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Identifier: cu31924012301655 (find matches)
Title: Astronomical discovery
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Turner, H. H. (Herbert Hall), 1861-1930
Subjects: Astronomy
Publisher: London, E. Arnold
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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discovered at theHarvard Observatory, which are the result of adeliberate search for such bodies by the carefulexamination of photographic plates. Mrs. Fleming,who spends her life in such work, has had thegood fortune to detect no less than six of thesewonderful objects as the reward of her laboriousscrutiny; and she is the only person who has thusfound new stars by photography until this ac-cidental discovery at Oxford. The following is acomplete list of new stars discovered to date :— List of New Stars. Ref. No. Constellation. Year. Discoverer. I2 456 78 9 lO II 12 13 14 15i6 17i8 CassiopeiaCygnus .OphiuchnsVulpeculaOphiuchusScorpio .Corona BorealiCygnus .AndromedaPerseus .Auriga .NormaCarinaCentaurusSagittariusAquila .Perseus .Gemini . s 15721600160416701848i860186618761885 1887i89( 1393189518951898189919011903 Tycho Brahe. Janson. • Kepler. Anthelra. Hind. Auwers. Birmingham. Schmidt. Hartwig. Fleming. Anderson. Fleming. Fleming. Fleming. Fleming. Fleming. Anderson. At Oxford.
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h Y, U (^ -^ X u: _ J X ^ M ■*^ - Co /- w -v —. ^ ■^ SI ^ N ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES 143 Generally these stars have been noted by eye Dr. An-observation, as in the case of the two found byDr. Anderson of Edinburgh. In these cases alsowe may say that deliberate search was rewarded ;for Dr. Anderson is probably the most assiduous*watcher of the skies living, though he seldomuses a telescope ; sometimes he uses an opera-glass, but usually the naked eye. He describeshimself as an Astrophil rather than as anastronomer. *I love the stars, he says; * andwhenever they are shining, I must be looking.And so on every fine night he stands or sits athis open study window gazing at the heavens. Ibelieve he was just about to leave them for hisbed, near 3 a.m. on the night of February 21,.1901, when, throwing a last glance upward, hesuddenly saw a brilliant star in the constellationPerseus. His first feeling was actually one of Novadisappointment, for he felt sure that this objectmust have been t

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