CHARY

Chintamanny Ragoonatha . Attached to the Madras observatory nearly 40 years, first a istant 1863 to death; took a chief share in making 38,000 observations with transit-circle for the star catalogue; member of expeditions to observe total eclipses of the sun 18 Aug. 1868 and 11 Dec. 1871; discovered 2 new variable stars; F.R.A.S. 12 Jany. 1872; edited for 12 years astronomical portion of Asylum Pre Almanac ; published 1874 a pamphlet on the Transit of Venus , which appeared in 6 Indian languages as well as in English, d. Madras 5 Feb. 1880. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xli , 180 (1881).