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I give it to show how remarkably close the contest was carried on, and how the tide of favour ebbed and flowed: 1st day Denison, 260; Ewart, 248. 2nd day Denison, 583; Ewart, 568. 3rd day Denison, 930; Ewart, 918. 4th day Denison; 1320; Ewart, 1308. 5th day Denison, 1700; Ewart, 1688. 6th day Denison, 2020; Ewart, 2008. 7th day Denison, 2186; Ewart, 2215. The number of freemen who voted was 4401.
Their magnitudes are five and five and a half, distance 6", p. 262°, colors, according to Webb, "light apple-green and cherry-red." But other observers have noted different hues, one calling them both golden yellow. I think Webb's description is more nearly correct. Sigma 2215 is a very close double, requiring larger telescopes than those we are working with.
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