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VARIABLE STARS.—Minima of the short-period variable S Cancri may be expected about November 8, 9h. 5m.; November 27, 8h. 21m.; and December 16, 7h. 36m. The latest observations upon record were made by Schmidt in 1883: he found the star faint on March 12 at 7.2h. and March 31 at 12.8h. mean time at Athens. The star does not appear to have been much observed of late years, and further observations are needed as a check upon the period An abstract of Prof. Schonfeld's discussion on the fluctuations of this variable will be found in vol. ix. of the Vierteljahrsschrift der Astronomischen Gesellsckaft, p. 226; he there gives as elements
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 30, 643 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030643a0
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