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PARALLAX OF BARNARD'S “RUNAWAY” STAR.—In the Journal of the British Astronomical Association for April, it is stated that Prof. Schlesinger, of Allegheny, has found a parallax of 0.52″, and a proper motion in R.A.—of 0.73″ for the “runaway” star discovered by Prof. Barnard (NATURE, vol. xcviii., p. 196). Dr. S. A. Mitchell's vahre for the parallax is 0.47″, and that found at Yerkes Observatory by Dr. Lee is 0.55″. The true value is evidently very close to half a second. The star thus appears to come second to a Centauri in point of distance, but is the nearest known star which is visible in our latitud s.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 99, 293 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099293a0
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