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Feb 2, 1927

AX1316 sup. on AX 1805

1. Br 1360 Ft. med
1316 725 664   
1805

Appendix 17 44-280  Range at least 1 magn.
Apparently new If so.
Measure & get range to value of var.

Perhaps a Cepheid as it does not disappear in the plate at hand

Faint on B16447 not on newer Cordoba charts.

Ident by L.D.W.
CDM. -27[[symbol - degree symbol]] 1203^[[3]]2 check A.J.C.
17 44.1 -27 59.1 9.9
      

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-21 13:30:04 Cepheid are pulsating variables that expand and shrink dramatically within a short period of time, following a specific pattern. Astronomers can make distance measurements to a Cepheid by measuring the variability of its luminosity. Córdoba Durchmusterung (CD), star catalog giving positions and apparent magnitudes of 613959 stars