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Its distance decreased about 1" between 1881 and 1891. It was still decreasing in 1899, when it had become 2.5". The orbital swing is also very apparent in the change of the position angle. The telescopic gem of Boötes, and one of "the flowers of the sky," is epsilon, also known as Mirac. When well seen, as we shall see it to-night, epsilon Boötis is superb.
Map No. 19 introduces us to the constellation Pegasus, which is comparatively barren to the naked eye, and by no means rich in telescopic phenomena. The star epsilon, of magnitude two and a half, has a blue companion of the eighth magnitude, distance 138", p. 324°; colors yellow and violet.
He gave the approximate period of revolution of some of these: Castor, 342 years; delta Serpentis, 375 years; gamma Leonis, 1,200 years; epsilon Bootis, 1,681 years. Twenty years later Sir John Herschel and Sir James South, after re-examination of these stars, confirmed and extended the results, one pair of Coronae having in the interval completed more than a whole revolution.
This strange region, lying mostly in the constellation Virgo, is roughly outlined by the stars beta, eta, gamma, delta, and epsilon, which form two sides of a square some 15° across. It extends, however, for some distance into Coma Berenices, while outlying nebulæ belonging to it are also to be found in the eastern part of Leo.
Among the double stars of Perseus we note first eta, whose components are of magnitudes four and eight, distance 28", colors white and pale blue. The double epsilon is especially interesting on account of an alleged change of color from blue to red which the smaller star undergoes coincidently with a variation of brightness.
He was born in New Haven, and had entered Yale College with the class of '48. The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity was, I believe, founded in the year of his admission, and he must, therefore, have been among its earliest members. He was distinguished as a scholar, and the traces of his classic and philosophical acquirements are everywhere visible in his books.
In theta we find three components of magnitudes seven, nine, and eight respectively, distances 11.4", p. 327°, and 70", p. 227°. A wide double is epsilon, magnitudes six and eight, distance 92", p. 81°. Nebula No. 4572 is planetary. Turning to Delphinus, we find a very beautiful double in gamma, magnitudes four and five, distance 11", p. 273°, colors golden and emerald.
Under this impression, Herbert Le Breton, leaning back in his well-padded oak armchair, ordered his scout to pack his portmanteau, and set off by the very first fast train for Paddington station. He would get over his interview with Selah Briggs in the afternoon, and return to Epsilon Terrace in good time for Lady Le Breton's dinner.
Having assembled the Delta and Epsilon, one on each side of me, I received the report from Miriam and Var, the respective commanders. Each had expended twelve torpedoes, and between them they had sunk twenty-two steamers. One man had been killed by the machinery on board of the Delta, and two had been burned by the ignition of some oil on the Epsilon.
"As for Pastor Spardek, I would cheerfully have killed the old skinflint. And the hideous little man with the decorations, the placid printer of labels for the red marble hall, how could I meet him without wanting to cry out in his face: 'Eh! eh! Apocope of kappa, of lamba, of epsilon and of mu. If Morhange were with us, he would tell you many charming erudite things about it. But, alas!
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