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KG11365, 803 BD. - 1° TO +90° Magnitudes to be used for BD. Stars (Dec -1° to +90°) fainter than 7.0 in obtaining constant for reduction of measures of variable stars. Corrected magnitudes taken from Vol. XVII & p356 lu B [[strikethrough]] 2 [[/strikethrough]] 1. p. 92. (Vol. XXIII Part II, Table LIII. [[2 Columned Table]] |Dm. Magn.|Corr. Magn| |---|---| |7.0|7.0| |7.8|7.9| |7.9|8.0| |8.0|8.1| |8.1|8.2| |8.3|8.5| |8.2|8.3| |8.4|8.6| |8.5|8.7| |8.6|8.8| |8.7|8.9| |8.8|9.0| |8.9|9.1| |9.0|9.3| |9.1|9.5| |9.2|9.9| |9.3|9.9| |9.4|10.2| |9.5|10.5| [[strikethrough]] Superseded [[/ strikethrough]] [[2 Columned Table]] |Dm|Phot.| |---|---| [[strikethrough]] |6.5|6.4| |6.6|6.5| |6.7|6.6| |6.8|6.8| |6.9|6.9| |7.0|7.0| |7.1|7.1| |7.2|7.2| |7.3|7.3| |74 [[7.4]]|7.4| |75 [[7.5]]|7.5| |7.6|7.6| |7.7|7.7| |7.8|7.8| |7.9|7.9| |8.0|8.0| |8.1|8.1| |8.2|8.2| |8.3|8.4| |84 [[8.4]]|8.5| |8.5|8.6| |8.6|8.7| |87 [[8.7]]|8.8| [[/ strikethrough]] [[2 Columned Table]] |Dm.|Phot.| |---|---| [[strikethrough]] |8.8|9.0| |8.9|9.1| |9.0|9.3| |9.1|9.5| |9.2|9.7| [[/ strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] After December 14, 1899 use the above table in deriving magnitudes of comparison stars for variables. N. P. Fleuwing [[?]]. [[/ strikethrough]] BD -2° to [[strikethrough]] +90° [[/ strikethrough]] -23° The magnitudes given in BD. Vol. VIII, Dec -2° to 23° will be used ^[[provisionally]] as given in that catalogue, since no discussion ^[[as yet]] been made from which corrected magnitudes can be obtained. A.G.C.T.H.C. The magnitudes given in these catalogues will also be used provisionally for the same reason. Sept. 2, 1892. M.S.F.
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