Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 322
ER u CENTAURI1648 and 1662 established g. f. w. Herschel) its period, which is about 331 days in length; but the changes of brightnessduring this interval are themselves of a very variablekind, nor is the period quite constant in length. Thestar is usually visible to the naked eye for about… … near the Milky Way ; and in the case of Nova Aurigae at least,the striking display of 1892 must really have taken place aslong ago as the beginning of the 19th century. In the latterpart of 1S9S, a star-like condensation was reported in the centreof the nebula ii\ Andromeda. — D. P. T. -■■- • -• -…
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