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January 9, 1907

Exam. of plates for suspected Nova of Professor Percival Lowell.  R.A. 7^[[h]] 12.5^[[m]] Dec. +21° on Dec. 18, 1906.
R.A. 7^[[h]] 11.8^[[m]]  +21° 3 approx position (1855) as marked on negative sent here by Percival Lowell.

[[3 column table]]
Plate|Dates|Ex.|J.D. N|
I16995|Jan. 6, 1897|21|
AC8111|Dec. 18, 1906|75|
AL5562|Dec. 19, 1906|63|
AL5553|Dec. 18, 1906|67|
AL5554|Dec. 18, 1906|75|
AL5564|Dec. 26, 1906|62|
A7225|March 13, 1905|11|

[[right column]]
+21° 1574 8.6
+21° 1575 8.5
+21° 1572 8.7
8.5 9.5
Nova? of P.L.
9.5
Object marked on plate about 1.0 to 1.5 magn. brighter than either of the starts in the triangle. 
[[/right column]]


An examination of the above plates fails to show any [[strikethrough]]object[[/strikethrough]] star in or near the position of the object marked on the negative of Professor Lowell. These plates show all the Dunchmusteronomy stars and A.C. 8111 shows farther stars. I16995 showed starts about 3.0 magns. fainter than and A7225, shows even fainter objects. These plates were examined by Professor E.C. Pickling, and those of Dec. 18, 1906 by Professor S.L. Bailey, who confirmed the observation fo the absence of the supposed Nova? The object on Lowell's negative has the appearance of a defect and is unlike the images of the adjacent stars in its formation and character. W.P. Fleming. January 9, 1906.