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The leader alpha, which is not as bright as its neighbor beta, and which is believed to be irregularly variable, is of magnitude four, and has a companion of nine and a half magnitude at the distance 35", p. 278°. At a similar distance, 35", p. 335°, beta has an eleventh-magnitude companion, and the main star is also double, but excessively close, and much beyond our reach.
The third-magnitude star eta has a companion of magnitude ten and a half, distance 90", p. 340°. The star beta, of the second magnitude, and reddish, is variable to the extent of half a magnitude in an irregular period, and gamma, of magnitude two and a half, has an eleventh-magnitude companion, distance 162", p. 285°.
The brightest star in this figure is gamma, of magnitude two and a half, with an eleventh-magnitude companion, distant 125", p. 116°. Two stars of magnitude five compose nu, their distance apart being 62", p. 312°. A more interesting double is , magnitudes five and five, distance 2.4", p. 158°. Both stars are white, and they present a pretty appearance when the air is steady.
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