|53.|α Centauri |14 32·1| -60 23| 1 2 | 202·9 | 17·12|1888·6| S. | | | | A fine southern binary with Period of 80·3 years | | | | (Elkin). | |54.|α Ursæ Min. | 1 18·5| +88 43| 2 9 | 210·1 | 18·60| | | | | | Good test for a 2-inch. Dawes saw it with | | | | 1-3/10-inch, Ward with 1-1/4 inch. | |55.|61 Cygni |21 2·0| +38 12| 5 6 | 121·0 | 20·58|1887·7| S. | | | | Probably a binary of long period (782½ years, | | | | Peters; 1159 years, Mann). | |56.|33 Arietis | 2 34·3| +26 35| 5 8 | 0·3 | 29·76|1879·7| β. | | | | A distant and easy pair in small instruments. | |57.|β Cygni |19 26·3| +27 44| 3 7 | 55·1 | 34·32|1879·7| β. | | | | A beautiful pair, colours golden yellow and | | | | smalt blue. | |58.|β Geminorum | 7 38·6| +28 18| 2 14 | 274·9 | 43·00|1877·9| β. | | | | Disc. by Burnham, who also finds the companion | | | | double; dist. 1″·4 (1879·2). | |59.|α′ Capricorni |20 11·9| -12 53| | 219·7 | 44·55|1879·7| β. | | | | α^1 and α^2 Capricorni (No. 43) form a naked-eye | | | | double; Pos. 291°, Dist. 373″·4. | |60.|α Canis Min. | 7 33·6| + 5 30| 1 14 | 317·3 | 44·62|1877·9| β. | | | | Difficult object; just seen steadily by Dawes | | | | with 8-1/4-inch refractor. | |61.|β Lyræ, A.B. |18 46·0| +33 14| 3 7 | 148·9 | 45·20|1886·9| T. | | | | There are three other faint and distant | | | | components. | | |62.|α Lyræ |18 33·2| +38 41| 1 11 | 156·1 | 48·00|1879·7| β. | | | | Good light-test for a 3-inch. There are other | | | | more distant companions. | |63.|α Cassiopeiæ | 0 34·3| +55 56| 2 13½| 280·2 | 61·33|1879·7| β. | | | | The 36-inch refractor shows a very faint _comes_;| | | | Dist. 17″·5 (Burnham). | |64.|α Canis Maj., | 6 40·3| -16 34| 1 13 | 114·9 | 71·39|1877·5|Hall.| | | A.C. | This faint and distant companion to Sirius was | | | | disc. by Marth. | |65.|α Andromedæ | 0 2·7| +28 29| 2 11 | 271·6 | 71·60|1878·6| G. | | | | A wide double, visible in a 3-inch, but _comes_ | | | | very faint. | |66.|α Tauri | 4 29·6| +16 17| 1 12 | 34·1 |114·96|1879·7| β. |