A little ramble through 19th century astronomy - S Delphinus in 1865

 

Astronomical Register January 1866 

Mr Baxendell read a communication on the variable star S Delphinus, at the meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. On the 9^th November 1865. A maximum brightness occurred on the 9^th August 1865, magnitude 8.9, the mean period being 332 days, and the minimum equalling the magnitude 13.5. 

Mr Baxendell’s observations were confirmed in a great measure by Mr G Knott of Cuckfield. The colour iof the star is reddish, and is more intense at the minimum.

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