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Paper, 'A third catagloue of the comparative brightness of stars; with introductory account of an index to Mr Flamsteed's Observations of the fixed stars' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/11/29

Date: 12 April 1797

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A third catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars; with an introductory account of an index to Mr. Flamsteed's observations of the fixed stars contained in the second volume of the Historia Cœlestis. To which are added, several useful results derived from that index'

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Reference number
L&P/11/29
Earliest possible date
12 April 1797
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Ink on paper
Page extent
31 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'A third catagloue of the comparative brightness of stars; with introductory account of an index to Mr Flamsteed's Observations of the fixed stars' by William Herschel, 12 April 1797, L&P/11/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_29/paper-a-third-catagloue-of-the-comparative-brightness-of-stars-with-introductory-account-of-an-index-to-mr-flamsteeds-observations-of-the-fixed-stars-by-william-herschel, accessed on 20 January 2026

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