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THE VARIABLE STAR 34 CYGNI, NOVA 1600.—This star, although an object of pretty frequent meridian observation, has probably received less attention than most others from those observers who especially occupy themselves with the variable stars, owing to the circumstance of the estimates of magnitude recorded at transit having been remarkably accordant for upwards of a century. Indeed since the year 1750, on examining the catalogues, we find in the majority of cases that the star is estimated 51/2, the only marked exception being Bessel's observation in his zone 1825, September 14, when it is called 6.7.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 14, 533 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014533a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/014533a0