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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- 12 April 1797
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- 31 pages
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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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