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Paper, 'A fourth catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars' by William Herschel

Reference number: L&P/11/88

Date: 28 January 1799

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Subject: Astronomy

Published n Philosophical Transactions, as 'A fourth catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars'

Read 21 February 1799

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L&P/11/88
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28 January 1799
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Ink on paper
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23 pages
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Manuscript

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William Herschel

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William Herschel, Paper, 'A fourth catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars' by William Herschel, 28 January 1799, L&P/11/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_88/paper-a-fourth-catalogue-of-the-comparative-brightness-of-the-stars-by-william-herschel, accessed on 16 May 2026

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