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PLANETARY OBSERVATIONS AT THE LOWELL OBSERVATORY.—In Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 4710, a telegram is published from Prof. Lowell relating to observations on the satellites of Saturn and on Martian features. With regard to the former it is stated, “Tethys and Dione variable, range quarter magnitudes, periods coincident with revolution.” Relating to the latter, the telegram says:—“The full aperture of the 40-in. reflector of the Lowell Observatory only now equipped for visible work shows the canals of Mars as fine direct geometrical lines, thus corroborating the work of smaller apertures. This should dispose of the erroneous idea that [such] apertures do not disclose these remarkable features.”
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 92, 643 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/092643a0
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