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— Obferv. LIX. Of multitudes: of fall Scars. difcoverable by ibe 
Telefcope. | O.codse "mods msctily os olda 
,premisd fome aby obleryable 
pon Celefiial Objects, 
thenlelves ; mae a 
venStars, commonly fo 
appear no more, then fix 
the defervedly fa- 
Afterifine, was able, it 
Aving,in the laft Obfervation 
in the wedinm,through whic 
Itball here add ene Obfervationof the, Bodies 
jpecimen | have made choice of the Plezades, or fe 
called ( though in our time and Climate there 
tothe naked eye ) and this I did the rather, becaufe 
publitht.a Picture of this 
hwe,muft look u 
- mous Galileo, having 
 feems, with his Glafs to difcovernomore then t 
, | rty ix, whereas with a 
_ apretty good twelve foot Telefcope,by which I drew.this ifm,\.could 
very plainly, diicover feventy cigMt: placed inthe order re ranger 
in the Figure, and of as many differing Magnitudes as the Afferishs, 
wherewith they are Marked, do fpecifie ; there being no lefs then four- 
teen feveral Magnitudes of thofe Stars, which are compris’d within the 
draught, the biggeft whereof is not accounted greater then one of the 
third Magnitude; and,tadeedithat acoount ismnch too big,if it be coms 
pared with other Stars of the third Magnitude, efpecially by the help of 
a Telefcope ; for then by it may be perceiv'd, that its{plendor, to the na- 
ked eye, may be fomewhat \augmented by the three Jintle Starsinmmedg. 
ately aboveit,; which are nearadjoyning to it. The Jelefcope alfo difce. 
wers a great ‘variety, eveminthe bignefs of thofe, commonly reckon’‘d, of 
the firlt, fecond, third, fourth, fifth, and fixth : 
eby, thofeilx Magni 
tude; fo that thould 
és'would, at leaf, af- 
hey bedi 
> a ear Magnitudes, plainly enough di- 
ford no lefs then ae anergy aya ae 
nguifhable by their Magniunde, brightnefss {oithat.a good twelve 
| foor Glak ape afford 1s no lefs then twenty five fevesial Magnitudes, 
© Norare thefeall, but a longer Glafsdoes yet further, both more nicely 
an itudes.of thofe already noted, and alfo difoover fe- 
, not difcernable by ithe twelve foot 
veral other of fmaller Magnitudes 
¢ od thincy fix foot Glas, to difeo- 
| GlaG: Thus have Tbeen able witha good i 
y more Stars inthe Pleiades thenare here delineated, andthole 
itudesie{s then amy of t 
inkling of diversothe 
theremight be 
i Andane 
SF eked oF for difting Magnitude 
: h Magnitude.» And by the tw | 
ersfine, when the Sky was very clear,’ lam apt tot 
Glafles; or fach-as would beara bigger aperture, 
=i og {mall ee 
he difcovery of fmall Stars, the Diggs 
rer adapted is the GlaGé forthough pechaps tt does tmake the feveral 
thavmeans, umiting more Rays 
hofe.radiant points 
difcovered ‘multit 
for the i 
secks more radiant, and glaring, yerby 
| vey west Up pons toe coke 
