
I8 2 34,73
+8,268
8,209
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h g . 1'
1'
N. P. D.
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-
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9
Lng. -
P
KO.

4
9
of Corny.
R. A. S.P.1).
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Star of Coiny.

Weis. Bes. XVIII. 6 1

3 I " 12 #3,2 1H I 33,53 8,177 9 - -- 7

4 1'2 6 32,6 17 58 37,58 8,070 ___. 10 - sv11. 1 2 1 2
56 42,47 6' 58"75 -9,9485 --
5
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ti
1'2
11
20 2L,1
27 4 t , 3 55 18,71
8,190
7,885
!I901
99 21 58,14 9,9516
30
I8
10
6 - -
- - 1169
1212
1212
I 11 29 6,1 54 53,88 7,942 99 27 15,03 9,9516 18 6
n 13 42 2 6 , l 51 49,3'L 8,432 99 27 54,09 9,9383 6 2 SVIII. 51
9 11 34 5 2 , 9 53 7,9i 8,053 '39 38 18,56 9,9516 4 2 Y Opliiuchi
10 11 58 33,5 50 37,80 8,241 99 55 16,35 9,9496 6 6
11 11 42 N,6 50 36,2X 8,375 99 55 58,64 9,9447 6 6
12 11 37 5 2 , s 49 5 ? , 0 8 9,173 100 1 48,47 9,951 3 18 6 Weis. B r s . XVII. 980
13 10 54 2 4 , 6 49 8,19 7,932 100 7 16,Ol 9,9511 18 6 -- 980
14 1 1 45 j ' , O 47 0 , 7 4 8,279 100 27 5,69 9,9501 18 6 -- 906
15 11 0 i,3,<3 46 L3,L; 8,097 100 33 26,42 9,9536 12 4 -- 906
16 1 0 59 43.9 45 46,30 8,122 100 40 7,90 9,9541 18 6 H. A. C. 6049
1 1 56 1 0 , Y 41 19,92 8,413 101 50 44,80 9,9145 W'eiu. Bes. XVII.
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17 I5 5 1029
18
I9
1 0 50 48,s
10 4 5 33,9
41 4,6Y
40 51,2I
H,'LP8
8,284
101 57
102 5
47,jj
3,43
9,9542
9,9517
12
18
4
6
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831
834
20 10 13 H,7 40 30,13 8,190 102 19 44,02 9,9580 . 3 1 -- 887
21 8 11 36 40.1 40 21,83 8,447 102 27 35,70 9,9455 18 6 -- 887
2'2 !) 10 30 59,s 40 16,57 8,291 102 34 42,91 9,9558 20 10 1,alaride 32525
23 31 9 39 20,1 1 6 47,93 8.379 105 I 8 9,86 9,9574 12 6 Weis. Bes. XVII. 966
21 Sept. 3 9 13 52,4 48 52,35 8,336 105 3 9 20,13 9,9610 6 2 B. A. (!. 6065
25 10 9 3 39,4 54 47,67 8,370 106 26 46,92 9,9604 10 5 Lalaride 33222
26 11 9 16 29,H 55 4 5 , 7 0 8,409 106 3 3 18,72 9,9573 8 4 - 33222
27 13 H 50 15,8 17 57 4 5 , 1 3 8,359 1 0 6 46 1,48 9,9619 18 6 -- 33178
28 17 9 30 8,4 18 2 5,7l +8,473 107 11 6,ll -9,9507 18 3 Xr.37 of Arg.Z. 218

3jt Ud. 23
 Nr. 837.
The observations are corrected for Refraction. T h e corrections fur Parallax i n tlme and arc which are to be applied to
the R. A. and N. P. D. are represented by p and q respectively. P = Eyuatoreal Horizontal Parallax.
011 July 3, 4, 5 and 8 the observatiorrs were made with the ring-micrometer. -4s it was found thht the R’.P.Ds deduced
from these observatiorts were not a t all satisfactory they have h e n omitted from the above table; the results for It. A.,
however, appeared to lie worth retaining. From duly 10 the observ$ioris were made with the wire - micrometer.

Assumed mean placcs of the s t a r s of comparisori for 1853 Jar,. 1.

Star.
I,alarirle 32525
Weisse’s Bessel XVI1. 834
-- R. A.
171’4lrn3ti’82
42 6,52
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s. 1’.
/c/
102033’ 29*28
102 6 45,65
1).
1.
Aritlwrifg.
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Eqiiatoreal contpar. with \Veis. Bes. X\W. 887 &
Weisse’s Catalogne.
1
o Serpentis.

- - 887 41 39,66 102 21 4H,61

n. A. c. 6049 44 50,26 100 51 31,20 Mean of 6. A. end Weisse’s Catalogues.
Weisse’s Bessel S\-ll. 906 45 0 , 8 j 100 19 52,23 \Vrisse’s Catalogiie.
n. A. c. 60tij 47 48,23 105 46 5 7 , 1 3 13. A. Catalogue.
47 51,19 I 0 5 9 12,08 W‘rissc’s Catalogue.
Weisse’s Bessel XI-11. 966
- - 980 18 16,iO 100 9 w,o; -
- - I029 50 21,lO
50 5 2 , 8 3
1 0 1 5 1 15,81
99 4 5 3,48
YOphiuchi. (;reeiiwich Twelve Year Catalogue.
Weisse’s Bessel XVII. t 169 55 47,OG 99 15 1 , 7 5 IYeisse’s Ciitalogur.
-- 1212 57 37,31 99 16 6.23
106 39 5 9 , O O
Lalande 331i 8 58 39,31 Mean of I~iilaride a i d So. 5 of Argel. Zone 230.
Bo. 37 of Argcl. Zone 218 59 13,44 107 10 8,95 3lear1 of S o . 37 of Argel. %otw 218 and So. 2 o f Zone 225.
Lalande 33222 17 59 55,56 106 25 53,06 Alcarl of I,nlantle, KO.3 of Arg. Zone 225 and So. 8 of %. 2 3 0 .
Weisse’s Bessel Xi-111. i I 8 I 36,58 Weissr’s Cijtalogue.
- -- 51 3 38,83 99 31 28,62
- - 61 18 3 5ti,16

It e ni ;I r k s.

S e t 1, 9, 13, 18, 21 and 24. T h e observations w e r e Set ‘Lo. Oue set of coriipnrisons only, ohtained iietwec~l
unfavorably taken on account of clouds. clolrd~.
Set 8. KO more coinprisons ct)nld hi! tiilien \rift] this S e t 22. Lrrlmrle‘s p l a c c of t h e star is riot taken: the
star a s the Iilniiet coultl not be seeii aiiy longer i n coriscqueItci: i e t l ilep”ls ciitil-elp on epatoreill conq)arisoi~s
i i ~ ~ ~ t t ~place
of a p p a c t i i n g tlayligbt. with IYeisse‘s Bessel XVJL 287 end oSerpentis being the
S e t 10 arrtl i I. The star very incoirueniently situ:itivl rilean of G contliarisons of It. A. and 2 comparisons of 3,I>, D.
for oljservi\tiori. with each star.
S e t 15. Observrd with difficulty on account of c:loutls, S e t 23. Fine tii;l:t, hut the wind trouiilesome.
the wind also continually put the telescope into n state of
S e t 26. lligh \vintl, the hearing tube used.
vibration. K O s t a r was to be had nearer i n X.1’. 1). to the
planet. Set 27. Foggy. the planet extreniely faint.
Set I G . 50 s t x w n s to b e had nearrr in N. P.D. to S e t 28. T h e S . P . D . Iiicasures are bad, the planet was
the planet. sn faint. The resulting 3.P. U. must only lie considered a s
S e t 17. Fine iiight, the pliinet was r e r x II c i i r t o a app)xiiiiatu.
small star causing some uriccrtainty i n the o1)serv;rtioii.

Correcting t h e observations for parallax by J’oyeTs E p h e m e r i s in S o . 820 of the A s t r o n o m i s c h e N a c h r i c h t e n

and comparing tlirni with that Ephenieris for all the d a y s that fall within its limits, the following results are obtaioed. It is
assumed that the Ephemeris gives the places of the planet u f l i ~ f f d e dIjy aberratiori a i d the tabular places bave therefore been
interpolated with second differences for the time of obsr~rvationdiminished by the aberration time.
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set.
4-r
17
18
19
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R. A. Oliserv.
17b41n20s09
41 4,81
40 51,33
R. A . Ephcm.
19'77
4,72
50,98
Ereuss of
H . A . Eyliem.
-0'32
0,09
0,35
R.P. D. Oliaerv.
IOl"50' 39"32
101
102
57 41,97
4 58,87
N. P. D. Eyh.
3lU-18
31,16
51)28
Exeeas of
R'. P. 1). Eyh.
- 7'"
10,8i
7,59
20 40 30,22 29,68 0,54 102 19 38,46 30,57 7,89
21 40 22,OO 21,58 0,42 102 27 30,33 23,73 6,60
22 40 16,69 16,?5 O,4t 102 34 37,43 31,751 5,68
23 46 48,06 46,65 1,41 105 17 61,95 51,14 13,81
24 48 52,47 51,59 0,88 105 38 75,26 55,96 19,30
25 53 47,79 45,83 1,96 106 26 12,23 24,05 18,18
'16 55 45,83 43,78 2,05 106 32 74,09 59,51 14,55
27 17 57 45,26 42,50 2,76 106 45 56,85 43,76 13,09
28 18 2 5,86 3,22 -2,64 (107 10 61,69) 40,43 (-21,26)

I r e n e .

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Set.

2
1852

I Sept. 11
13
Creenw. hl. S.T.

13h18m54'2
12 0 59,4
--- --R. A ,

23h10m10'07
8 28,64
P
Log. -
1'
+8,181
7,514
109'45'
109 54
23"s
40,30
-9,9762
9,9827
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18
4
6
Lalandc 45610
- 43800
3 16 13 8 36,O 5 51,62 8,233 110 7 47,34 9,9748 18 6 Anon. 10th mag.
4 17 12 5 6 , l 23 5 3,40 +7,873 110 I 1 33,90 -9,9820 18 6 Aiion. 10th mag.
(Same a s on prec day)
l'hese observations were made with the wire-micrometer , and they are corrected for Itefraction. T h e corrections for
Parallax i n time and arc which are to be applied l o the I<. A. and N.P.D. are represented try p and q. P = Equatoreal-
Horizontal - Parallax.

--- Stnr.

Anonyriioua 10th mag.

Lalaride 45610
- 45800
.4ssiimetl mean p l x e s of the stars of comparison for 1852 Jan. 1.
R. .A.
2sh 5"' 7'69
2 3 10 41,14
23 I 5 57,52
N. P. D.
l l O o 3' 53"64
109 38 59,02
109 5 5 12,28
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Authority.
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Eijuatoreal coniparisons with Lalande 45800
Mean of Lalande, and 54 of Argel. zoiica 262
- 9, - 61 - 8, -
It e m a r k s.
S e t 1. A violent wind hlowirig s o that the clock wiis with great difficulty heard.
Set 3 iind 1. The assumed pliicc of the star is from 6 compar. o f I<. A. arid 2 comparisons of N.P.D. with Lal. 45800.
The planet was very h i n t on each night h i t appeared Iirightest on Septeniber 17.
Correcting the observations for Parallax Iiy Trettemro's E p h e m e r i s irt the supplenient to the A s t r o n om is c h e
3 a cli r i c 11 teii Pir. 807 arid conipariiig them with that Ephemeris, the following results are obtained.
The Ephemeris gives places oiiaffwtetl Iiy aberration , the interpolations mere therefore made for the time of obs.-time
for ahcrratian. The log. constarit used for computing the aberration - tinie i n secotids = 2,69705.

Set.
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1
2
3
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H.A. Observ.

23'' 1Om10"13
8 28,65
5 51,6Y
R. A. Eylicm.
15"4
33,80
57,29
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Excess of
R.A. Eph.
+5*11
+5,15
+5,60
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N.P.D. Observ.
109"41'
109 53
110 7
79#13
36,23
43,36
N.P.D. Epli.
53"81
7,72
18,13
Ewes6 of
K.P.D. Eph.
-, 23-11 32
-28,51
-25,23
4 23 5 3,43 9)O I +5,58 I10 I 1 31,87 5,96 -25,91
Durham 1852, IC'ovemher 13.
William Edcis.

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