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is annexed.Art. VI. Catalogue of Double Stars. By William Herlchel, Efq. F.R.S.“ Having already, pointed out the great ufe of Double Stars/’ Mr. H. has “ now drawn up a fecor.d collection “ of 434 more,” which he has ‘Mound “ out fmce the fir ft was delivered,” and which (he adds) is more perfect than the former. The fame method of claf-img them is adopted, the numbers of the ftars is aifo continued; and, as many of thele are not in Mr. Flam(teed] catalogue, they are pointed out by a method here described, for which we muft refer to the article. Thefe obfervations were generally made with a power of 460.Art. VII. Obfervations of a new 1variable Star. By Ed'ward Pigott,EJV‘The ftar n Antinoi, by a feries of ob-fervations, Mr. Pigott has found “ fub-ii jeftto a variation very firmiar to that of Algol, though not exactly the fame “ in anyone particular.” Whcnbright-eft, it is of the 3d or 4th magnitude, andat its leaf!: brightnefs, of the 4th or :th, and its changes, ‘‘which hitherto iecm “ regular and conftant, arc performed m u- 7 days, 4 hours, 38 minutes.”Art. VIII. Agronomical Obferva-irons* By M. Francis de Zach, Brojef for of Mathematics, and Member oj the Royal Academies of Science at Mar-feilles, Dijon, and Lyons.Thele obfervations are on an eciipfe of the moon, March 18, 17S3, (made at Lyons,) of the vernal equinox, on Jupiter’s fitcliites, (at Mai 1 eii!cb,) anew 1 glut ion of a problem tint occurs
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Gentlemans Magazine and Historical Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Jun 01, 1785
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