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PagePlateClassObjectR.A.DecStartObs H.A.Obs DecStopExpDateMiscellaneous
89645HP 3051 HP 305320 592 54 W+12.53 +12.421 59Nov 09 1896x 9645 Reversed.
89646HP 3051 HP 305322 074 02 W+28.22 +28.723 40Nov 09 1896x 9646 Direct plate set back in holder by strips of brass.
89647HP 4083 HP 4093 HP 409600 030 59 W15.45 15.201 03Nov 09 1896x 9647 Reversed. * Plates 9647 & 9648 are alike but I cannot identify them as stars recorded or anywhere in region of those stars. Even if they were in right region HP 4083 & HP 4093 could not appear on same plate (of this series) as the declinations are too far apart. The plates are poor & hardly worth identifying. L. D. W. Nov. 19 1896.
89648HP 4083 HP 4093 HP 409601 142 11 W+30.20 +30.902 42Nov 09 1896x 9648 Direct plate set back in holder by strips of brass. Clouds quite thick over region at close. * Plates 9647 & 9648 are alike but I cannot identify them as stars recorded or anywhere in region of those stars. Even if they were in right region HP 4083 & HP 4093 could not appear on same plate (of this series) as the declinations are too far apart. The plates are poor & hardly worth identifying. L. D. W. Nov. 19 1896.
89649HP 1403 HP 1406 HP 1397Approx pos 7 21+8.507 040 17 E+0.508 04Nov 09 1896x 9649 Reversed film.
89650HP 1403 HP 1406 HP 1397Approx pos 7 21+8.508 080 47 W+16.509 11Nov 09 1896x 9650 Direct plate set back in holder by strips of brass. * Plate 9650 has HP 1403 & 1406 on it but only part of spectrum of HP 1397.

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