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" Alpha (a) Crucis. Thence, again, it receded to the second ; and so continued until the end of 1837. All at once, in the beginning of 1838, it suddenly increased in lustre so as to surpass all the stars of the first magnitude except Sirius, Canopus, and... "
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - Page 773
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Journal, Volume 7

1838 - 596 pages
...epoch of the tables. For the last of the list, Salibdr, I before wavered between « Eridani and ») Argus, and I should be able to propound a plausible...century it would be 5 degrees too far north, ; whereas ^jJJI^i.| or Acheraar precisely corresponded with the Arabic declination in 1288 AD The Baron's suggestion...
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The Recent Progress of Astronomy: Especially in the United States

Elias Loomis - Science - 1850 - 278 pages
...so continued until the end of 1837. In the beginning of 1838, it suddenly increased in luster so as to surpass all the stars of the first magnitude except Sirius, Canopus, and Alpha Centauri, which last star it nearly equaled. Thence it again diminished, and in 1842, it was...
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Outlines of Astronomy

John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1851 - 744 pages
...until the end of 1837. All at once in the be oo ginning of 1838 it suddenly increased in lustre so as to surpass all the stars of the first magnitude except Sirius, Canopus, and a Ceutauri, which last star it nearly equalled. Thence it again diminished, but this time not below...
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Elementary Treatise on Astronomy

William Augustus Norton - Astronomy - 1852 - 522 pages
...until the end of 1887. All at once, in the beginning of 1838, it suddenly increased in lustre so as to surpass all the stars of the first magnitude, except Sirius, Canopus, and a Centauri, which last star it nearly equalled. Thence it again diminished, but this time not below...
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ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

W.H.C. BARTLETT,LL.D., - 1865 - 494 pages
...first, and in 1837 of the second magnitude. All at once, in 1838, it suddenly increased in lustre so as to surpass all the stars of the first magnitude except Sirius, Canopus, and a Centauri. Then it again diminished, but not 153 below the first magnitude, till April, 1843, when...
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Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New South Wales

Science - 1866 - 386 pages
...until the end of 1837. All at once, in the beginning of 1838, it suddenly increased in lustre so as to surpass all the stars of the first magnitude except Sirius, Canopus, and Alpha (a) Centauri, which last star it nearly equalled. Thence, it again diminished, but this time...
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