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Excerpt from Astronomical and Meteorological Observations Made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, Vol. 17: In the Year 1857
Stars from the Catalogues of Groombridge and the British Association are distinguished by their numbers in those Catalogues with the affix Gr. Or - those from Struve's Catalogas Novas, (dov-pat, by S, with the ordinal number in that Catalogue - those from Argelander's and Bessel's Zones, by az. And b.z.; - and those in Piazzi's Catalogue, by P. Followed by the hour of ra. And the ordinal number in that hour. When Lalande or Weisse are the authorities, their names are generally printed in full; sometimes W. Has been used to designate Weisse.
Stars which do not. Occur, or which have not been identified, in any of the above Catalogues, are designated by their approximate n.p.d. - The designations given in the Nautical Almanac are adopted in all cases.
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