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or less the shape of dumb-bells (eonip. fig. 1, A), the siin Ijhig in 

 its bar ii — -. If the nebulae proper are in the main eontined to that 

 extra-galactie region, the galaetophoby of these nebulae and their 

 accumulation towards the two Poles \AOuld be explained by it. 



If, however, we leave the Aquila branch of the Galaxy ') out of 

 consideration, we must bear in mind that in the remaining and 

 nearer region of the Milky Way the galactic agglomerations on the Cygnus 

 side have a northern galactic latitude ; i. e. that the sun now lies 

 south of the plane passing through those agglomerations (C) and 

 the opposite ones in Argo, N ; hence it is no longer in the middle 

 but at the bottom of the bar of the dumb-bells, and consequently 

 the apparent cro\vding of the nebulae towards the North galactic 



1) Gomp. Fig. 1, B. The section of the Aquila branch is A, that of llie Cygnns 

 agglomeration is C, that of the Galaxy in Argo is N. The circle round the sun is 

 the area within which are situated all nebulae of which the luminosity exceeds 

 a certain minimum. Tlie region //• is considered as a transition region between the 

 (dotted) agglomerations of stars in the galactic plane .E and the extra-galactic 

 region contained within the spheroid. The bar of the dumbbells is represented 

 much thicker. 



