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VARIATION IN MAGNITUDE OF α ORIONIS.—Mr. D. E. Packer, of Birmingham, has recorded, in a letter to No. 1961 of the English Mechanic, the observation that α Orionis is increasing in brightness. Although a known variable, its general variations for the past thirty years have been so minute as to attract no particular attention, but Mr. Packer says that, on the night of October 15, the star was distinctly brighter than Capella and only slightly less bright than Sirius.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 67, 16–17 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067016a0
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