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[[underlined]] February 17, 1905 [[/underlined]]

The Small Magellanic Cloud
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Var|Bright|Faint|
469|6988 [14.2] (6980)(6982)(6983) 6985 6981|3393 [[strikethrough]](6992)[[/strikethrough]] 3326 [14.8] 2183|
   |6986 6987 6860 6913|   |
   |The fluctuations in recent plages are slight if they exist.|   |
   |The faintness in early plates unmistakable. Has the brightness|   |
   |increased, or is it a variablr star of long period|   |
470|3393 6981 [13.6] (6985) 6982|6988 [14.3] 6986 6987|
x 471|6988 [14.2] 6987 (6989)(6982) 6980 (6981)|3393 6985 [14.6] (6983) 6860|
   |(6913) 3326|Variation small, but well seen [[?occurrence]]?|   |
472|6988 [14.3] (6982) 6985|3393 6992 [15.0] 6980 6983 6989 6986 6981|
473|6988 [14,2] 6986 (6981) 6985 6982 6980|3393 [[underlined]]3326[[/underlined]] [14.9]|
   |6992 6860 [[partial double underline]]6913[[/partial double underline]] [14.0] 2183|   |
   |Period [[?long]]? On all recent plates [[?above]] little if any change|   |
474|6988 [14.0] (6985)|3393 6992 [15.0] 6981 6980 (6983) (6982) 6989 6986|
x475|3393 [14.8]|6988 [n.s <15.2] 6986 6981 3326 2183 2187 6860 6913|
   |Not seen on any plate except A399^[[3]] [[strikethrough]]2[[/strikethrough]], on which it is a [[?clear]]|
   |image. Not looking like a defect. Do not announce.|   |
   |The figure 18 nearly covers the position on enlargement|   |
476|6988 [14.5]  (6981)|3393 [[strikethrough]]6981[[/strikethrough]] 6982 6980 [<15.1] 6982 6983 6985 6986 6860|
   |Hidden by figure 133. Masked on print from D7092|   |
477|6988 [14.6] 6982 [[strikethrough]]3393[[/strikethrough]] 6992 [14.4]|3393 6981 [15.0] 6986 6989 6983 6980|

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[[underlined]] February 18, 1905 [[/underlined]]

The Small Magellanic Cloud

[[three columns]]
Var|Bright|Faint|
|478|{6988 [14.3^[[?]]] 6992 (6982) 6985|3393 (6980) 6983 6987 6860 [14.9] 3326 [15.0]|
|   |{6981|   |
|479|6988 [14.6^[[?]]] 6981 [14.7] 6860 [14.6]|3393 6992 (6980) 6983 (6982) 6989 6987 6985 [15.0]|
|   |   |3326 [15.1]|
Nos. 478 and 3479, though faint, [[?show]] well, marked variation
|480|[[srikethrough]]3393[[/strikethrough]]^6988]]| [14.4^[[?]]] 6986 (6981)(6985) 6989|3393 (6980) 6913 [15.1] [[image: array of eight or ten dots (stars?) with an arrow label "480"]]|
|   |6982 (6983)(6992) 6860 3326|   |
|481|[[strikethrough]]3393[[/strikethrough]] 6988 [13.6^[[?]] 6860 6985 6987|[[strikethrough]]6988[[/strikethrough]]3393 6981 6982 [14.6^[[?]]] (6983)|
|   |6989|   |
|4892|[[strikethrough]]6988[[/strikethrough]]^[[3393]] (6982)(6989) [13.5^[[?]]]|[[strikethrough]]3393[[/strikethrough]] ^[[6988]] (6983)(6087) 6085 3326 [14.3]] [[image: array of ten or eleven dots (stars?)with one dot labeled 482]]|
|Near edge of plates - Estimates of magnitudes extremely rough.
|48[[strikethrough]]3[[/strikethrough]]^[[4]] 3393 6981 (6986) (6989) (6980) 6992 [13.2^ [[?]]]|6988( (6986)6985) 6982 [On 6988 14.2^[[?]]]|[14.3^[[?]]]
|48[[strikethrough]]64[[/strikethrough]]^[[3]] 3393 6981 [12.8^[[?]]| 6982 6983|6988 6986 [14.3^[[?]]] 6985 (6989)|
Variation striking. Near edge of plates
|485|3393 6980| [13.0] (6982) (6981)|6988 [13.8] (6983) 6989 (6985) (6986)|
|486|6988 [13.7] (6988)|(3393) 6986 [14.8] 6985 (6981)|
|48[[strikethrough]]7[[/strikethrough]]^[[7]]|3393 [14.8]|6988 [15.0] 6981 6985 6986 6989 6982 6983 6980|
|   |   |3326 2183 21886860 6913 ([[strikethrough]]6982[[/strikethrough]]|
There appear to be fluctuations on the later plates, but the star is on noplate so bright as on A 3393. Range greater than estimates indicate. Do not announce

Transcription Notes:
mandc: Good Wikipedia articles on Small Magellanic Cloud, Leavitt, and the importance of her work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt