Many of the stars when examined with a good telescope are seen to be double, some triple, and a few quadruple, and even multiple. These when viewed with the naked eye, or even a powerful binocular, seem to be single, and show no sign of consisting of two components. These telescopic double stars should be carefully distinguished from those which appear very close together with the naked eye, and which in opera-glasses or telescopes of small power might be mistaken for wide double stars by the inexperienced observer. These latter stars, such as Mizar—the middle star in the tail of the Great Bear—and its small companion, Alcor, have been called “naked-eye doubles,” but they are not, properly speaking, double stars at all. Telescopic double stars are far closer, and even the widest of them could not possibly be seen double without optical aid, even by those who are gifted with the keenest vision. Of these so-called “naked-eye doubles,” we may mention Alpha Capricorni, which on a very clear night may be seen with the naked eye to consist of two stars. On a very fine night two stars may be seen in Iota Orionis, the most southern star in Orion’s Sword. The star Zeta Ceti has near it a fifth magnitude star, Chi, which may be easily seen with the unaided vision. The star Epsilon Lyræ (near Vega) is a severe test for naked-eye vision. Bessel, the famous German astronomer, is said to have seen it when thirteen years of age. Omicron Cygni (north of Alpha and Delta Cygni) forms another naked-eye double, and other objects of this class may be noticed by a sharp-eyed observer. The star Mizar, already referred to, is itself a wide telescopic double, and it seems to have been the first double star discovered with the telescope (by Riccioli in 1650). It consists of two components, of which one is considerably brighter than the other. It will give an idea of the closeness of even a “wide” telescopic double when we say that the apparent distance between Mizar and Alcor is nearly forty times the distance which separates the close components of the bright star. From this it will be seen that even a powerful binocular field-glass would fail to show Mizar as anything but a single star. The components may, however, be well seen with a 3-inch telescope, or even with a good 2-inch. The colors of the two stars are pale green and white. Between Mizar and Alcor is a star of the eighth magnitude, and others fainter. Mizar was the first double star photographed by Bond. The Pole Star has a small companion at a little greater distance than that which separates the components of Mizar, but owing to the faintness of this small star, the object is not so easy as Mizar.