0} \l Asterina sha Graha-Lighave gives the junction-star 1° less ot polar longitude, which would bring its position to a yet closer accordance, in espect to ude, with a Pegasi: the error in latitude, which is common to all %he authorities, St not greater than we have met with several time8 else where. But we are told below (v. I8) bhat the principal stay of each of 6bes asterisms is the northern, and this would exclude 0-Pegasi altogether, b¥inging in as Abto other member of the first pair some more Baudhen• $bar, perhaps & Pegasi (B.A). 'Ihe confusion is not legE Earked, although of another character, in the case of the E€cond asterism: in the definition of position of its junction-ster we find a longitude given which is bhak of me namber of the group, and a lati$ude which is that of ahe other, a8 is show by the following comparison Upara-Bhadrapada A Pegasi a Andromedas 37° to B49° 8 364° 11' 1' }, 12° 35' N. 25° 4' N. If we accept either of these two stars as the one of which bhe position is meant to be defined, we shall be obliged to admit an error in the deter mination eithet of its longitude or of its latitude considerably greater than we have nnet with elsewhere Moz is the mether mended by any of the other authorities the only variato from the data of our text is presented by the Graha-J»aghav], which leadsas the polar latitude of Utara Bhadrapadh, 27° instead of 28°. Ther can be no doubt that the two Bhas recognized as composing the asterism are Y Pegasi and Andromeda but there has evidently been a blundering confusion of the two in making out the definition of poetion of the junction-sta. We would suggest bhe following as a possible explanation of this confusion that originally a and
- Pegasi were designated and described as Junctiou-star of bhe we half.
groups, of which they were rospectively kno 8outborn m°bers; that after ward, for some Bason—perhaps owing to bhe ustological heory (see above, vi, 2) of the superiority of a northen such rank of junction-sta was sought to be fransferred from the southern to the northerm stays of both afteriaas: bbot, in tuking the transfer, the original constitution of the former group as neglected, while in the latter the attempt was made to dexims thhe real position of the northern stax, but by simply adding to the p«kaa latitude already started for y Pegari. without altering its polar longi tude also. AlBirdni, it should be remarked, was unable to obtain rom aka Eindu informants any satisfactory identification of either of these aste• teams, and marks both in his catalogue as * unknown. The view we have taken of the true character of the two Bhakrapadas is powerkiliy supported by their comparison with the corresponding unenbeES of the chhey $wo systemsHe bwenty-sixth and $wenty-seventh w¢ al-Eargb alMukkim and al-Fargh alMukhir, “ the fore and hind sports to }ha wateria, 'ॐ comprise respectively a and R Pegasi, and y page