Clusters of Stars in the Soiithern Hemisphere. S89 



they are merely points. This is north following the 1st g Cen- 

 tauri. 



No. 440. R. Asc. 13^^ 16™ 0\ S. Pol. Dist. 43° 26'. 

 w Centauri (Bode) 

 Is a beautiful large bright round nebula, about 10' or 1 2' dia- 

 meter, easily resolvable to the very centre; it is a beautiful globe 

 of stars very gradually and moderately compressed to the cen- 

 tre ; the stars are rather scattered preceding and following, and 

 the greatest condensation is rather north of the centre ; the 

 stars are of slightly mixed magnitudes, of a white colour. 

 This is the largest bright nebula in the southern hemisphere. 

 No. 446. R. Asc. 11^ S^ 55^ S. Pol. Dist. 44° 2V. 

 A very minute star in the centre of a small round nebula, 

 about 15" diameter; this has very much the appearance of a 

 small star surrounded by an atmosphere. There is a similar 

 small star near the following margin, not involved. 



No. 457. R. Asc. 17^ SS'" 40^ S. Pol. Dist. 45° 22^. 

 A beautiful round nebula, about 5' diameter, with a bright 

 round well-defined disc or nucleus, about 15" diameter, exact- 

 ly in the centre; this has the appearance of a planet surround- 

 ed by an extremely faint diluted atmosphere ; there is a small 

 star involved in the faint atmosphere ; the atmosphere is at 

 least 6' diameter. 



No. 473. R. Asc. 17^^ 55^^ 14% S. Pol. Dist. 46° 22. 

 A very bright round highly condensed nebula, about 3' dia- 

 meter. I can resolve a considerable portion round the margin, 

 but the compression is so great near the centre, that it would 

 require a very high power, as well as light, to separate the 

 stars ; the stars are rather dusky. 



No. 482. R. Asc. 13^^ 14™ 44». S. Pol. Dist. 47^ 45'. 

 A very singular double nebula, about 2^' long and 1' broad, 

 a little unequal : there is a pretty bright small star in the 

 south extremity of the southernmost of the two, resembling a 

 bright nucleus : the northern and rather smaller nebula is faint 

 in the middle, and has the appearance of a condensation of the 

 nebulous matter near each extremity. These two nebulae are 

 completely distinct from each other, and no connection of the 

 nebulous matters between them. There is a very minute star 

 in the dark space between the preceding extremities of the 



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