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THE first edition of this work appeared in 1910, and this latest edition—the ninth—contains a number of alterations to bring it more up to date. Stars from the Revised Harvard Photometry down to magnitude 6·35 have been charted, and all nebulæ, except those of Messier and those classed by Herschel, have received the N.G.C. numbers. Small circles are used to indicate all variable stars which attain the sixth or seventh magnitude at their maximum brightness. The recommendation of the International Astronomical Union regarding the galactic equator and poles has been adopted, so that these differ a little from those shown in the maps of the earlier editions. In the earlier maps, limited abbreviation lists were printed in the margins, and these have been replaced by a complete list occupying a page, preceding the charts.
A Star Atlas and Reference Handbook (Epoch 1950)
For Students and Amateurs. By Arthur P. Norton.; the Reference Handbook by J. Gall Inglis and A. P. Norton. Ninth Edition. Pp. xvi + 90. (London and Edinburgh: Gall and Inglis, 1943.) 15s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 153, 8 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153008d0
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