212 



" (©. 182.) 6triUH', tludcs d'Aslr. sie Ilaire p. iL 



" (,@. 182.) Äo^mo^ 5^b. I. @. 156 iinb 415 Olum. 79. 



*^ (@. 183.) »Stars slanding on a clear bleck ground {<äaV' 

 reife p. 391). This remarkable bell (the milky way, when 

 exaniined ihrough powcrfnl tclescopes) is found (wonderful to 

 rolale!) to consist enlirely of stars scattered by millions , like 

 glittering diist, on the black yround ol" the general heavens.a 

 (Outiincs p. 182, 537 imb 539.) 



** (©. 183.) -»Globular Clusters, except in one region of 

 small cxtent (belween 16'' 45' and 19'' in RA.), and nebulae of 

 regulär elliptic forms are comparativeiy rare in the Milky Way. and 

 arc found congregated in the grealest abnndance in a part of the 

 heavens the most remote possible froiii that circle.« Outlines 

 p. 614. <Bd)Oi\ ^upgeit^ tvar feit 1656 auf beu OT^angel aile^S ^U: 

 bel^ unb aller Otebelflecfe in ber 9)iild)|T;rflpe aufmerffam. 3u ber^ 

 felben stelle, in iveld^er er bie erjle entbecfun^ mib ütbbilbung 

 beö großen 'Otebelflecte^i in bcni ©iirtel t>e6 Orion burd} einen 28^ 

 fiipigen Oiefractor (1656) eni^al)nt, fagt er (wie id; fd;ün oben im 

 2ten ^anbe beö .^oömo^ @. 514 benterft): viam lacteam pcrspicil- 

 lis inspeclam nullas habere nebulas; bie 9)iilc^ftrape fei iine aüc^, 

 ivaö man für 9tebelfterne l)alte, ein großer ^rern()aufen. •Die ©relle 

 ifr abgebrucft in Hugenii Opera varia 1724p. 593. 



*« (@. 183.) ^apreife § 105, 107 itnb 328. lieber tcn 

 i)ftebelring 9(0. 3686 f. p. 1 14. 



*^ (^. 184.) »Inlervals absolutely darL and completely void 

 of anp Star of the smallest telescopic magnitude.« Outlines 

 p. 536. 



*** (@. 184.) »No region of the heavens is fuller of objecls, 

 beautiful and remarkable in themselves, and rendered still 

 more so by their mode of association and by the pecuiiar fea- 

 tures assumed by the Milky Way, which are wilhoul a parallel 

 in any other part of its course.« (€ap reife p. 386.) tiefer fo 

 lebenbige 2tu^fprnd? von <Sir 3oI)n .^erfd;el flimmt ganj mit ^tw 

 einbrücfen iiberein, W icb feibfi: empfangen. $ap. 3acob (Bombay 

 Engineers) fagt von ber 2ici)ti3ntenftrat ber 9)?ild}ftrape in ber 

 9c(üt)e be^ füblic^en .treuje^ mit trefenber 2ßat)rr)eit: such is the 

 general blaze of star-light near the Gross froni that part of the 

 sky, th?.t a person is immediately made aware of its having risen 



