The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—At half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr.
Marth, assistant at this observatory, discovered, close
to the bright star Spica in, Virgo, a new planet, evi-
dently belonging to the group between Mars and Jupi-
ter. It appears like a star of the tenth magnitude. The
following are the positions given by Mr. Marth's obser-
vations

Greenwich Apparent Apparent
Mean Time. RI lit Ascension. Declination.
h. m. sec. h m. sec. deg. m. eec.
March 1, at 14 45 6.7 13 17 31.05 10 5 28.8 South,
March 2, at 13 53 47'6 13 17 4.61 13 5 25'4 „
I remain, sir, your most obedient servant,

• J. R. HIND.
Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, March 3.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—Mr. Norman Pogson, one of the assistants at
this bservatory, has been observing a star to-night in
the constellation Virgo, which turns to be another planet.
As I am not aware that this object has as yet been seen
elsewhere, the announcement of it in your columns may
be interesting to astronomers.
Its position in the heavens is as follows :
Greenwich Right North Polar
Mean Time. Ascension. Distance
March 2 ... 13 24 46 13 17 4'98 100 5 30'0
„ ... 13 58 57 13 17 4.30 100 5 30.3
„ ... 16 32 51 13 17 I'2B 100 5 28.9
Daily motion in R. A. = 28 see.; in N. P. D. = 11".
Yours, &c.,

M. Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, March 3J. JOHNSON..

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