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at Berlin, and asked them to assist in search-
ing for the planet. By good luck Dr. Bremiker
had just completed a star-chart of the very
part of the heavens including Le Verrier’s
position; thus eliminating all of Challis’s
preliminary work. The letter was received
in Berlin on September 23rd; and the same
evening Galle found the new planet, of the
eighth magnitude, the size of its disc agree-
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