Sept. 13 '3 14 I4 16 16 I 8

I 8

'9 '9 2 1

2 1

23 23 25 2 5 26 29 29 30 30

Oct. 2

4 4

'3 '3

2

2 0

2 0

DCc. 16 16

+Zm23545 + z 23.39 + 2 15.34 + 2 1 5 . 7 + I 52.56 + I 52.36 + I 21.48 + I 21.43 + I 3.29 + I 3.11 +o 21.31 - t o 20.76

-0 28.24 -1 25.5 ' -1 2 5 . 8 2

-0 14.05 -0 4044 -0 40.50 - I 1 5 . 7 8 - I 16.13

-0 5.86 + I 29.36 + I 29.01 - I 7.73 - I 8.19 - I 1.23 - I 1.84 -1 11.73 -1 11.14

-0 2 8 . 0 5

-0 5.48

1 0 ~ 2 4 ~ 4 6 ~ 10 46 13

9 5 2 I 9 1 9 3' 33 ' 8 45 41

9 0 38 9 6 49 9 2 0 37 9 0 36 9 1 2 49 8 47 2 7

9 2 0 '9 8 38 '3 8 50 37 9 I 1 I2

9 30 2 1

9 33 34 9 26 2 5

9 37 3 8 2 7 2 7

8 38 47 8 3 9 9 8 5 1 2 2

9 2 1 59 9 35 1 2

9 1 0 '9 9 24 5 ' 9 7 40 9 2 2 6 9 30 6 9 45 32

- 4'571'7 - 4 56.0 - 3 27.3 - 3 26.2 - I 14.7 - I 13.2 - o 6.9 - o 5.3 + 0 1.2

+ o 1.6 - o 36.8 - 0 37.7

- 2 29.8 - 5 37.4 - 5 39.5 - 6 54.7 + 7 10.6 + 7 8.6 + 4 1.6 + 3 59.5

- 9 45.8 + 6 11.8 + 6 10.5

+ r z 36.6 + 1 2 33.0 - 6 59.2 - 7 4.3 + I 4.2 + 1 4.1

- 2 29.9

- 9 44.0

13.18 , 14.20 12.16 12.14 12.16 12.16 12.16 15.20 15.20

1 5 . 2 0

8.16 8.14 12 .12

1 2 . 1 2

14.20

18.12

1 2 . 2 0

1 2 . 1 2

1 2 . 1 2

12.16 12.16 1 2 . 1 2

1 2 . 1 2

12.16 12.16

15.10 1 5 . 2 0

1 5 . 2 0

18.10

q.10'

r g . 1 0 /

d 1899.0 1 Autorite

- 9' 8'5014 MI 24130 -10 16 8.1 MI 24255 - 1 1 33 2 5 . 0 Schj. 8057-8 - 5 5 0 26.4 MI 8705 -24 1 5 6.1 %(Cord.ZC.145rtAWe.

+ z o 14 6.7 %(AG.Berl.A.46o+AG. '3390)

Berl. B. 478)

AutoritC * 1 a 1899.0 1 6 1899.0

7 1 1 ~ 2 7 ~ 3 8 5 0 3 +zoo 13' 19:'s AG. Berl. A. 447 8 I 26 22.68 +19 5 1 18.7 AG.Berl.A.436 9 I 23 54.33 +19 5 7 32.4 AG.Rerl.A.422

10 I 2 0 55.35 +19 32 48.6 AG.Berl.A.411 11 I 16 42.93 + I 8 33 29.8 BB.VI +18?179 1 2 I 1 1 9.97 +17 59 18.8 AG.Ber1.A. 358 13 I ' 1 5 6.77 + 1 2 24 29.8 W, 14192

i I

S R S R S R S R S R S R S Ii: S R S S R S R S R S R S R S R R S

I

2

3 4 5

6

(7) I r i s .

Ih3lm48?74 I 31 48.68 I .31 40.64 I 3 7 40.37 I 31 17.90 I 31 1 7 . 7 0 I 30 46.85 I 30 46.80 I 30 28.68 I 30 28.50 I 29 46.73 I 29 46.18 i 2 8 57.41 I 2 8 5 7 . 2 2

1 2 7 59.98 I 27 59.67 1 2 7 28.75 1 2 5 47.04 I 2 5 46.98 I 2 5 11.72

I 2 5 I 1.37 I 23 53.69 I 23 53.31 I 2 2 29.56 I 2 2 29.21 I 15 40.11

I 10 13.66 I 10 13.05 I '3 59.72 I 14 0.31

1 '5 39.65

2 0 ~ 1 7 " ' 6592 2 0 18 47.02 2 0 2 3 12.32

I 2 5 2 23.23 1 7 2 2 49.59

I 29 2 0 . 7 3

I +4556 +23!4 +i .56 +23.4

1 +4:57 f 2 3 . 6

+4.61 f 2 3 . 9 +4.61 + 2 3 . 9 +4.64 +24.2 +4.64 f 2 4 . 2

+4.66 -1-24.4 +4.69 -1-24.6 +4.69 +24.6 +4.73 +24.9 +4.73 +24*9 t 4 . 7 6 +z5.2 +4.76 + 2 5 . 2

+4.80 +26.0 +4.80 +26.0 +4.82 +26.r +4.82 f26 .1 t 4 . 8 4 t 2 6 . 5 +4.84 +26.5 +4.85 f 2 7 . 0

+4.85 + 2 7 . 0

i-4.57 +23.6

I t 4 . 6 6 -1-24.4

+4.77 +25,5

4-4.91 4-28.3 i-4.91 +28.3 +4.92 +29.2

+4.68 f28 .6 +4.68 +28.6

+4.92 4 2 9 . 2

RA. = ~ ~ 4 4 9 1 1 Decl. = + 15" 45'.

It is not in the BD. Some years ago I had - un- fortunately without noting the date - estimated it as 91/4m; but on 1899 Nov. 8 it was invisible in a 3inch refractor,

6 6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6 6 6. 6. 6. 7 8 8 8 8 9 9

6.

1 0

1 0

11

11

12

12

'3 '3

seen. Since that date I have looked for it several times; but although I could easily have detected anything brighter than I O ~ O , I failed to find it till yesterday, when it was 9417, BD. +15?960 and 961 being estimated as 9m5 and 9m8 respectively.

In order to facilitate the identification of this variable

1 may point out that it lies a little to the south of a straight line passing through two stars -nearly equidistant from it whose positions for 1855 are ~ ~ 4 3 4 1 5 +15O 50' and 5h44917 + I 5" 4 1'. The former of these is 8419 and, curiously enough,

is omitted from the BD., although it distinctly outshines its four BD. neighbours, +150954, 956, 960 and 961; the latter is a somewhat bright star of the tenth magnitude, and it also does not appear in the BD.

At the following approximate position for 1855: RA. = 2 ~ ~ 4 8 4 1 4

there is a star which on 1900 Febr. 14 was 9416, but on March 17 and 2 5 < 10915. The magnitudes and roughly estimated positions for 1855 of the comparison stars, which, l ike the variable itself, are not given in the BD., are

Decl. = +52O 55'

a 9415 23h47417 +53" I ' b 10.0 23 47.8 +52 55'/, 6 10.5 23 41.9 + 5 2 54

As an additional voucher for the existence of this variable I may mention that about a week after Febr. 14 I saw it again. Owing, however, to the haziness of the night I made no estimate of magnitude.

8.8

10.10

8.8 10.10

6.4 sh 1 5 ~ 1 1541 1 9.644,

5 2 1 16.42 9.578, 5 2 1 48.05 9.412, 4 32 0.97 9.153

5 '5 35.99 1 9.608, 15h34m205 15 5 1 49 1 4 59 2 8 1 5 58 2 8 1 2 39 16

+Om 5'53 1 i-3'3313 +o 4.19 + 2 46.7 +o 4.92 -0 48.6 -0 21.37 - - I 47.1 +o 5.82 - I 35.2

+oo 59' 3816 + I I 3.2 + I 2 0 17.9

0.7 2 I

0.720 0.71 7

6 I sh 23'" 5'39 7 5 2 2 6.35 8 5 23 1.81

10 4 31 24.63 9 4 3' 49.83

+I ' I 7' 281'7 + I 24 39.1 + I 29 45.0 + 3 2 0 32.6 + 3 18 56.6

+o 54 52.5 + I 2 0 56.0

AG.Albany 1665 I I"'] connected with JP 6

1ogp.d

0.544 0.550 0.500

0.514 0.535

Red. ad 1. app. 1 * -C3?04 -14:)' 1

-1-3.04 -14.4 2

+3.04 -14.1 2

+3.OI -13.4 3 t 2 . 8 5 -12 .2 4

9.366, 9.395n 8.677, 9.152n

+zzo30' 5 5 7 5

+ 2 2 38 30.0 + 2 2 34 6.9

+ 2 2 38 17.0

-om32?q8 - 10' 221'7

+o 53.15 - 2 40.8 -4 21 .11 + I 42.0

7.4 - 2 58.40 + 3 49.6 + I 58.57 I + 2

15.5 15.5 12.4 15.5 12.4

Observations of Comet 1898 VII m a d e with the 36 i n c h r e f r a c t o r of t h e L i c k O b s e r v a t o r y by E. F. Coddington.

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1

3 5 7 9

Red. ad I. app. '899

Aug. 10

Sept. 1

7 Dec. 6

1 1

+2?31 + 9:3 +2*33 + 9.4 +2.95 +1o.5 +3.07 +10.6 +5.32 -1-10.0

M e a n P l a c o f C o m p a r i o n S ta r s .

* I a l d l Authority I I I

s f o r 1899.0

I Authority I

AG. Albany I 743 9414, connected with + 8 AG. Albany 1742 I connected with + 10

AG. Albany I 342

Mount Hamilton, California, I 900 Febr. I 7. E. F. coddingon.

Observations de la planete 1900 FA f a i t e s A l ' e q u a t o r i a l d e 9 p o u c e s d e I ' o b s e r v a t o i r e d e Nice.

I 900 T. m. Nice

9h 2 0 ~ 5 8 '

9 I 40 10 2 2 45 9 '5 39

1 0 41 45

-

FCvr. 2 2

24 Mars I

5 2 2

9h 30"4 252 7 9 28 30.56 9 23 16.30 9 19 38.08 9 9 59.12