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A study of the sky (1896)

Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 319

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raph ofthe same regionmade at Heidel-berg on Decem-ber 8. It musttherefore haveburst out sud-denly betweenthese two dates.Its spectrum [36.—A Rich Portion of the Milky Way. was at once in-vestigated : two spectra were found ; one was a bright-line spectrum, the other an absorption or… … Fig. The Fixed Stars. 313 brightness of Nova fluctuated irregularly ; after March6 its magnitude diminished rapidly, and in six weeks itwas barely visible in the Lick telescope. Four monthsafterward it was bright enough to be seen in a three-inch telescope, and looked like a small round nebula.The…

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