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SATURDAY. nigbt. Oct. 24th. 1884
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Saturday night, Oct. 24th, 1876.


SR The newly-discovered planet lie Veuier was
observed here last night with the fourteen-foot
equatorial, and again tonight with the west transit
the mural and meridian circles, together with the
equatorial It's motion among the stars is too slow
TO be detected by the observations Of single night.
Therefore, before pronouncing 1t to be the planet,
preferred wait for the result Of the second nights
observations ' r.a.l.. .r. .'


With the assistance Of Lieutenant ID. ID. Porter,
! had commenced search for this planet with the
equatorial on the 18th instant by sweeping from
r. A. ooh. 40m TO ooh. 40m. in alternate belts of
90 each side of the parallel of 13o south declina-
ton. The belts swept on the 18th were from l2o
4V to 13o and from l3o to l3o 2V each occupying
two hours, in which every star down to the 10Th
magnitude inclusive that crossed the field was care
fully observed and measured.


On the 18th the belt swept over was from 100 90
to l2o 4O; but the night proved highly unavora-
ble and It's corresponding belt-vz. from 100 90 to
l3o 4V-was postponed for the next night.


Before, however, an opportunity occurred for con-
tinuing the work, Lieutenant Richard Bache pre-
sented me with copy Of the London "Evening
Mail" Of the I'd instant, announcing that the planet
had first been seen at Berlin on the 23d ut, and af-
terwards on the 30th by Mr. Hind, Bishops Obser-
vatory. From these tv o observations its place was
computed, and found to be in the middle of our de-
ferred sweep! .... D. t... a..
The night was hazy, but turned the telescope
upoh iHc suPposcu piaScy anu IouUu III the miuule
ofthe field white star of the 9Th magnitude, which
was not contained in any catalogue. This / sup.
posed to be the planet. ...a ...... :


Completing series of differential measurements
upon it with star 7645 B. A. c., reduced the ap.
perture, put on higher powers, and commenced 10
explore for satellites. thought could catch
gimpses of two spurs, "a straight line joining them
passing through the centre,) above and below the
planet. Without knowing what had seen Lieut.
Porter examined and described the same appear.
ance ... ts.r.... .e.g H. -. .


Whether these two faint points were an optca
Illusion, satellites or the extremites of ring with
its plane passing near us, hoped to-nights obser.
vatons would enable US To- determine; but the at.
mosphere is thick with the haze of Indian summer
now at its height, and the examination has beer
worthless. go AZ E,


The planet may be seen with a good spy-glass
Its motion among the stars is about 81 a day. Al
present il is the first Of an equlateral triangular
group, the other two components of the triangle be-
ing yellowish stars of the ninth magnitude, about
- 2O', or three and half times the diameter of the
Sun, north of Saturn. .,a:, s.t..,. ......h


The following are the results Of our observations
so far, which may, however, require small correc-
tlon on account of the star Of comparison, 764s b.
A. G..