Gore — On Knoicn Variable Stars. 



185 



Observed Maxima of E, Hydr^ — continued. 



Year. 



Date 



of 



Maximum. 



Brightness. 



Authorit}-. 



Remarks. 



1866. 

 1869. 



Aug. 17-23 

 Feb. 8 1 



4-1 



Schmidt. { 

 Scbonfeld. 



A. N., 1627. "R. hattezu- 

 letzt die 4. Grosse wenig 

 schwacber als 7." 



A. N., 1817. 



„ 



Feb. 17 j 



5-4 



Scbmidt. 



A. JSr., 1805. 



1870. 



April 19 



4-0 



Scbonfeld. 



A. N., 1817. 



1871. 



July 3 



= if/ Virginis 



Scbmidt. 





1873. 



Nov. 19 





„ 



A. N., 1975. 



1875. 

 1876. 



Feb. 10 

 April 12-5 \ 



5 m. 



Gore. 



Scbmidt. 



= 4/ Hydi-ase {S. Stel. Olj., 

 p. 54). 



1876. 



1877. 

 1877. 



April 12 ) 

 June 13 X 

 Jime 22 > 

 June 24 j 



5 m. 

 4 m. 



Gore. 



Scbmidt. 



About = ^ Hydrse. 

 Slightly brighter than a 



Corvi, but less than ir 



Hydrae. 

 In finder. 



With naked eye. 



1878. 



Undetermined 





,, 



A. N., 2213. 



)) 



Aug. 11 



5 m. 



„ 



In finder. 



1882. 



Mar. 6-9 \ 





Thome. 





1882. 



Mar. 4-7 \ 





Stevens. 





18S2. 



Mar. 8 ) 





Schmidt. 





1883. 



May 12 



4-7 



Espia. 





1883. 



May 16 



4-6 



Gore. 1 





90. S YinGiNis. — Elements derived from 9 maxima, 1857-1869, 

 with, a fault up to 6 days. Observations byLalande, 1795, andBessel, 

 1824, seem to show that the period is decreasing. The proportion of 

 the increase of light to the decrease is very variable. According to an 

 observation by Schonfeld, 1874, April 20, the minimum occurs about 

 119 days before the maximum. The star is JN'o. 25039 of Lalande's 

 Catalogue, and is marked 9 m. in Harding's Atlas (1822). Heis gives 



