oSMore Jj^ajies 
For the fame Turpfe ^ Intimated hj 
Hook. 
I Have by me Qfaith Mr. B) two or three feveral wayes of Me^ 
furingthe Diameters oith^ PlanetS; whether Horizontal y Per- 
fendicuUr^ or Imlinedyto the exadaefs of a Second 3 by the 
help of ^Telefcop^: As alfo, of taking the Pofition and Diftance 
of the Sma/l Pixt Star^ one from ajnother, or from any of the 
lefs bright Planets^ if the Diftajnce be oot above two or three 
Degrees. 
The Pmiculars hereof^ the h\xi\iQX refers to the next Oppor- 
tunity^ 
Ohfervations 
Of the Star ^ calied Nebulofa, in the Girdle of 
Andromeda ; and of theJVondrous Star in 
the Neck of the Whale : made and com^ 
municated by Monfeur Bullialdus. 
A Nno i66j. in ^muary ^v^h^vi the Cloudy andMifty weatherj 
which had continued for a good while, did permic us to ob- 
ferve^the Star. Nehulofa, in xhtGirdle of Andromeda ( which may 
well enough be feen by the bare Eye) appeared much obfcurer 
than die Year before. In the Months of February and March I did 
not fee it. 
Anno 166^^ January 20. at Night, ^.6,30', the Sky being 
pretty ferene, the Star in the Neck of the Whale^ did approach to 
the bignefs of a Star of the Sixth Magnitude y and grew bigger 
afterwards. 
February 12, h, 5. 30', I faw the fame again, equalling now a 
Star of the F^MA ikf^^/^/VW^ atleaft, 
February 24^^.7. Tliis Star was equal to thofe of the Third 
Ma^nitudey (hining very bright. 
O. o o s FebruMi 
