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The same may be said of the brilliant
Nova Persei, brighter at its best than Capella,
and discovered also by Dr. Anderson on
February 22nd, 1901. It increased in bright-
ness as it reached the densest part of the
nebula, then it varied for some weeks by a
couple of magnitudes, up and down, as if
passing through separate nebular conden-
sations. In February, 1902, it could still be
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