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No. 383. Birmingham 290 Canes Venatici. — 5^ Lalande (23793); 



6 Harding ; 5-4 in Durchmtcsterunff ; 5-6 Heis ; 5'16Peirce. Yariously 

 estimated by Birmingham (1872-1876) from 4*5 to 6'5. It is included 

 by Scbonfeld in his provisional list. He says, (quoting Schmidt) : 

 ''Aug. 1872, kaum 6 m. bis Mitte Dec. zunehmend, 1873 Mitte Juni 

 wieder einem Minimum nahe. Both " AIST 82, 1952." On Feb. 28, 

 1878, I found the star 5^m, and the brightest star in the immediate 

 vicinity ; the orange colour perceptible with the binocular. Schmidt 

 observed a maximum 1876, April 2, and a minimum on Aug- 15, and 

 deduces a period of 380 days. Feb. 21, 1884, I estimated it 6m. 



1^0. 384. Lalande 23824-5 Yieginis. — 6 and 7m Lalande ; 5*9 

 Gould (Albany), and 6-5 at Cordoba Grould remarks, "there is 

 reason for suspecting the constancy of its light." He adds, ho-wever, 

 " No variation has been observed at Cordoba " {U. A., p. 318). 



No. 385. Lacaille 5300 Centatjpj. — 6^ Lacaille ; 5^ Brisbane ; 



7 Taylor. Gould remarks: "For this star our estimates are very 

 discordant, suggesting variability." 



No. 386. Steuve 1686 CoMiE.— A double star 8, 8-2: 187°-6: 

 5"*4. Components suspected of relative change of magnitude. It 

 seems to be Lalande 24006 (8m.). 



No. 387. e IJESiE Majoeis. — 2m Ptolemy, Sufi and Argelander 

 3m Lalande; 1*95 Sir J. Herschel {Cape 05s., p. 440). 2 m Heis. 

 Suspected by several observers to be slightly variable, 1"80 Pritchard 

 (1882-938). 1-85 and 2-1 H.P. 



No. 388. Draconis. — A red star, discovered by Burnham. 7 m. 

 Harding; 7'3 Argelander; 7 m. Burnham. My observations are : — 

 November 28, 1878, about 8 m. equal to an 8 m. star precedinff. 

 January 1, 1879, seems a little brighter; perhaps 7|- m. 

 October 7, 1879, about 8-2, slightly less than the star p. 

 February 8, 1880, about two steps brighter than the star^. 

 March 8, 1880, two steps brighter than the star j3. 

 December 1, 1880, two steps brighter than the star^. 

 Januery 9, 1882, one step brighter than the starj3. 

 October 15, 1882, two steps brighter than the star^. 



No. 889. Lacaille 5344 Centatjei. — 7 m. Lacaille. The Cordoba 

 estimates vary from 6'3 to 7*0, and Dr. Gould thinks "leave small 

 doubt that the star is variable by about half a unit of magnitude." 



No. 390 € ViEGiNis. — 3-4 Ptolemy ; 3 Sufi ; 3-2 Argelander and 

 Heis; 3-11 Sir J. Herschel {Cape Obs. p. 345) 3-01 Pritchard (1882 

 •363). Admiral Smith suspected it to be "slightly variable" {Bedford 

 Cataloffiie, p. 290). 3-00 and 3-3 H.P. 



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