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Gore — On Susjoected Variable Stars. 371 



JSTo. 447. 34 Bootis.— 5 Lalande (26853) ; 5 Harding ; 5 Heis. Sir 

 W. Herschel gives 34- - 26. 5-03 Pritchard (e^) (1882-449). It is 

 included by Schonfeld in his provisional list. He says (quotiag 

 Sclimidt), " Merklich veranderlich in langerer Periode aber wegen der 

 Nalie von e Bootis sehr schwer zu beobacMungen, AN 72'1713." 



(May 25, 1875, I found 34 barely visible to the naked eye in the 



Punjaub.) 

 Schmidt deduces a period of 361 days, with a maximum on 



February 24, 1876, and remarkable anomalies in the light 



curve. 

 March 21, 1884, I estimated it 4-8 m. — one step less than w 



Bootis. 



No. 448. e Boons. — 3 m. Sufi and Lalande ; 2-3 Argelander and 

 Heis ; 2-80 Sir J. Herschel ; 3 Franks, April 11, 1878 ; 2-47 Pritchard 

 (1882-449). BaxendeJl says he has no doubt of the variability of this 

 star, as he finds it sometimes almost exactly equal to a Coronse, and at 

 others about seven or eight-tenths of a magnitude fainter ( English 

 MecJianic, May 18, 1883). His observations, however, indicate slight 

 fluctuations in a Coronas, e is 2-56 in H.P. 



May 25, 1875 I found e Bootis brighter than 8, and about equal 



to a Coronse. 

 May 2, 1877, a Serpentis and e Bootis almost exactly equal, and 



of the same colour. 

 April 6, 1884, e Bootis about six steps less than a Coronae, but 

 three steps brighter than rj Bootis (moonlight). 



No. 449. Lacaille 6082 Centatjri. — 5, 6, and 6^ Lacaille ; 6 

 Behrmann. Probably variable according to Gould from 6-0 to 7-0 

 {U. A., p. 259). 



No. 450. Lalande 26980 Bootis. — 6 m. Lalande; 7^Bessel; 7-5 

 in D.M. ; 6 Argelander ; 6-7 Heis ; and 6-8 at Cordoba. Dr. Gould sus- 

 pects variation, although th6 star is included in his " Standards of 

 Magnitude" {U. A., p. 29). 6-61 and 6-3 H.P. 



No. 451. Lalande 27017 Boons. — 7m Lalande and Harding; 

 7^ Lament ; 7-5 in DM; 6 m. Argelander and Heis; 7-0 Gould, who 

 ■considers it probably variable ( V. A., p. 339). 



No. 452. Lacaille 6077 Apodis. — 6 m. Lacaille ; 5-6 Cape Cata- 

 logue, 1873-52). The Cordoba estimates vary from 5-5 to 6-2. It is a 

 red star. 



No. 453. Lalande 27095 Boons. — 7 m. Lalande. Not in Hard- 

 ing'' s Atlas. Missed by Bode (March, 1804), who says, "1st nicht 

 mehr am Himmel zu finden." Observed by Bessel as 9 m. May, 

 1828; 9 m. Argelander, 1866. It lies closely w/ Lalande 27083 

 (= 4906 BAG - 98 Heis, Bootis (6 m.). March 15, 1884, not seen 

 with binocular. 



