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Show 92 Observations and computations for latilude of Fort Fred Steele, Wyo.- Continued. NOVEMBER 27, 1872. Number of star. 250 282 299 314 330 343 409 441 558 569 757 759 816 857 858 872 885 904 915 962 1007 1011 1017 1052 1058 1111 1133 1143 1252 1268 1305 13- 20 1339 1397 1398 1414 Micrometer readinga. t d. 0 84.5 13 56.8 10 71.0 26 80.0 12 12.0 15 80.3 16 5.0 24 64.0 23 79.6 19 26.3 15 0.5 29 96.0 8 87.0 21 59.0 18 63.0 3 31.7 14 0.2 20 66.5 25 2.7 10 84.6 19 94.0 26 29.5 16 84.0 24 96.0 12 55.0 24 85.5 12 18.3 5 55.0 29 75.5 27 61.5 14 44.0 10 13.5 14 92.2 13 ia 5 27 28.2 Level. N. d. 33.5 18.0 24.0 17.0 31.0 30.0 34.0 21.0 30.0 10.0 24.0 11.0 24.0 27.0 21.0 44.0 19.0 28.5 22.0 45.0 22.0 24.0 25.5 45.6 25.0 29.0 28.0 23.5 2& 0 32.0 36.0 S. d. 13.5 2& 0 23.0 30.0 16.0 iao 12.5 25.5 12.5 33.0 23.6 36.0 23.5 22.0 27.0 4.0 2a o 18.0 26.0 3.0 25,0 23.0 22.5 4.0 25.0 19.0 20.0 25.0 20.0 18.0 14.0 Remarks. Must be 18* Half- sum of declination. o / // 41 40 2.9 38 24.7 48 27.3 42 10.1 44 22.7 49 58.4 57 42.6 37 11.7 38 43.1 50 0.8 54 1 5 45 23.3 41 36.6 53 5.9 39 54.1 44 3.9 59 9.9 39.49.5 48 53.5 52 54.8 53 48.1 Corrections. Micrometer and reference. / // + 6 35.4 + 8 20.1 - 1 54.5 + 4 27.0 + 2 20.9 - 3 10.7 - 10 55.5 + 9 27.9 + 755.9 - 3 27.1 - 7 20.7 + 1 5.3 + 4 53.9 - 6 25.7 + 633.8 + 223.9 - 12 32.3 + 6 49.5 - 2 13.8 - 6 24.2 - 7 i a i Level. + 2.7 - 3.3 + 7.4 + 4.6 - 1.5 - 6.6 - 6.6 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 9.3 + 0.4 + 10.4 + 10.4 - 0.5 + 12.1 + 12.1 + 2.7 + 1.8 + 1.8 + 9.9 + 9.9 Meridian. Latitude. Q 1 II 41 46 41.0 41.5 40.2 41.7 42.1 41.1 40.5 41.1 40.5 43.0 41.2 39.0 40.9 39.7 46.0 99.9 40.3 40.8 41.5 40.5 39.9 Resulting astronomical co- ordinates. The dally results, combining the observations of November 10,18,21, and 26, to one result, will be: No. of obs. ° ' " November 4 31 4146 40.30 6 '. 27 40.18 8 30 40.41 12 28 39.99 10,18,21, and 26 24 40.00 24 30 40.37 27 36 40.42 Giving every mean the same weight, the final result for the latitude of Fort Fred Steele will be: Latitude 41 © 46' 4O". 24± 0". 05 Longitude. 7/ i, 7m. 47 « . 25 or 106 56 48 .80 west of Greenwich. 1 59 35 .13 or 29 53 47 .00 west; of Washington. |