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MR. ORMOND STONE, writing from Mount Lookout, U.S., lately informed me that on August 6 he found a very red star, 6.5 mag. in 19h. 10m. ±, and — 16° 7′±. I observed it last night, when it appeared, according to my estimation, of no more than 7.5–8 magnitude. In colour it ranks among the most remarkable red stars, and as it is also, very probably, a variable, I would recommend it to the close attention of observers. It agrees approximately in R.A. with the well-known variable T Sagittarii, but differs in more than a degree of declination from that star, of which I find the place in my Red Star Catalogueto be α 19h. 9m. 19s.; and δ, 17° 10.7 for 1880. In about that position last night I found a small colourless star not more than 10 or 11 magnitude.
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BIRMINGHAM, J. New Red Star. Nature 22, 408 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022408a0
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