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of Orion. Another star cluster worth a moment's attention is No. 

 1479, above and to the left of Sirius. We had better use the five- 

 inch for this, as many of the stars are very faint. Not far away 



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we find the double star /a, whose components are of the fifth and 



eighth magnitude, distance 2'8", p. 



343". 



The small star is pale 



blue. Cluster No. 151-2 is a pleasing object with our largest aper- 

 ture. In No. 1511 we have a faint nebula remarkable for the rows 



