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CONJUNCTION OF URANUS AND A STAR.—On the night of Sept. 23, Uranus will make a very near approach to a small star of the sixth magnitude in the constellation Pisces. The two objects will appear in a telescope as a double star of faint and nearly equal magnitude. It will be interesting to find if they can be distinctly seen and separated by the unaided eye. An opera or field glass will show them well, and will exhibit their changes of position on succeeding nights due to the motion of the planet. The latter will pass the star on its southern side, its motion being from east-north-east to west-southwest.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 122, 453 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122453a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122453a0