Mr. Birmingham and His New Star (Abstract)

Volume 44 number 1 (2016)

John O’Neill

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Abstract

(Abstract only) The year 2016 sees two anniversaries connected with the Irish astronomer John Birmingham (1816–1884): the 200th anniversary of his birth and the 150th anniversary of his discovery of the nova outburst in T Coronae Borealis.