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Letter, from Edward James Stone to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Reference number: HS/17/240

Date: 29 May 1866

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with diagrams. In response to a letter from John Frederick William Herschel [the Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices, 26 (1866), 299-300] giving eye estimations of magnitudes of stars about Epsilon Coronae, suggests that the star John Frederick William Herschel observed may be 'the new variable' [T Coronae]. Reports Greenwich observations of this new variable star.

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HS/17/240
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29 May 1866
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4 pages
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Edward James Stone

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Edward James Stone, Letter, from Edward James Stone to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 29 May 1866, HS/17/240, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_240/letter-from-edward-james-stone-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-observatory-greenwich, accessed on 22 March 2025

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