Viewing page 184 of 241

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

171
September 27, 1907

Exam of plates to determine variation, if any, in No. 5175, A.M. +6°3898 18^[[h]] 34.9^[[m]] + 640.8 magn. Pec. on I33286. Slight variation found by L. D. Wells.
[[4 column table]]
|Plate|Date|Ex.|Est.|
|I4591|Oct. 21 1891|17^[[m]]|[[strikethrough]]3[[/strikethrough]]|
|I8870|July 21 1893|11|   |
|I25964|Oct. 20 1900|10|   |
|I4840|Nov. 25 1891|14|   |
|I6648|July 24 1892|10|   |
|I9341|Aug. 30 1893|11|   |
|I18402|Aug. 3 1897|30|   |
|I16069|Sept. 30 1896|10|   |
|I11186|June 13 1894|15|   |
|I11352|Aug. 17 1894|14|   |
|I15450|July 11 1896|17|   |
|I25449|June 11 1900|12|   |
|I21067|Aug. 15 1898|13|   |
[[/4 column table]]
[[4 column table]]
|Plate|Date|Ex.|Est.|
|I33219|July 25, 1905|30^[[m]]|   |
|I29138|Aug. 23, 1902|10|   |
|I31904|July 31, 1904|15|   |
|I28884|June 8, 1902|15|   |
|I27741|Oct. 7, 1901|11|   |
|I25449|June 11, 1900|12|   |
|I9341|Aug. 30 1893|11|   |
[[/4 column table]]
Additional plates examined failed to show a variation greater than 0.4 magn. This, although small, may be a real change in the light of the star. 
W.P.F. Oct. 13, 1908.

An examination of the above plates shows a variation of about 0.5 magn. Which appears to be a real change in the star. Look for [[strikethrough]]further[[/strikethrough]] greater change before announcement.
W.P.F. Sept. 27, 1907.

Transcription Notes:
The second table & second block of text have a rectangle around them, appear to have been added later