Letter, 'On variation in the light of Bayer's star delta dear the head of Cepheus' from John Goodricke to Nevil Maskelyne
Reference number: L&P/8/157
Date: 28 June 1785
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A series of observations on, and a discovery of, the period of the variation of the light of the star marked d by Bayer, near the head of Cepheus. In a letter from John Goodricke, Esq. to Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S'
Read 24 November 1785
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- L&P/8/157
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- 28 June 1785
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- 12 pages
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John Goodricke, Letter, 'On variation in the light of Bayer's star delta dear the head of Cepheus' from John Goodricke to Nevil Maskelyne, 28 June 1785, L&P/8/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_157/letter-on-variation-in-the-light-of-bayers-star-delta-dear-the-head-of-cepheus-from-john-goodricke-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 19 April 2025
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II. A series of observations on, and a discovery of, the period of the variation of the light of the star marked δ by Bayer, near the head of Cepheus. In a letter from John Goodricke, Esq. to Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1786
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1786.0002
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