OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: NOVEMBER H, 1863. 177 



John P. Kennedy of Baltimore, and Frederic E. Clinrch of 

 New York, were elected Associate Fellows, in Class III., Sec- 

 tion 4. 



William I^awrence of London was elected a Foreign Honor- 

 ary Fellow, in place of the late Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, of 

 Class II., Section 4. 



Dr. Edward Jarvis was elected Resident Fellow in Class II., 

 Section 3. 



Professor Bond communicated " A List of Xew Nebula3 seen 

 at the Observatory of Harvard College, 1847-1863." 



An examination of the notes relating to the positions and appearance 

 of nebulaj and star-clusters, occurring in the record-books of the Obser- 

 vatoi'y for the last fifteen years, has furnished the accompanying list of 

 objects which have not been identified in published catalogues. As the 

 number of observations compai'ed has amounted to several hundred, 

 most of the nebula? of course having been previously seen elsewhere, it 

 is quite possible that a few of those entered on the list may be accounted 

 for by errors in the observed places, or by supposing them to be merely 

 groups of a few small stars indistinctly seen. This might the more 

 easily have happened, since the nebula? have, in most instances, been met 

 with by accident, while sweeping for comets, or in the passage of zones 

 of stars. In such cases, but little time could be given to determining 

 the positions, or to a close scrutiny of the object ; the list has been 

 divided into two sections, the second comprising objects rather doubt- 

 ful as to their position or identity as nebute. 



I. List of new Nehidoe. and Star-clusters seen at the Observatory of 



Harvard College. 



(1.) A small faint nebula, 1' north-following a star of the 11th mag- 

 nitude, seen Sept. 16th, 1863, by G. P. Bond, with the Great Refractor. 



1863.0 a = 0^ SS"* 10^2 ± 0^4 S = -1- 0° 8' 54" ± 20" 



(2.) A small, round, pretty bright nebula, diameter 45", seen Jan. 

 5th, 1853, by G. P. Bond, with the Great Refractor. (In Harvard 

 Zones.) Re-observed Sept. 16th, 1863. 



1863.0 a = Q)^ 35"^ 15^2 ± 0^4 S = + 0° 5' 24".0 ± 15" 



The nebula? h. 39 — 41 and 43 precede the above nearly in the same 

 declination. 



