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INCREASE OF BRIGHTNESS OF BETA CETI.—There appears to be no reason to doubt the news that this star has brightened by more than a magnitude in the last week or so. The change was first observed by a British schoolboy named Abbott, resident in Athens; being a member of La Societe Astronomique de France, he telegraphed to M. Cafhille Flammarion at Juvisy, whose assistant, M. uenisset, confirmed the brightening. Apparently further confirmation has been received from the United States. Unfortunately the star is observable in England only by day or in very bright twilight, and the skies have not been propitious for studying it. Data for drawing the light curve are not yet to hand, so that it is premature to speculate on the probable cause of the increase of light. The news hitherto available comes through the daily press; the Astronomical Bureau at Copenhagen has made no communication.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 111, 338 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111338a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111338a0