170 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Observed Maxima oe Mera Ceti — continued. 





Date 







Year. 



of Brightness, 

 ilaximum. 



Authorit}-. 



Remarks. 







Steps. 







1875. 



Feb. 27 1 

 Mar. 1 

 Mar. 3 )• 





Schmidt. 



From comparisons with a 



Ceti. 

 From comparisons with y 



Ceti. 

 From comparisons ^vith a 



Piscium. 



" 



Mar. 4 



2-5 m. 



Scbonfeld. 





» 



Feb. 25 



= a Ceti. 



Gore. 



Equal to a Ceti, hut less 

 than a Arietis. 



1876. 



Feb. 3-7 \ 



= aPiscium. 



Schmidt. 



From comparisons with o 

 Piscium and y and 5 Ceti. 



" 



Feb. 3 j 



3 m. 



Gore. 





1876. 



Dec. 27 





" 



From comparisons with a 

 and 7 Ceti. 



1877. 



Jan. b-o \ 





SchTTiidt. 



About 1 step fainter than 

 a Ceti. 



" 



Jan. 9 ) 





Sch-wab. 



4i steps fainter than than a 

 Ceti. 



1877. 



55 



Dec. 11 \ 

 Dec. 10 j 



28-2 



Sa-nyer. 

 Sch-^ab. 





1878. 



Oct. 14-9 \ 

 Oct. 16 1 

 Oct. 20 ) 





Schmidt. 

 WaKsch. 









E. F. Sawyer. 



3 or 4 steps blighter than y 











Ceti. 



1879. 



Sept. 9 





Schmidt. 





1881. 



June 28-30 





„ 





1882. 



June 20 





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