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148 March 18, 1907. Exam of plates for variation if any in +48° 150 [[strikethrough]] 5 [strikethrough]] 4 R.A. 7^[[h]] 7.3^[[m]], Dec. +48° 45.6' 9.0 {1855). Sp. Mc5d var? No. 5855 on I33840. [[3 column table]] |Plate|Date|Ex.| |I28835|Jan. 25 1902|10^[[m]]| |I26313|Dec. 24 1900|10| |I22029|Dec. 24 1898|10| |I17150|Jan. 19 1897|27| |I3427|April 21 1891| | |I3216|March 1 1891| | |I10310|Dec. 26 1893| | |I20398|March 8 1898|10| |I22405|Feb. 23 1899|10| |I24550|Feb. 5 1900|58| |I2239|Nov. 12 1890| | |I27606|Sept. 26 1901| |I33582|Oct. 27 1905|19| |I23558|Sept. 26 1899|19| |I24910|March 21 1900|10| |I5632|Feb. 13 1892|10| |I10562|Jan. 25 1894| |[[strikethrough]]4[[/strikethrough]]| |I5501|Feb. 1 1892| | |I5056|Dec. 10 1891| | |I17342|Feb. 16 1897|16| |I774|March 7 1890|4| |I8299| | | |I32684|Feb. 14 1905| | [[/3 column table]] An exam. of the above plates shows a variation of about 0.5 magn. which seems to be real and not due to photographic images. This variation has been confirmed independently by L.D. Wells. W.P.F.