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ANOTHER FAINT NOVA IN AQUILA?—Prof. Max Wolf recently detected a star of magnitude 8.7 in Aquila, which was absent both from the Bonn Durchmusterung and from numerous photographs taken in recent years at Königstuhl, which show stars down to magnitude 12 or 13. It has been in the neighbourhood of mag. 8.7 for about three weeks, and was observed on Oct. 3 by Mr. B. M. Peek at Bournemouth and on Oct. 5 by Mr. G. Merton at Blackheath, Its place for 1925.0 is R.A. 19h 27m, 24.78 S. Decl. 6° 35′ 10″. It is either a Nova or a remarkable variable, and in either case deserves careful observation. The object souths at about 6 P.M., so it will be possible to follow it for at least two months before it gets too near the sun for observation.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 116, 588 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116588a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/116588a0