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 But to proceed to the Occultations, that may be made by the Moon, of the lesser Lights; I shall take notice, That those Stars, that have not above 6 d. 20 m. Latitude from the Ecliptick, may all of them, some time or other, be cover'd by the Moon, in her passing through the Zodiack: Of which sort I have numbred, from the Tychonick Catalogues, the Stars so lying as you see in the annex'd Table: And I find in the Zodiack 189, with 6 in the Pleiades, 12 in the Northern, and 5 in Southern Constellations, plac'd out of the Ecliptick; the total is 212. Of these the Moon frequently hides one or other, yet no notice taken of it by the Ephemerides of our Astrologers.

It would be too large a labour for one man to undertake the calculating of all the Occultations observable in this year, nor is it perhaps so needful: for, the Stars of the 5th and 6th Magnitude are more numerous, nor so accurately (I doubt) rectified, and the Moon approaching them within 4 or 5 degrees, absconds them to the naked eye; and if the Observation be undertaken with a Telescope, other smaller Stars may be mistaken for those, the Calculus intends, and so both the Observer deluded, and the Art prejudiced.

But the Moon will several times this year cover two noted Fix'd Stars; of which, that I may gratifie the Curious, and excite the Industrious to the like endeavors, I shall give here the Calculus of the Occultations and Transits, from the Caroline Tables.