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A general catalogue of double stars within 121⁰ of the north pole (1906)

Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921 · [Washington] Carnegie Institute of Washington · leaf 148

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ogue 4h The observations credited to the Greenwich Observatoryare from photographic plates. The common proper motionof these stars will be apparent from the following diagram,showing the several positions of both stars from 1877 to 1898,as given by the measures. The several places of A along… … 50 Scale of Distance. Proper motion of ALDEBABAN and companion. The distant double companion is probably also a physicalsystem, since the components have the same proper motion.This motion is almost exactly half that of A, and is perhapslarger than that of any known star as faint as this, which is…

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