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Paper, 'Note on the new star in Auriga' by Joseph Norman Lockyer

Reference number: PP/18/29

Date: 1892

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Lockyer writes: 'Since my note of February 11 [see PP/18/26], observations of the new star have only been possible at Kensington on seven evenings, namely, February 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 23, and 24. The 13th and 22nd were the only two very fine nights. The star now appears to be fading.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Astronomy

Received and read 25 February 1892.

A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the new star in Auriga'.

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PP/18/29
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1892
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Norman Lockyer

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Joseph Norman Lockyer, Paper, 'Note on the new star in Auriga' by Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1892, PP/18/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_18_29/paper-note-on-the-new-star-in-auriga-by-joseph-norman-lockyer, accessed on 22 April 2026

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