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Log

PagePlateClassObjectR.A.DecStartObs H.A.Obs DecStopExpDateMiscellaneous
268717Wells Var20 33+17.900 173 39 W+17.900 23Jan 04 1896
268718Wells Var20 33+17.900 233 44 W+17.900 28Jan 04 1896
268719Wells Var20 33+17.900 283 54 W+17.900 33Jan 04 1896Plate 8719 Sid time of starting 0h 28m Cor to G. Sid Time 4h 45 = G. Sid T. of Start 5h 13m = G.M.T. of Start = 10h 16m 5h 13 18h 55 = 10h 18m 2 = 10h 16m 10 17 19
268720Wells Var20 33+17.900 384 04 W+17.9Jan 04 1896x 8720 I started to run the var. star app. with this plate but stopped the plate early because the signals were coming wrong. I do not know the exact time of stopping but it only ran a few minutes. 8720 10h 27m
268721Wells Var20 33+17.900 464 11 W+17.902 23Jan 04 1896x 8721 Var Star App 5 minute breaks from commatator. Only the break comes on the even five to, might, instead of 1 min. past. First movement at 0 50 Sid Time. I left this plate in while I was away to supper & when I got back found clock running very poorly. Trees might have interfered a little just before closing. Plate 8721. Sid Time of first signal 0h 50m 4 45 = G. Sid Time of first sig. 5h 35m 18h 55 = G.M.T. of first sig. 10h 40 2 = G.M.T. of first sig. 10h 38m. 10 36 40 45 50 (Signals for 8721 were apparently from F 1187 (Sid clock) F 1187 assumed to be 7s fast. Then 0h 50m 0s = 10h 38.2m G.M.T. Sept. 10, 1903) NOTE I had to run all the fore part of the evening on Wells Var. as soon as I closed plate 8721. I tried to get (B.D. +5° 4928 The card says take every night) but it was too low. Over.
268722ο Ceti2 14-3.403 084 54 W+11.305 04Jan 04 1896* Plate 8722 is useless & unidentified. Probably wrong region taken as it does not check in R.A.
268723β Aurigae5 52+45.005 160 35 E+28.206 14Jan 04 1896