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attached to some of the larger stars, such as Alcyone, Merope, and 

 Maia, and in long, narrow, straight lines, the most remarkable of 

 which, a faintly luminous thread starting midway between Mai a 





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and Alcyone and running eastward some 40', is beaded with seven 

 or eight stars. The width of this strange nebulous streak is, on 

 an average, 3" or 4", and there is, perhaps, no more wonderful 

 phenomenon anywhere in celestial space. Unfortunately, no tele- 



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