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ζ1 AND ζ2 RETICULT.—These stars of about the sixth magnitude appear to offer a similar instance of large and nearly equable proper motion to thv well-known one afforded by 36 Ophiuchi and 30 Scorpii, which was first pointed out by Bessel in the “Fundamenta Astronomiæ.” If we compare Lacaille's positions (taking them from the reduced catalogue published by the British Association) with those given by the late Capt. Jacob from the Madras observations 1853-57, we find with the Pulkova precessions—
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 11, 328–329 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/011328c0
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