+------+--------+---------+---------+----+------+
| | | [mu] | _W_ | _m_ | _M_ |_Sp_| _m'_ |
+--+---------------------+------+--------+---------+---------+----+------+
| | | |sir./st.| | | | _m'_ |
| 1|A. G. Berlin 1366 | 0".54| +72 | 8m.9 | +1m.4 |F0 | 9.4 |
| 2|Lal. 1966 | 0.64| -69 | 7.9 | +2.3 |F3 | 8.5 |
| 3|A. Oe. 14320 | 3.75| +61 | 9.0 | +5.1 |G0 | 9.9 |
| 4|C. Z. 5h.243 | 8.75| +51 | 9.2 | +10.1 |K2 |10.6 |
| 5|Lal. 15290 | 1.96| -51 | 8.2 | +3.4 |G0 | 9.1 |
| 6|53 Cassiop. | 0.01| -44 | 5.6 | .. |B8 | 5.5 |
| 7|A. G. Berlin 1866 | 0.76| -40 | 9.0 | +4.0 |F0 | 9.9 |
| 8|W Lyrae | .. | -39 | var. | .. |Md | var. |
| 9|Boss 1511 | 0.10| +39 | 5.2 | -1.0 |G5 | 6.4 |
|10|[omega] Pavonis | 0.14| +38 | 5.1 | .. |K | 6.5 |
|11|A. Oe. 20452 | 1.18| -38 | 8.1 | +2.4 |G8p | 9.4 |
|12|Lal. 28607 | 1.18| -36 | 7.3 | +3.3 |A2p | 7.4 |
|13|A. G. Leiden 5734 | 0.04| -35 | 8.3 | -1.5 |K4 | 9.9 |
|14|Lal. 37120 | 0.52| -34 | 6.6 | +3.5 |G2 | 7.6 |
|15|Lal. 27274 | 0.79| +34 | 8.3 | +2.2 |F4 | 8.9 |
|16|Lal. 5761 | 0.86| -32 | 8.0 | +4.4 |A3p | 8.1 |
|17|W. B. 17h.517 | 0.63| -31 | 8.6 | +2.8 |F1 | 9.1 |
|18|Lal. 23995 | 0.88| +30 | 8.2 | +2.0 |F3 | 8.8 |
+--+---------------------+------+--------+---------+---------+----+------+
| | | |sir./st.| | | | _m'_ |
| | Mean | 1".34| 16.7 | 7m.7 | +3m.0 |F9 | 8.5 |
+--+---------------------+------+--------+---------+---------+----+------+

33. _The nearest stars._ The star [alpha] in Centaurus was long
considered as the nearest of all stars. It has a parallax of 0".75,
corresponding to a distance of 0.27 siriometers (= 4.26 light years).
This distance is obtained from the annual parallax with great accuracy,
and the result is moreover confirmed in another way (from the study of
the orbit of the companion of [alpha] Centauri). In the year 1916 INNES
discovered at the observatory of Johannesburg in the Transvaal a star of
the 10th magnitude, which seems to follow